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[Shelly Duffy]

HOW COULD JESUS HAVE BEEN IN THE TOMB FOR “THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS”?, PT. 3
May 14, 2021 

Average reading time is about 4 and a half minutes


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A distinct change took place the hour Christ was betrayed into the “hands of sinners”—or we might better say, “into the hands of the devil.” Before this point in Jesus’ ministry, every time a mob tried to capture Him or stone Him or hurl Him off a cliff, He passed through unharmed. He slipped right through their fingers. His hour had not yet come. But after that hour—Thursday evening—when the past, present, and future sins of the world were placed upon the Lamb of God, that changed. 

We forget that the penalty for sin is not just death; there is also punishment or suffering that is measured out according to our works. Jesus came to take our total penalty, the suffering and the death. When exactly did He begin to bear the sins of the world? It began Thursday evening in Gethsemane! 

From the moment He began bearing the penalty for our sins, Jesus was in the heart of the earth, the headquarters of hell. Soldiers beat Him. The crowds spat on Him. He was dragged from one trial to another—from the high priest to Pilate, from Herod back to Pilate, and then finally to Golgotha. He was in the clutches of the devil, the prince of this evil world (John 16:11). 

So as we look again at Matthew 12:40, keep in mind that Jesus did not necessarily mean it would be three 24-hour segments, but rather, the suffering to end all sufferings would occur over a period of three days and three nights. Jesus was “in the heart of the earth,” or in the grip of the enemy, over a period of three days and three nights—Thursday night (captured and tried), Friday night (crucified and killed), Saturday night (held dead in the grave). And then, praise the Lord, He rose on Sunday morning. 



KEY BIBLE TEXTS 
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
Matthew 12:40


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Shelley Duffy