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Mat 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:
Mat 12:40 for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Mat 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
Mat 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
The sign is SO SIMPLE, yet no one in traditional Christianity believes Christ did what he said.Traditional Christianity states he died Friday, was buried just before sunset Friday evening, and was resurrected Sunday morning.
Jesus was upset in the Garden of Gethsemane because he would not live to celebrate the passover with his disciples.
Passover was Friday and he would die on Thursday.
At the last supper, they were eating ordinary leavened bread.
Joh 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the Sabbath (for the day of that Sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
Mat 26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
Mat 26:20 Now when even was come, he was sitting at meat with the twelve disciples;
Mat 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
Mat 26:27 And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
Mat 26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Mat 26:30 ... they went out unto the mount of Olives.
Mat 26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray.
Mat 26:40 .... What, could ye not watch(pray) with me one hour?
Mat 26:44 And he left them again, and went away, and prayed a third time, saying again the same words.
Mat 26:50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, do that for which thou art come. Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
Luk 23:44 And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
Mark 15:42-46 (ASV)
42 And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath (remember this Sabbath is not a weekly Sabbath but a High Sabbath see John 19:31), 43 there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of honorable estate, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph. 46 And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease