The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-06-15
Did Christ Die on Friday 7
Democrats

Editor D~emocrat-Star:
Your paper is not a religious one
vet both editor and reader must b,
interested in religious truths ant
errors. l believe the bible wa
written by men inspired Of God
but | do not believe the transla
tors, re~visers, interpreters AMI eX
planners, are inspired.
II is generally, and perhaps, UNI
versally believed by the Christian
world to-day that our Savior died
on Friday, and for this reason Fri
day is held in bad repute and
thought to be unlucky, and many
traditions of men concerning this
day are passed off on good people
as bible facts.
Now, | claim that the bible does
not teach that Christ died on Fri
day, but it clearly teaches that He
died Thursday between three and
six o'clock. 1t should be borne in
mind that The Jewish day began al
SIX pm. OF am. Tina. My first
bible proof Is Matthew. 18th chap
ter and 10th verse. where Christ
laid He would be three days and
three nights In the grave. This
could not be so If He died on Fri.
Nv and rose on Sunday. After
giving an account of the death oil
Christ, Matthew saws, (27h chap
Ter, 57th verse;: when even was
come,"etc. Now, this meaDs when
six o'clock or another Jewish day
had come, so says Mark see chap
ter Is, verse 42).
Matthew, 9th chapter, Cpd verse,
reads thus: Nov, The next day,
that followed the day of prepare
ton, the chief priest and pharisees
came together unto PLATE. Print
ed as we have it in our t~ranslatiOns,
this means a day that followed the
day of preparation when, in fact,
it means The preparation day itself,
which followed the crucifiXlon day.
The coma shoald be placed after
the word "followed," instead Of
after The word day" In proof OF
which, | offer Mark 18th chapter,
AZ verse, which reads thus And
now when the even was come be.
cause it was the preparation, that
is the day before The Sabbath
This clearly proves that there
was a day between the crucifXion
day and The Jewish Sabbath day,
which. of course, was Friday. |
then offer Luke, 23d chapter, 55th
and 56lh verses, and oath chapter,
lst verse, which shows that the
women went Friday evening or
night Please bear in mind The eue.
ming came first in a Jewish dayl,
and "beheld the sepulchre, and
how His body was laid" verse 55th,
chapter 23d. THEN verse Sc says:
they returned, and prepared
spices and 0iutments; and rested
on the Sabbath day according to
the commandment" Then chapter
oath, verse Isl, says: "Ihey came
on the first day OF the week bring
ing the spices which they had pre-
pared" etc. After Luke has given
an account Of the burial and other
matters, he says, chapter 23d,
54th : "And that day was
the preparation, and the Sabbath
drew on"
So we see that Christ died Thurs
day between three and six pm.
lam. time) and Friday came in at
6 o'clock. The women went to the
grave to zee how the body was laid,
on Friday night or evening, which
was the first part of Friday and
next morning, which was the
or daytime Of Friday
they prepared spices and ONT
ments, and at six pm. again
Saturday or their Sabbath began,
On which they rested according to
he commandment, and on the first
lay of The week (a,m. Sunday
lfter The evening had passed and
t began to dawn they came to the
,rave TO embalin The body,
Any one who will carefully eX-
mine the bible will, | believe,
gree with me in this matter.
all mankind agree with me
this, | hope it will not result in
riminals being hung ON Thursday,
II in all kinds Of bad luck coming
o people because of things begun
r carried on on Thursday.
Possibly, some theologian among
our readers may be able to show
hat | am wrong. If so, | beg them
n remember, THAT all great men,
Ike me, once learned to say their
/. b. Cs." M. A. ID.
Moss Point, Miss, June II, 1888.