The Gospel of MarkĪ similar account is recorded in Mark 14:12-17. In fact, Mark added an important detail that makes it quite clear that the day that this took place was on the first day of Passover: Yeshua sent His disciples to go and prepare a place for them to celebrate the Passover. That same evening they sat down and ate the Passover meal together. This was the same night that Yeshua was arrested. Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples. Matthew 26:17-20 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”’ The disciples did as Jesus had directed them and they prepared the Passover. In the book of Matthew we read that Yeshua had His disciples prepare a Passover meal: Let’s begin with a look at the accounts in the Gospels surrounding the final days of Yeshua’s life before He was crucified. I believe all of the above questions can be answered through a careful study of God’s Word combined with a proper understanding of Jewish culture and tradition. He said THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS! Since we know from the Scriptures that Yeshua rose from the grave on the first day of the week, Sunday, there is either a problem with the Word of God or Friday is not the day! How do we remedy this apparent inconsistency in the Scriptures? Either Yeshua was three days and three nights in the earth or He wasn’t! Why does Christianity traditionally teach that Yeshua was crucified on Friday? Yeshua could have said three days and two nights but He didn’t. It is clear from Yeshua’s own words that He would be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, the grave. Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” – Matthew 12:38-40 Yeshua Himself stated that He would be in the grave for three days and three nights: This would be three days, however, this is only two nights. If we accept the traditional view of Friday as the day that Yeshua was crucified, how is it possible that He was three days and three nights in the grave? According to this view, Yeshua was in the grave Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. According to Christian tradition, Yeshua was crucified on a Friday, which has been termed “Good Friday.” Was Yeshua really crucified on Good Friday? If He was crucified on a Friday, how do we justify His shortened stay in the grave? One issue that I have had to think hard about throughout the years is the seeming contradiction regarding the days of Yeshua’s “Last Supper” with His disciples, which was a Passover observance, and the timing of Yeshua’s death on the cross. How Many Days and Nights was Yeshua in the Grave? My mind is very mechanical and it won’t rest until I find answers to the supposed contradictions that I’ve been faced with in the Word of God. Thankfully, God is always faithful to provide what I need when I need it. In every challenge that I’ve been faced with I’ve had to research, study, pray, and seek God for the answers. Jewish people will often refer to certain contradictions that they perceive to be in the New Testament which keep them from going forward in even considering Yeshua as the Messiah. In Israel I often engage in conversation with both secular and religious Jews in defense of Yeshua as the Messiah and regarding the credibility of the New Testament. The result has been a loss of understanding of the events that surrounded the death and resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah as it relates to the Passover.
Along the path of history, however, these two events have been separated both in meaning and how they are calculated on the calendar. The connection between Passover and the death and resurrection of Yeshua are not coincidence but rather Providence. The Jewish celebration of Passover and the Christian observation of the death and resurrection of Yeshua from the grave (generally referred to as “Easter”) are often observed on the same weekend, however, in some years they can be observed up to a month apart.
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