Mark 14:1 - After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
Leviticus 23:5-6 - On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.
[Passover, next day - Unleavened Bread day]
Luke 22:1 and 7 - Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching ...both days being sometimes called 'Passover'?
Exodus 12:5-8 - Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. 7 And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. 8 Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Matt 26:17-20 - 17 Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?" 18 And He said, "Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples." 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover. 20 When evening had come, He sat down with the twelve.
Mark 14:12-24 - Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?"
Luke 22:8 - And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."
John 13:1-2 - It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him..
Luke 22:15 - And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
...and they came and arrested Him in the garden.. He was our Passover Lamb
1 Corinthians 5:7 - Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed.
1 Peter 1:19 - ..the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
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There are 3 Sabbaths in Spring Holy Week -
Luke 23:54-56 - 54 That day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near. [Days begin at evening; Passover is ending, and Unleavened Bread-a Sabbath, is going to begin] 55 And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
Leviticus 23:6-7 - 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.
John 19:31 - Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
John 19:31,40-42-20:1 - 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby. (begin "3 nights and 3 days in the grave")
John 19:40-42 - Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
Luke 24:1-2 - Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
Lev 23:10-11 - [this Sabbath being the regular weekly] - 10 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. 11 He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Lev 23:15-16 - (Pentecost) 15 'And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.
All the Spring Holy Days perfectly fulfilled by His first advent.
Fall Holy Days prophecy perfectly His long 2nd advent? -- Proving UR/CU?
Lev 23:23-44 - representing the 3 peaks of His long 2nd advent - apocalypse (trumpets of) and His return - 'Day' Of Judgment - All things made new, FAther now will Tabernacle with man on earth, and is all in all
Trumpets 10 days later - DOA, Day of Atonement, 5 days later - Tabernacles
:Peace2: I'm taking to my bed now with a monster cold.. hoping no typos.. (sniffle..) :girlheart:
Good stuff Marie Glen. Just a couple of observations, for example:
Luk 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Note that day mentioned is actually the Preparation day for the Passover in the verse above. There are actually TWO preparation days in these accounts. One is the Day before Passover and the other is the Day before the Sabbath.
Also know that the 14th day is a Sabbath (High Sabbath) and this is first day of Unleavened Bread and the first day of the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened bread. Many make the mistake of calling the next day (15th) the first day of the feast.
The only day that Mary and Mary could buy the spices was on the Preparation day (Friday) before the weekly Sabbath:
Mar_16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
The Sabbath above is the Passover (14th). (High Sabbath).
Now something people miss (and depends on your translation) but the next verse is rendered differently:
Here is Young's Literal Translation:
Mar 16:2 and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,
Now it is not really the first of the sabbaths but the first day of the week after the sabbaths have past.
Here is KJV:
Mar 16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
Now here is the Greek from the Textus Receptus which is what the KJV is based on:
Mar 16:2 καιG2532 CONJ λιανG3029 ADV πρωιG4404 ADV τηςG3588 T-GSF μιαςG1520 A-GSF σαββατωνG4521 N-GPN ερχονταιG2064 V-PNI-3P επιG1909 PREP τοG3588 T-ASN μνημειονG3419 N-ASN ανατειλαντοςG393 V-AAP-GSM τουG3588 T-GSM ηλιουG2246 N-GSM
You can see the word above that is bolded is actually the word for Sabbath and the "P" in the "N-GPN" that you see after it actually is plural. So "sabbaths" is in this verse.
Many don't catch that.
I hope this helps.
We are in agreement that the women came to the grave after the Sabbath, "early in the morning of the first day of the week". (We may be in agreement on all of it :dontknow: )
Passover, as we know, is on the14th day of the month, and the first day of Unleavend bread is on the 15th, which is a sabbath/day of no work. (Lev 23; Num 28)
Each one, it seems to me, has a preparation day. It's my belief Jesus was arrested and crucified, and died, on Passover.
When Unleavened Bread was beginning that evening I believe He was in the grave.. the Jews wanted Him in before the evening, when the 15th would be beginning. Counting 3 nights later, I think it likely He rose as the regular Saturday Sabbath was ending, and the first day of the week was beginning.
Which 'just happened' to be Firstfruits. (Lev 23:15 "day after the Sabbath"). And by then the women had the spices.. And the stone was rolled away.
Of course what really matters is that He rose! But I believe His first advent perfectly fulfilled the Spring Holy Days. And it seems logical to me that the Fall Holy Days of Lev 23 and Num 29, show us a perfect pattern and outline of His long 2nd advent. Which I find very interesting.
:Peace2: God bless!
That verse in Leviticus can be confusing as it says that the 15th day is the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Actually so is Passover part of the feast. Now you stated that the 15th is a sabbath and actually it is not - the first day of the Feast is which is Passover. The 15th is actually the Preparation for the weekly sabbath.
Also, Jesus arrest and crucified on the Preparation (13th day) and died when sunset came (which started the 14th). Therefore, Jesus was crucified on the 13th but actually died on the 14th and rose on the 17th.
The Law stated that He couldn't be left on the tree (cross) over night and had to be buried in that same day. Recall that Joseph didn't get the body of Jesus until it was evening. So it was already the 14th and evening has already come and then Jesus was entombed the night. This is a mistake many make in thinking He had to be in the tomb before nightfall which is not the case.
Jesus was resurrected after the evening of Saturday night (17th had past) and morning was coming on for the sun was rising.
And yes the next immediate fulfillments are coming up as prophesied in the fall feast day celebrations.
:Chinscratch: I've always assumed that Jesus' last supper was the Passover meal.. It's a common belief, and the Bible versions make it sound that way.. But in the interlinear not quite so much, so I've started to wonder, as I've been reading and studying up on it.
The picture i'm starting to get is that Passover night in Egypt.. the angel of death (just as Jesus our Passover Lamb keeps us? rescues us? from death)... "At midnight, during the darkness of night, the angel of death passed over.
What seems to be emerging is - on the 14th of the month (of Nisan) God said to kill the sacrificial Lamb on the after-noon of Nisan 14.
Which of course the Hebrew days begin at sunset, which makes the Passover Lamb sacrifices in the afternoon following the sunset when Passover Day, Nisan 14 began.
Maybe you don't find this confusing! But I do! It reminds me of math!
The (other) question is, did Jesus talk about having the Passover meal with the disciples? Or about preparing for the Passover.. Which preparing the Passover seems to be a pretty big deal..
This makes, however, the original Passover meal - which surely is the pattern - to be actually eaten not at the beginning of Passover but they at it "at night" following the sacrifice. Which by then, after sunset was Nisan 15, first day - and a Holy day / high feast day of Unleavened Bread.
I'm not done studying on it yet.. looking up the Greek and interlinear of the verses of Jesus talking about that Passover.. (and remembering to not think so much in the Greek but Aramaic, which Jesus very likely spoke).
Exodus 12, especially noticed 42, and others!
If this is the pattern.. "where will you that we prepare the Passover? ...An upper room.. tell the owner I will "make/construct" (translated "keep") the Passover.. and the disciples made ready the Passover. Evening moreover having arrived He reclined at meal with the twelve disciples.."
John 13:29 says when Judas got up and left, after Jesus said "what you must do, do" that "some of them thought because Judas had the money bag Jesus was saying to go buy for the feast". I always assumed there was a second feast on Day one of Unleavened Bread.. but no, it seems the feast was at sunset at beginning of that Day, the 15th Of Nisan, the 14th being a solemn day of preparing and doing the sacrifice.
Hebrew time of "between the evenings" according to Hebrews/Jews is as a day is declining.. after the fullness of noon - I had no idea about that, that the time "between the evenings" (translated twilight) is when the sun casts its shadow eastward, shadows getting longer. Which most commentaries I've been reading say is between 3 pm and 5 pm ...now where did I read that the Passover Lamb was sacrificed / offered at 3pm.. Niw that as we know is the time of day Jesus died.. Although I guess John wrote of it using Roman time.. oiye..
I feel like I wrote about ten pages.. sorry, thanks for letting me think out loud.. gotta run.. still studying on this. Only Truth! :Peace2:
The pattern fulfilled more perfectly than we Christians know..? And thus? the fall festival day Of Atonement may be (surprise) Judgment day [["He will judge righteously."]] UR/CU just as the Word so often states..? And just as in Israel a collective day of repentance and reconciliation = Day Of Atonement... oiye, if true how to ever communicate it..? :cloud9:
I know for certain that some believe that "between the evenings" is anytime when the sun begins to go down (after noon time) is incorrect or rather it doesn't fit with the scriptures and recorded understanding back in those times. I consider that understanding a MODERN interpretation. Therefore, those that try to interpret the events fail to get them to align correctly without being contradicted by other events.
I want to review some of what I've read.. (taking up space with this study, and I will not be at all insulted if no one reads this, as I know it's very long and unless someone is interested.. probably rather dry reading!).. I'm waiting upon the Lord for a clear understanding.. not that it matters what any of us believe about these particular days, but I am just wanting it to be straight in my head so I can know what I'm talking about when trying to talk about Jesus fulfilling the Spring holy days via His first advent.. (and the fall ones, via His long 2nd advent(?)
And, usually, I think it's the Holy Spirit urging, when I am not happy til something seems to fit perfectly in place.. Which usually precedes a clearer understanding..
first the verses of Lev 23 to ponder it longer.. for truth n only truth, still studying on this... :gsmile:
(One thing is becoming very clear.. there are differing opinions as to the pattern of the spring holy days.. I've been trying to think of it as the pattern which occurred that first Passover in Egypt..)these first quotes - blurbs that came up on google search
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The Passover and Unleavened Bread
4 'These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. 5 On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it. 8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.'"
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- The Feast of Unleavened Bread is the first appointment in the year designated by Yahweh our God to meet with Him in a holy convocation. The festival in itself extends over seven days with the first and the last days being high Sabbaths in which no work is done and it is commenced by the Passover memorial.
:Chinscratch: checking the interlinear..
Lev 23:6 & 7 - Then on the five and tenth day of the month same is the feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD seven days unleavened bread you must eat on the day first an assembly holy you shall have to me any work ordinary not shall you do....previous to that, the Passover..
5 - on the four and tenth day of the month in the evening is Passover the LORD's 6 - then on the five and tenth day...Quote
From a table I found - https://www.logosapostolic.org/bible_study/RP208-2PassoverUnleavenedBread.htm
14th Nisan The Passover - The Preparation for the feast
15th Nisan. The First Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread - A Special Sabbath
16th Nisan 2nd Day of the Feast
17th Nisan 3rd Day of the Feast
18th Nisan 4th Day of the Feast
19th Nisan 5th Day of the Feast
20th Nisan 6th Day of the Feast
A Special Sabbath
21st Nisan The 7th Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread
http://www.sabbath.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.CGGWeekly/ID/741/Is-Passover-on-First-Day-Unleavened-Bread-Part-One.htm - Is Passover on the First Day of Unleavened Bread? (Part One)
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well-meaning reforms also contained a subtle change: Under both Hezekiah and Josiah—at the king's command rather than God's—the people observed the Passover at the Temple rather than in individual homes (II Chronicles 30 and 35). The kings may have done this to ensure that the people actually kept the Passover, and did so without mixing in the Baalism that was so prevalent in the land. These kings' examples introduced a second way of observing the Passover. Now the Jews had both God's original Passover instructions as well as the kings' reforms to draw on when determining how to observe the festival.
While God intended the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread to be separate (though adjacent) observances, the Jews ended up combining the two during the Babylonian exile, as the Encyclopaedia Judaica confirms: "The feast of Passover consists of two parts: The Passover ceremony and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Originally, both parts existed separately; but at the beginning of the [Babylonian] exile they were combined" (vol. 13, p. 169). This careless and unscriptural merging of festivals resulted in the Jews observing Passover late on Abib (after exile called Nisan, unless I have that backwards) 14, just hours before the Feast of Unleavened Bread began.
:Chinscratch:
http://thewayofthemessiah.org/tsp.html
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Are there New Testament Scriptures that give us this information about this special Sabbath? Yes, there are:
52…this man (Joseph of Arimathea) went to Pilate and asked for the body
of Y'shua.
53 And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a
tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain.
54 And it was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. Luke 23:52-54
31 The Jews therefore, because it was the day of preparation, so that the
bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath
was a high day) John 19:31
42 Therefore on account of the Jewish day of preparation, because the
tomb was nearby, they laid Y'shua there. John 19:42
Passover is not a Sabbath. It is the day of preparation for the High Sabbath that is the first day of the (seven day) Feast of Unleavened Bread.¹ Y'shua died on Passover, but was removed from the cross before sunset, which began the High Sabbath, the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
7 'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.
On a Sabbath no work is done, therefore, the women could not prepare Y'shua's body for burial. Y'shua was removed from the cross, wrapped in linen and placed in a tomb.
46 And Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. Mark 15:46
Because of the encroaching High Sabbath, the linen wrapping was all that time allowed to be done for Y'shua. Under the torah (law) one could not buy or sell on a Sabbath.
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And when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Mark 16:1
Since there were no food processors or machinery during the first century, this was a time consuming, laborious task. On the day after the High Sabbath, the women purchased the spices and spent the day preparing them to anoint Y'shua's body. However, they were once again delayed, this time by the weekly Sabbath.
55 Now the women who had come with Him out of Galilee followed after,
and saw the tomb and how His body was laid.
56 And they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. Luke 23:55 - 24:1
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Thus far, Y'shua has died, been placed in a tomb as the High Sabbath of the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread began. The women were forced to wait for that evening and day to pass. The next morning after the Sabbath when the shops were open, they purchased the spices and prepared them to anoint Y'shua's body. They then had to rest for the weekly Sabbath to pass. Since there were no electric lights to enable them to work at night, they waited until morning on the first day of the week, Sunday, to go to the tomb to prepare His body. When they arrived, the tomb was empty. Does this mean that Y'shua arose on that day, or was tomb empty because He had already arisen?
:thumbsup: ? :laughing7:
I think this is what I believe too..
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To make all of these events fit, we can count backwards from the weekly Sabbath and figure out what evening Y'shua and the disciples had the Passover meal and what day He was crucified. The timeline of events would look like this:
Tuesday night – Passover Seder (meal), prayer in Gethsemane, arrested,
brought before the Jews
Wednesday morning – before Pilate, on the cross by 9 a.m., dead by 3 p.m.²
Wednesday night – Y'shua in the tomb – first night, High Sabbath begins
Thursday – Y'shua in the tomb – first day, High Sabbath,
Thursday night – Y'shua in the tomb, second night, end of High Sabbath
Friday – Y'shua in the tomb, second day, spices bought & prepared
Friday night – Y'shua in the tomb, third night, weekly Sabbath begins
Saturday – Y'shua in the tomb third day, weekly Sabbath
Saturday Night – Y'shua NOT IN THE TOMB, End of weekly Sabbath
In order for Y'shua's words to be fulfilled of three days AND three nights in the earth, He could not have spent a fourth night in the tomb! Therefore, sometime before sunset and the end of Saturday, Y'shua arose.
..though I still can't help thinking He rose as the regular weekly Sabbath was ending (saturday evening) and the 1st day of the week was beginning (Saturday evening after sunset) 72 hours after He was placed in the tomb.. Not counting the 72 hours as beginning when He died upon the cross, but from when He was placed into the tomb.. (This being the difference.. between the grave (being in for 3 nights and 3 days) and hades, where it is assumed by many as a place He went to while dead..
and this far, and then this page and I parted ways :smile:
tho I liked this -
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FOOTNOTES:
¹Scripture can be confusing at times because it calls this season either the Passover Season and because unleavened bread is eaten from Passover throughout the seven day Feast of Unleavened Bread, sometimes Scripture includes Passover into the Feast of Unleavened Bread:
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was
approaching. Luke 22:1
3 Now it was during the days of Unleavened Bread.
4 And when he had seized him (Stephen), he put him in prison, delivering
him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover
to bring him out before the people. Acts 12:3-4
So! I was thinking perhaps Passover was the day to prepare the Lamb, which was offered on Passover around 3p.m. (9th hour in the hebrew; 3rd in the roman/gospel of Jn.) ..with the Passover in Egypt occurring on that first day of Unleavened Bread, after UB began that evening.. crucifixion evening, or that is, the evening after Jesus died..
I'm still leaning toward that.. because of the 1st Passover in Egypt.. but if so, it makes the Last Supper not the Passover meal.. this is where I'm leaving off for now..
:dontknow: still not clear.. :gsmile:
It seems reasonable (imo:) that Jesus would not have eaten of a Passover lamb that year.. also seems likely He died on Passover day, around 3 p.m. modern time (6th hour hebrew, 3rd hour? roman.. John used).. which it sounds like is when Passover lamb was slain each year..
Then Jesus in the tomb before sunset when the 15th began, the 1st day of Unleavened Bread, for that day was a high Sabbath, a strict day of "no work".. so no judging, trial, etc on high Sabbath...? very likely..
(And thus) Joseph of Arimathea gathered His body, to put (quickly?) into the tomb before sunset.. they could not go to market after sunset until the following sunset, as no buying or selling on high sabbath..
Died as Passover(14th) was waning Wednesday.. in the grave
just before sunset (wednesday) and 15th begins..
"in the grave 3 nights, and, three days.. wed --> thurs (1, no market) --> fri (2) --> sat (
just before sunset as regular weekly sabbath was ending.. (hence the women could not go to the grave to anoint, as no work on weekly sabbath)..
:doh: having a senior moment..
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in grave
wed. evening 15th
to thurs eve - no market (1 night in grave)
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thurs evening
to friday evening - women to market, day hours, prepare spices (2 nights in grave)
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friday evening - to
Sat evening = regular weekly sabbath - no work - women must wait to anoint body (3 nights in grave)
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morning, women at grave, stone has been rolled away, "He is risen"
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BUT! Matthew 26:17 (Interlinear)
"on the moreover first of the unleavened came the disciples to Jesus, saying where wish you we should prepare for You to eat the Passover?" :dontknow: :Chinscratch: If this was first day of (7 days of) the feast of Unleavened Bread , they wouldn't "prepare" as that was work, and this 1st day of the 7 of Unleavened Bread was a strict no work day/sabbath (high sabbath)
Yet... If the 14th was considered first day of unleavened bread being eaten.. that would be not surprising..
If - it was evening, thus Passover beginning... when they asked this, then secured the room, had a regular supper (last supper) planning to prepare on the next daylight, still the 14th.. as was the Passover in Egypt pattern of lamb slain and prepared then the eating after sunset (which is then the 15th / 1st day of Unleavened Bread)
Leavened bread was not eaten on the 14th either (I think).. so perhaps in ppl's minds, this was the first day of unleavened bread.. not capitalized, but Unleavened Bread, capitalized, begins that evening..
BUT!
"evening moreover having arrived, He reclined [at table] with the twelve disciples." makes it sound like evening was later..??
BUT! all we hear of is bread and wine (like any other supper?) no mention of lamb or bitter herbs.. as was the commemoration..
So..? :dontknow:
But, one way or the other, the New Testament calls Jesus "our Passover Lamb" and of course He is the Bread (
Unleavened, uncorrupted) and we know He is also called "Jesus the firstfruits"
But here's another confusing thing! - Leviticus 23, when it talks about "Firstfruits" also in that week of spring holy days -
The Feast of Firstfruits
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, [at Mt Sinai] saying, 10 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:
'- When you come into the land - which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf/omer of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. 11 He shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath (which sabbath? first or last day of unleavened bread were both "sabbaths", and there was the regular weekly sabbath :mshock: ) the priest shall wave it. 12 And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf.... it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.https://www.aroodawakening.tv/biblical-feasts/the-feast-of-first-fruits/
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Following Passover is the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a seven-day feast during which nothing is eaten that contains leaven.
This is a commemoration of the exodus when the Israelites left Egypt, leaving in a hurry without enough time to wait for their bread to rise.
During the Feast of Unleavened Bread there is always a Sabbath (Saturday). The day after the Sabbath we are told to bring the "first fruits" of the harvest (the first ripe barley in the field) and raise it as a wave offering; this is the Feast (or Day) of First Fruits.
this is what I have thought..
oh, this site also says
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Has First Fruits Been Fulfilled?
Yes! The year Yeshua was crucified, the Passover sacrifice (and the sacrifice of our Savior) occurred on a Wednesday. As the Bible states in Matthew 12:40, he was in the ground for three days and three nights (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights; Thursday, Friday and Saturday days).
That leads us right to the end of the Sabbath and the beginning of the "morrow after the Sabbath," the day of First Fruits! Yeshua, our Messiah, was raised on the Sabbath...
...as sabbath was ending.. ( :thumbsup: imo)
http://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/firstfruits-and-pentecost/
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Passover was not the only spring festival celebrated under the covenant, for the Israelites also commemorated the Feast of Firstfruits and the Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost. The Feast of Firstfruits actually took place during the week-long Passover celebration (Lev. 23:4–8), on the first day after the Sabbath that occurred in the midst of the week (vv. 9–11). Pentecost occurred fifty days after that Sabbath (vv. 15–16) and marked the culmination of what started at the Feast of Firstfruits.
As its name indicates, the Feast of Firstfruits marked thanksgiving to God for the firstfruits of the harvest — in this case, the grain and cereal harvested in the spring in ancient Palestine. At this festival, the Israelites offered the very first sheaf of the harvest and were not allowed to eat anything from the crop until they gave its initial portion to the Lord (vv. 9–14). This required a great deal of faith on the part of the Israelites, as they would be giving the offering of firstfruits at a time when not much was ready to be harvested. They had to trust God that He would indeed provide the fullness of grain that had yet to come forth..
Somewhere around AD 30, the firstfruits of an even greater harvest issued forth, for it was on the first day after the Sabbath that occurred in the midst of the Passover celebration that Jesus rose from the dead (Matt. 28:1–10). Lest there be any doubt that His resurrection fulfilled the Feast of Firstfruits, Paul tells us explicitly that Christ is the firstfruits of those who will be raised from the dead (1 Cor. 15:20–23). Just as the firstfruits offered to God under the old covenant anticipated the fuller harvest to come
[FULL? harvest / ALL?]
BUT!
http://www1.cbn.com/feast-first-fruits-even-feast
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...created a specific day, "First Fruits", to commemorate that the first of everything belonged to Him.
...stipulated that on the first day of the week after Passover's Shabbat (Sabbath), they were to bring in a portion of their first harvest as an offering to the Lord..
oh.. wait.. "after Passover's Shabbat (Sabbath) -
on the first day of the week" - I didn't notice the "on the first day of the week"
- Some sites call Firstfruits, Pentecost; or vice versa :doh:
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https://messianicsabbath.com/2013-feast-dates/ - 2017-18
Feasts & New Moon Dates
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..still trying to figure out when Passover Lamb was slain each year..
http://www.ariel.org/qa/qpaslamb.htm - very short and interesting
Quote from: trettep on November 08, 2017, 05:34:50 AM
I know for certain that some believe that "between the evenings" is anytime when the sun begins to go down (after noon time) is incorrect or rather it doesn't fit with the scriptures and recorded understanding back in those times. I consider that understanding a MODERN interpretation. Therefore, those that try to interpret the events fail to get them to align correctly without being contradicted by other events.
..this sure is a pickle! I've been reading the different views..
And just wanted to add this, which seems to make some sense :smile:
Exodus 29:38-39 (NKJV)
The
Daily Offerings38 "Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. 39 One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other" (2nd of the same day) "lamb you shall offer at twilight." - twilight = "eret" between the evenings.. according to these verses, morning and between the evenings is upon the same (Hebrew) day..(?)
- in my reading I've been coming across notes that say the daily sacrifices at the Temple were at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m...
if true it's interesting to note -
- Mark 15:25 - Amplified Bible - It was the third hour (9:00 a.m.) when they crucified Him.
Contemporary English Version - It was about nine o'clock in the morning when they nailed him to the cross.
And, 34 And at the ninth hour (3 p.m.) Jesus cried out with a loud voice... and breathed His last.
1st hour (Hebrew) was 6 a.m., so 3rd hour is 9 a.m. Sixth hour is noon, and "ninth hour" when Jesus died was 3 p.m. (modern time-approx. ..shadows and sundials divided the hours differently than modern clocks). Matthew, Mark and Luke used Hebrew time.. John, I think, Roman. Midnight to noon.. etc..
John said - John 19:14-16, Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
14 "and it was the preparation of the passover" (feast/meal; see Exodus 12) "and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!' ... and they cried out, `crucify him'... (John, Roman time, 6 a.m.)
IF John was using Roman time, the count began at midnight, which makes 6th hour to be around 6 a.m.
The chapter (Jn 19) starts out - So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. 2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe. 3 Then they said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck Him with their hands.
4 Pilate then went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him."
....16 Then he handed Him over to them to be crucified. (6 a.m.) [Sometimes translated noon, believing the time as reckoned according to Hebrew time; not Roman/Greek]
...17 And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, 18 where they crucified Him
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Mark 15 1 Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.
....6 Now at the feast he was accustomed to releasing one prisoner to them
14 "Crucify Him!"
15 So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified. (6th hour roman time? / 6 a.m.)
....16 Then the soldiers led Him away into the hall called Praetorium, and they called together the whole garrison. 17 And they clothed Him with purple; and they twisted a crown of thorns, put it on His head, 18 and began to salute Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 19 Then they struck Him on the head with a reed and spat on Him; and bowing the knee, they worshiped Him. 20 And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him. (hebrew, 3rd hour / 9 a.m. / the soldiers took their time and messed with Jesus for 3 more hours? Interesting? :dontknow: conjecture about what is thought to be a time difference between the gospels.)
....It was about nine o'clock in the morning when they nailed him to the cross. - CEV
Of course... there's always differences in some details between eye witness accounts.. so Mark put the crown of thorns etc, with the scourging ordered by Pilate before he was handed over to the soldiers to be crucified. But John put it after Pilate handed him over to be crucified..
(I've been reading the gospels together, as a continuing narrative for a couple years or so now.. Two six month readings from start to end. Using different verses in the two 6 month readings. I did all four together first, but that was a bit too repetitive.. so two six month readings work better.. weaving the gospels together following the timeline / progress of the gospels.. as close as I could get it.. had to tweak it a couple of times.. and nope it wasn't real easy.. um, i have been called a nerd before.. :laughing7:
Enter The Story ~ Daily Reading Schedule, https://inner-monastery.blogspot.com/p/daily.html (2nd schedule)
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and then.. to beat a dead horse...?
(?) His long Second Advent = Trumpets - 10 days/centuries later ~ Day Of Atonement ~ 5 days/centuries later - Tabernacles = “Behold I make all things new & will Tabernacle with mankind on Earth”
(Leviticus 23; Like the 1st advent fulfilled the Spring Holy Days, in that He is the Passover Lamb, the Unleavened Bread & "Firstfruits" [Day Of Judgment = Day Of Atonement]
I've been still studying from time to time, on the long term question of "was the Last Supper a Passover meal/feast?"
The whole 8 days of Passover (Nisan 14, beginning at sunset of Nisan 13, of course), and the 7 days of Unleavened Bread were sometimes called days of Unleavened Bread or Passover, interchangeably.. With first day of Unleavened Bread also called Passover.. popularly that is.. slang..
The Passover sacrifice took place on Nisan 14 "between the evenings" or "from even to even" - It coincided with the 2nd daily sacrifice performed daily at the Temple. The first one of each day was in the morning around 9 a.m. then the 2nd one was performed at about 3 p.m. during the space of time when the sun's rays slant from the west - In other words, Hebrew days begin at sunset (like in Genesis 1) ..sun rises in the East (lol), travels across the sky, and "even" is when the sun begins its decline, what we call after--noon.
It's controversial for many (many) years.. but..
..it's likely Jesus as "our Passover Lamb" was arrested during dark hours of Nisan 14 - Nisan 14 beginning of course at sunset of Nisan 13.
[The 10th was the day on which each household chose its Passover Lamb.. This is likely the day of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the "hosanna's.. the stones would cry out".. Jn 12:1,12, which counts 'funny' because of the days running from sunset to sunset.]
(imo) It's likely Jesus' trial or sentence came about around the time of the morning sacrifice - after all, the sacrifices of the Old Testament system represented Jesus' being "the" lamb which takes away the sin of the world.
Nailed to the cross around noon (Roman time, 6th hour Israel time) and died at the ninth hour, approx 3:00 p.m., the time of the (2nd) daily "even" sacrifice - since it is 2nd it cannot be done after sunset which is another day -
According to the first Passover in Exodus, the Passover meal was then ate after dark - which makes "Passover Meal" to be on Nisan 15 (first day of Unleavened Bread).
The synoptic gospels of Mt, Mrk and Luke, seem as though Jesus ate the "Passover Meal" with His disciples. (This is the controversy.)
But (the gospel of) John says it was "before Passover" - And it cannot be both ways.. that [1]He ate the Passover Meal with His disciples ("I have desired to eat this Passover with you (but?) I will not eat of it again until fulfilled in the Kingdom") and/or [2]He died on Passover.
If the Last Supper occurred on the "even" before Passover this was when it was a practice to rid all the house of leaven.. This Supper of His Passion - "I am the bread of life, if you eat this bread you will abide in Me" - isn't this how we rid our self of leaven? By abiding in Him? Via our daily bread and New Wine..
His "flesh is meat indeed, and His blood drink indeed" (spiritually speaking of course, the "flesh profits nothing"). And how often do we need food and drink?
(..and He was placed in the "heart of the earth" as the sun was setting and (1st day of) Unleavened Bread was beginning - which they hurried so they could "keep the feast" - this believed to be "friday" is tradition (imo? doesn't mean no one should observe "good friday", fruit of the Spirit is love, peace, getting along, lol). These holy days can occur on any day of the week.
He was/is the Passover Lamb (& our Passover from death to life) - He was/is the Unleavened Bread of Life, our sustenance - And as we know, He is "the Firstfruits" - and this Holy Day always followed the weekly Sabbath day of Passover Week - which of course began on Friday at sunset, until Saturday at sunset. It's extremely likely He rose on "Firstfruits" (saturday at sunset) the 3rd Holy Day of Passover Week.. And we know by Sunday morning the tomb was empty.
The Fall Holy Days, therefor will be also perfectly fulfilled (by His long 2nd advent)..??
Trumpets, Tishri (Sept/Oct) 1; 10 days later, Tishri 10, DOA; and Tabernacles 5 days later, Tishri 15. [..DOA having "universal implications" - I read that phrase (online somewhere) this week..]
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Getting closer sis Marie , I love what you shared , so many scriptures lining up in them :thumbsup:
I do believe it is true :HeartThrob:
Quote from: marie glen on February 27, 2018, 05:50:44 PM
I've been still studying from time to time, on the long term question of "was the Last Supper a Passover meal/feast?"
The whole 8 days of Passover (Nisan 14, beginning at sunset of Nisan 13, of course), and the 7 days of Unleavened Bread were sometimes called days of Unleavened Bread or Passover, interchangeably.. With first day of Unleavened Bread also called Passover.. popularly that is.. slang..
Compare John with the others. John puts the Passover on a different day.
It's clearly stated Jesus was crucified on the day of preperation.
It's also clearly stated He was buried in a hurry because the feast was near.
Jesus said He wanted to eat the Passover meal.
Apostles ask Jesus if they should prepare for the feast.
Jesus responds with telling them to follow the man with the pitcher and there there ate a meal that's a lot like a Passover meal.
A man carrying a pichter is a clue. Carrying water is was a women's job. But not among the Essene who often lived in celebacy.
There was an Essene quarter in Jerusalem. It was given to them by Herod because they prophesised his kingship.
The Essene had there disagreements with the Pharisees. One of those disagreements was the calendar.
When the Essene month started a day earlier than the Pharisee/Temple month there were two Passovers celebrated in Jerusalem.
That explains why John puts Passover at a different day than the other.
It's highly confusing, but take a good hard look at the time and events that took place between His arrest and standing before Pilate. You will see that it leaves open the possibility that Jesus was let to the priests at night. Had a hearing in the morning. Then spend a full days in jail (preaching to the spritits in prison????) and then had another court meeting. After that to Pilate.
The above would also be the only legal way. Courts were only allowed to be in session. A death sentence wasn't allowed to be passed and 10 minutes later the execution. The person was condemend to death. Then locked up until the next day. The judges were supposed to think thing sover once again. Then there was another court session in which the death sentence was revoked or confirmed.
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