08-12-2008, 04:28 PM
ograabe Wrote:Stephen,
With respect to Mark 16:9, [font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Mq 0b4b dxb Nyd 0rp4b[/font], Paul Younan translated "[font=Estrangelo (V1.1)]Mq[/font]" as "he had risen". This suggests to me that He rose some indefinite time earlier maybe even the day before Sunday.
Otto
Shlama Akhi Otto,
As I stated on a previous thread, there were at least 8 hours of darkness on Sunday morning before the women arrived at the tomb. There is no explicit statement on exactly when He arose, but absent a specific reference to the Sabbath the safest assumption is that He arose, as the scriptures say, on Sunday.
I concede that the indefinite time may have extended into Saturday, but there is no scriptural reason to do so considering the amount of time from the beginning of Sunday (probably shortly after 9pm) to the dawn (5-6 am?)
+Shamasha Paul