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The Passover-Easter Sellout

iambornagain Wrote: Apr 06, 2012 1:38 PM

actually, Christ was crucified on Thursday, the same day the lambs were killed by the priests. friday was a High Sabbath, saturday the regular weekly sabbath, and he arose, sometime that night, allowing the tomb to be empty on the first day of the week. check out hebrews4christians.com for a hebrew timeline John 19-31 speaks of a high sabbath(the first day of the feast of unleavened bread) thenext day was the regular weekly sabbath

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The Passover-Easter Sellout

Passover and Easter -- intrinsically linked in the Jewish and Christian traditions -- are being celebrated this weekend. For observant Jews, Passover commemorates the Hebrews' liberation from slavery under Egypt's Pharaoh. For faithful Christians, Easter is a celebration of Jesus' resurrection from the grave and the fulfillment of a new covenant between God and man. Biblical passages in Exodus 12, Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24 and John 20 describe these historical events and the reasons for festivities among people of faith. But this year, these holidays are a time of extraordinary anxiety for Christians and Jews in...

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