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Originally Posted by Heathen_Basher
Pastor, I was rereading the Passion narratives today and I had some questions I hope you can clarify.
As has already been mentioned, was Jesus killed BEFORE or AFTER the Passover???
John 19:14-16 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. Mark 14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? Mark 15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. --
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As I just pointed out, Jesus died at sunset just before Passover started. This is the exact same time that the lamb was killed.
I don't suppose I have to remind my esteemed colleagues that Jesus was the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world:
1 Cor 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
If Jesus wasn't killed at the same time as the passover lamb, how could we then be cleansed in the blood of the lamb?
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Originally Posted by Heathen_Basher
How many disciples did Jesus appear to in his first post resurrection appearance?
Matthew 28:16-17 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him,they worshipped him: but some doubted. Mark 16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. Luke 24:33-37 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, ... And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
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According to St. Paul, Jesus appeared first to Peter, then to the twelve disciples and then to 500 brethren:
1 Cor 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1 Cor 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
1 Cor 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.