The Two Sabbaths youtu.be

Throughout the Bible, there are some scriptures that seem to conflict. One, in particular, involves the women buying and preparing spices for Jesus’ burial. In Mark 16:1, it says they bought the spices after the Sabbath. But in Luke 23:56, it says they prepared the spices before the Sabbath and then rested.

So, what happened here? Did Luke or Mark misremember? Was it a mistake in translation? Or is something completely different going on?

The surprising answer is that they’re both right.

How is that possible, you might ask? Well, what many people don’t realize is that during the week of Passover, there are always two Sabbaths. The first is an annual Sabbath—the first day of Unleavened Bread (John 19:31)—which, that year, fell on Thursday. The second is the regular weekly Sabbath on Saturday.

I know what you’re thinking: Could this really be true? Was Jesus actually crucified on Wednesday, not Friday?

Believe it or not, this is the case, and it aligns perfectly with Jesus’ own words—the Sign of Jonah—where He said He would be in the grave for three days and three nights (Matthew 12:40).

This is further supported by:
✔️ The historical timing of the week of His crucifixion (31 AD)
✔️ A prophecy in Daniel about the Messiah being “cut off” mid-week
✔️ The scriptural timeline, which shows that the spices were both bought and prepared before and after these Sabbaths

So, these seeming discrepancies in Scripture aren’t actually contradictions—they’re a conflict with man’s traditional timeline!

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