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1 Satan, the Beast, the False Prophet.
2 Inanimate life such as grass and trees was created on the third day. The animated 'living creatures' (שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ [sherets nephesh] ) were not created until days five and six.
3 "That [the] two expressions [after three days and on the third day] were understood to mean the same thing seems clear from Mtt. [[27:63-64|bible.61.27.63-61.27.64]] which says: 'We remember that impostor said, while He was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day.'" -- Graham W. Scroggie, A Guide to the Gospels (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1995, 1948), 569-570. "Jesus predicted that He would die and be raised on the third day (Mtt. [[16:21|bible.61.16.21]]; Mark [[8:31|bible.62.8.31]]; Luke [[9:22|bible.63.9.22]]). . . . Jesus' body was laid in the tomb on the evening of the day of preparation (Friday), the day before the Sabbath (Mtt. [[27:62|bible.61.27.62]]; [[28:1|bible.61.28.1]]; Mark [[15:42|bible.62.15.42]]; Luke [[23:54|bible.63.23.54]], [[56|bible.63.23.56]]; John [[19:31|bible.64.19.31]], [[42|bible.64.19.42]]). The women returned home and rested on the Sabbath (Saturday, Luke [[23:56|bible.63.23.56]]). Early on the first day of the week (Sunday), they went to the tomb (Mtt. [[28:1|bible.61.28.1]]; Mark [[16:1-2|bible.62.16.1-62.16.2]]; Luke [[24:1|bible.63.24.1]]; John [[20:1|bible.64.20.1]]) which was empty. Furthermore, on the same day He arose from the grave, Jesus walked with two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke [[24:13|bible.63.24.13]]), and they told Him that their Master was crucified and 'now it is the third day since this occurred' (Luke [[24:21|bible.63.24.21]]). . . . The most frequent reference to Jesus' resurrection is that it occurred on the third day (not the fourth day) (Mtt. [[16:21|bible.61.16.21]]; [[17:23|bible.61.17.23]]; [[20:19|bible.61.20.19]]; [[27:64|bible.61.27.64]]; Luke [[9:22|bible.63.9.22]]; [[18:33|bible.63.18.33]]; [[24:7|bible.63.24.7]], [[21|bible.63.24.21]], [[46|bible.63.24.46]]; Acts [[10:40|bible.65.10.40]]; 1Cor. [[15:4|bible.67.15.4]]). . . . There are four passages (Mtt. [[27:63|bible.61.27.63]]; Mark [[8:31|bible.62.8.31]]; [[9:31|bible.62.9.31]]; [[10:34|bible.62.10.34]]) which speak of Christ's resurrection as occurring 'after three days,' but this is speaking of the same time period as on 'the third day'. . . The three Markan passages are paralleled by one or two of the other Synoptic Gospels, and in each case the other Synoptic does not use 'after three days' as Mark does but 'on the third day' (Mark [[8:31|bible.62.8.31]] = Mtt. [[16:21|bible.61.16.21]] / Luke [[9:22|bible.63.9.22]]; Mark [[9:31|bible.62.9.31]] = Mtt [[17:23|bible.61.17.23]]; Mark [[10:34|bible.62.10.34]] = Mtt. [[20:19|bible.61.20.19]] / Luke [[18:33|bible.63.18.33]])." -- Harold Hoehner, Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1977), 71-72.
4 "The threes of the Bible represent triads of completeness." -- Walter L. Wilson, A Dictionary of Bible Types (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999), 419.
5 "Three denotes divine perfection; Seven denotes spiritual perfection; Ten denotes ordinal perfection; and Twelve denotes governmental perfection." -- E. W. Bullinger, Number in Scripture: Its Supernatural Design and Spiritual Significance (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1967), 107.
6 "In the cry of the four living creatures ('Holy, holy, holy,' Rev. [[4:8|bible.87.4.8]]+) Hindson sees an indication of the Trinity (59) rather than an emphatic Semitic triplet. What kind of threefold existence would he find in triplets like 'a ruin, a ruin, a ruin' (Eze. [[21:27|bible.26.21.27]]) or 'land, land, land' (Jer. [[22:29|bible.24.22.29]])?" -- William D. Barrick, "Review of 'The Book of Revelation' by Hindson," in Richard L. Mayhue, ed., The Master's Seminary Journal, vol. 13 no. 2 (Sun Valley, CA: The Master's Seminary, Fall 2002), 284.
7 Not every individual, but individuals from every nation, tongue, tribe, and region.
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