Matthew 12:
40. 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.
When Jesus Himself 'prophesy' the only sign the leaders of Israel shall receive, it must happen exactly.
Only on Monday 5 pm He rose again, then how is your resurrection story on Sunday before dawn?
Jesus couldn't have risen at 5 pm on Monday as you say, because according to the Evangelists, the women disciples arrived at Jesus's sepulchre to find it empty on “the first day of the week” when it was “beginning to dawn” (Matt. 28:1, Lk. 24:1, Jn. 20:1). This means that Jesus resurrected as it was beginning to dawn on Sunday.
Jesus showed Maria Valtorta scenes from His life, including ones that took place just before, during, and after His Resurrection, and she too saw that Jesus resurrected as it was beginning to dawn on Sunday, just as the Evangelists described. In Jesus's dictation to Maria where He commented about His death and Resurrection, He said that He died at 3 pm on Friday (which is what the Evanglists said as well), and that His body remained lifeless for thirty-eight hours, and thirty-eight hours from 3 pm on Friday is 5 am on Sunday morning (beginning to dawn on the third day).
Thursday ends and Friday begins at 6 pm (day 1)
Friday 6 pm to 3 pm: Jesus was alive
Friday 3 pm: Jesus dies
Friday 3 pm to 6 pm: Jesus’s Body remained lifeless
Friday ends and Saturday begins at 6 pm (day 2)
Saturday 6 pm to 6 pm: Jesus’s Body remained lifeless
Saturday ends and Sunday begins at 6 pm (day 3)
Sunday 6 pm to 5 am: Jesus’s Body remained lifeless
Sunday 5 am (an hour before dawn): Jesus resurrects
In Ancient Israel, a new day began and ended at sunset, and to say "three days and three nights" was a hebraic idiom, meaning a period of approximately three days, rather than a literal seventy-two hours. It's an inclusive way of counting time, where a part of a day or night counts as a whole.
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