Jesus and Jonah

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Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.

Salam Wael

Peace FHC and great to see you again, don't you guys have internet in Lebanon? :D

I briefly skimmed through all the posts, however, due to time constraints (I'm still on vacation), I'll only be able to provide a quick answer to your original question & of course it's from a Catholic Christian perspective (my theology teacher touched on this topic not so long ago)

I am very glad that I am about to hear "<i>The Catholic version</i>" of interpretation regarding my topic.

The "three days" aren't reckoned the way we count days (ie three 24 hour periods). The term "three days" in Biblical usage has the word "day" referring to a period of light or a period of dark.

This is what we've already established from Shamms' answer, that part of the day was actually counted as one whole day, which is wrong anyway according to me and the biblical definition that I've provided rearlier for the word DAY used by God and Jesus. However, if we accepted this theory, <b>there will be one night missing still</b>. please try to re read my posts if you got sometimes.

When Our Lord died the sun was blackened (that's one day).

That day <b>should not be counted</b>, because according to Jesus, <b>the 3 days and 3 nights should be IN THE HEART OF THE EARTH and not outside.</b> So according to your explanation, there will be one day missing here, therefore, the prophecy remained unfulfilled.

Then he was placed in the tomb on the Friday (while it was still dark) then Saturday (daytime) came (that's another day).
Then Saturday night came (that's another day).

FHC, what happened to your brain in Lebanon? :D Saturday <b>NIGHT</b> can never be counted as DAY. God in the Bible said that the <b>DARKNESS is called NIGHT, and the LIGHT is called DAY</b>. So Saturday <b>NIGHT, it is only ONE NIGHT </b> because as you know, <b>during night, there is no LIGHT. </b>

By dawn on Sunday Our Lord was raised - Hence He rose on the Sunday.

You have tried your best to explain about the 3 days, and as I expected, the catholic version is totally different from Shamms' version. However, you were trying hard to count <b>the 3 days but you have ignored the 3 nights totally.</b> So even if your explanation was correct, the question remain the same, <b>WHERE ARE THE 3 NIGHTS </b> that Jesus was talking about? Please don't try to convince me that one day is also counted as one night.


However, due to your time limitation, your were not able to comment on the most important part of that prophecy, and that is Jesus being dead in his tomb, and Jonah being alive in the belly of the whale, remember that the prophecy clearly states, that Jesus will be AS JONAH WAS for this period of time, but you are telling me the exact opposite. So take your time and don't forget to buy for me some Lebanese sweets :D

May Christ have mercy on us all, Wael.

May the God of Christ have mercy on Christ and all of us.


Salam and Ramadan Kareem to you too.


Wael.