>
> Very interesting comments. I seem to remember that in one of the gospels -
> Matthew's I think - Jesus said "As Jonah was three days and three nights
> in the belly of the fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three
> nights in the heart of the earth."
>
> All of the gospels agree on the following - He was crucified on Friday,
> and by early Sunday morning He had already risen.
>
> I make this one day and two nights, so clearly one of the things that
> Jesus didn't need to know was how to count :-)
>
> As an aside - does this liberal usage of the expression 'three days and
> three nights' remove the necessity for us to view the six days of
> Genesis as 24-hour days? Just a thought...
>
> /Gary
>
Hosea 6:2 "After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will
restore us"
Luke 13:32 "I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow,
and on the third day I will reach My goal"
Graham.