Loved the archived column on Saturday vs. Sunday as the sabbath. However, you claim that Sunday was the day of ressurection. The bible says that Jesus was in the earth for three days, and that the Sabbath was the day after he was crucified. Therefore, Jesus had to arise on a Monday, didn’t he? Shine your light upon me, Cecil, please.
Why do Christians worship on Sunday when the Bible says the Sabbath is on Saturday? (24-Aug-1990)
Jesus was in the earth three days, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Got out on Sunday.
Oh my god, you DO have to count both ends!!! (ducking and running)
Quite right. That’s the difference between Western and Oriental reckoning of time. Both ends do get counted.
For example, when reckoning a person’s age. When we in the West would celebrate a child’s first birthday, orientals celebrate its second birthday.
When my grandfather, a missionary to Korea from 1908 until into the 1930’s, was in his late 90’s, a number of Koreans in Southern California, where he lived, promised him a free trip, all expenses paid, to Korea when he reached 100. When he was 99 years old (Western reckoning) they sent him off. He quickly refreshed his Korea language skills enough to preach in a number of Korean churches and received a medal from the President for his early pioneer work for higher education in Korea. He celebrated his 100th birthday a year later in Southern California. He died nearly 102 years old.
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Another way of putting it is that many Asian societies reckon by the “current year” (or other time unit) while Westerners reckon by “lapsed years”. Paul’s remarkable grandfather was in his 100th year when he took that trip, so he was 99 by California reckoning but 100 to the Koreans.
Kimstu
To put it another way, Friday and Sunday count because he was in the ground at least part of those days. That technically makes the span run through three days.
It doesn’t mean 3 whole days - just over three days.
Same way you might refer to a miniseries on TV running three days, when in fact it’s only 2 hrs a night, but hits three nights.
DSYoungEsq - so it wasn’t three clear days??
Not necessarily Western vs. Oriental. I understand the Romans frequently used inclusive counting (counting both first and last time periods).
Dan Tilque
One could also see it as the difference between cardinal numbers (1, 2, 3…) and ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd…) The same distinction that has caused so much consternation on our discussions of millenniums.
Still waiting for 2000 A.H…
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