# Why did it take Jesus 3 days to rise from the dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 28, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-jesus-3-days-to-rise-from-the-dead/478959 "2008-12-28T14:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-jesus-3-days-to-rise-from-the-dead/478959/81 "2008-12-31T12:19:02Z")
Comedy Rule of Threes? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-jesus-3-days-to-rise-from-the-dead/478959/82 "2009-01-02T20:10:18Z")
> [@Aswan](#): > > Let’s remember Lazarus: it had been three days and Jesus was warned not to enter the tomb because “he stinketh.” [Four days, actually.](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=11&version=31&context=chapter) Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-jesus-3-days-to-rise-from-the-dead/478959/83 "2009-01-02T20:31:41Z")
Python 1:36 For three shall be the duration before the Resurrection, and the duration before the Resurrection shall be Three. Four days shalt thou _not_ die, neither die thou Two, excepting that thou then proceed to Three. Five is _right out._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-jesus-3-days-to-rise-from-the-dead/478959.md?page=4)