macca wrote: ↑Wed Feb 11, 2026 8:49 am Thank God for that.
What is it like to call Jesus a liar?

I don't know. You'll have to ask someone who has done that.

macca wrote: ↑Wed Feb 11, 2026 1:06 am I believe what the bible states.
Not what man claims it says.

I'll take that to mean that you don't believe in a 6th day of the week crucifixion, consequently this topic does not apply to you.

Matthew 27:62-63; On the next day which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate. Saying, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, After three days I will rise" Even the murderers knew it was 3 days and 3 nigh...

And remember, that "someone new" needs to be someone who believes the crucifixion took place on the 6th day of the week with a 1st day of the week resurrection, and who thinks that the "heart of the earth" is referring to the tomb, and who tries to explain the lack of a 3rd night...

Hill Top wrote:

I am sorry that I wasn't any help.

You're in good company.

But perhaps someone new looking in may know of examples.

[quote="Hill Top Is there a purpose to your inquisition about 3 days and 3 nights ? [/quote] Actually, my inquisition is about the commonality of saying that a daytime or a night time would be involved with an event when no part of a daytime or no part of a night time could be. and my purpose i...

[quote="Hill Top OK. I thought you were just looking for figures of speech. [/quote] Correct, examples (plural) of figures of speech which show that it was common to say that a daytime or a night time would be involved with an event when no part of a daytime or no part of a night time could be....

Since it's been a while, perhaps someone new looking in may know of examples. I came across this "figure of speech" on another site..."The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." (John 1:29) The world...

Hill Top, re: "Have you ever considered that the three days and nights Jonah spent inside the whale (and used as the pattern for Jesus' time in the grave) may have been figurative ?" I probably have with regard to Jonah. But I haven't thought that with regard to scripture not meaning that ...

Since it's been a while, perhaps someone new looking in may know of examples.