Inerrant Lie #67

Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":

The apostles Mark, Luke, and John record the day of the week upon which Jesus' crucifixion took place, in their respective gospels. All three agree Jesus was crucified on Friday.

For example: John records that it was because the next day was the sabbath (Saturday) that the condemned's legs were broken, in the hopes they would perish before the sabbath and not therefore defile the holy day with their accursed presence. Jesus was, of course, already dead when the leg- breaking took place, so the soldier who broke the legs of those crucified with Jesus stuck a spear in Jesus' side, instead. Thus, one of Jesus' five wounds itself signifies the day of the week on which he died.

As to the time of day on Friday at which he was interred in the tomb: it would have been Friday night. Matthew records it was Friday evening before Joseph of Arimathea received Jesus' corpse from Pilate for burying. Therefore the sun would have set on Friday before Jesus' interment.

All four gospels report that, before sunrise on Sunday morning of the following week, Jesus was verified to be out of the tomb. The problem is that, when the Jews came to Jesus begging of him a sign that they might believe on him and his prophecy, Jesus said, "...An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth [Matthew 12:39b - 40]."

Friday night- to- Sunday morning is two nights and one day: not three days and three nights. Thus, the sign Jesus provided is at least as false as Jonah's prophecy against Nineveh. Do true prophets provide false signs and "lying wonders [2 Thessalonians 2:8 & 9]?" Does God-- like a modern- day politician-- tell lies and hyperbole to control the behaviors of those who attend upon God's words? Or is Jesus the Devil?