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To: PAR35; DouglasKC
So it is your position that the empty tomb was discovered on a Saturday, rather than the generally accepted Sunday at daybreak?

The term used in scripture is "First of the Sabbaths". The Greek word is Sabbaton and is only used in scripture to denote these special seven Sabbaths between Passover and Pentecost. [Leviticus 23:15-16]

The Church....for 2000 years.....and the translators have attempted to show a Sunday morning resurrection but it won't fly when you read the Greek. All the Gospels will bear this out. The women are visiting an empty tomb on "The First of the Sabbaths". To a first century Jew there is no doubt in their mind that Matthew and the others are speaking of the first Saturday after Passover. The translators, in vain..... attempt to show this a "First Day of the Week. They are wrong.

83 posted on 11/12/2007 3:53:18 PM PST by Diego1618
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To: Diego1618
The term used in scripture is "First of the Sabbaths". The Greek word is Sabbaton and is only used in scripture to denote these special seven Sabbaths between Passover and Pentecost.

Is that from the Gospel according to Jay Green?

Let's make it simple. I don't accept your definitions. I'll stick with the accepted scholarship.

103 posted on 11/13/2007 4:09:37 PM PST by PAR35
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