The Crucifixion

Pagr One

The Crucifixion of our Lord did not take place on Good Friday as many suppose. There are certain facts, which if examined closely will show that this could not possibly be right.

Companion Bible ap.156
Dr. Bullinger English Bible revised 1886
(We are furnished by scripture with certain facts and fixed points which, taken together, enables us (1) to determine the events which filled up the days of the 'last week' of our Lord's life on earth; (2) to fix the day of His crucifixion; and (3) to ascertain the duration of the time He remained in the tomb.


The difficulties connected with these three have arisen (1) from not having noted these fixed points (2) from the fact of Gentiles not having been conversant with the law concerning the three great feasts of the Lord; and (3) from not having reckoned the days as commencing (some six hours before our own) and running from sunset to sunset, instead of from midnight to midnight.)

One thing that many do not realize is that the annual feast days were also called "Sabbaths" and that no work was to be done on these annual high days. The Passover is followed by an annual Sabbath, and many have incorrectly supposed that the Sabbath mentioned after the Lord's death was the weekly Sabbath , when in fact it was a annual Sabbath. There were two Sabbaths that week.

Companion Bible ap.156


(A)The high day of (John 19:31) was the first day of the feast.


(B)The "first day of the feast" was on the 15th day of Nisan.


(C)The 15th day of Nisan, commenced at sunset on what we should call the 14th.


(D)"Six days before the passover" (John 12:1) takes us back to the 9th day of Nisan.


(E)"After two days is the Passover" (Matt 12:1, Mark 14:1) takes us to the 13th day of Nisan.


(F)"The first day of the week", the day of the resurrection (Matt 28:1,and c) was from our Saturday sunset to our Sunday sunset. This fixes the days of the week, just as the above fixes the day of the month, for:


(G)Reckoning back from this, "3 days, and nights' (Matt 12:40), we arrive at the day of the burial, which must have been before sunset, on the 14th of Nisan; ie. before our Wednesday sunset.


(H)This makes the 6th day before the passover (the 9th day of Nisan) to be our Thursday sunset to Friday sunset.)

John 19:31"The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross onthe sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away."

Then Wednesday, the 14th of Nisan, was the day when the crucifixion took place. Then three days and three nights from this time would mean that our Saviour rose from the dead on late Sabbath (Saturday) evening. Not as most suppose on Easter Sunday morning.


This would also prove that our Saviour was is the grave for three days and three nights. As He said He would be.


Most of Christianity believes that Jesus was crucified on Friday and rose on Easter Sunday morning. There is no way to get three days and three nights in that time period. So they reject what Jesus said.

Facts Of The Crucifixion sermon by Garnet Ted Armstrong

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