Deuteronomy 16:8.

[37818]

Deuteronomy 16:8, Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

Exodus 12:18.
8 days are mentioned.
14 through 21.
The 7 days of unleavened bread days.
14 through 20.
The feast days are 15 through 21.
Of which only 6 are unleavened bread days.
15 through 20.

Do you believe the Jews perfectly kept the Law?

I do not know.

Do you believe the Jewish sects agreed on how that was to be interpreted?

No.

The OT Scripture explicitly writes of 7 days of unleavened bread. Never 8 or 9 days. Once of 6 days.
Of the 7 days Interneters disagree both on the days and practice. 7, 8 or even 9 days.

The OT specifically writes that Passover be observed in Nisan. But was it observed late?

Based on Exodus 12, its first day was the 14th. And Mark 14:12 would agree.

Now a second month Passover was added for some in Numbers 9:9-12.

 

[JonC]

Do you believe the Jews perfectly kept the Law?

Do you believe the Jewish sects agreed on how that was to be interpreted?

I ask because there were differences between how the Pharisees and Sadducees interoreted ritual commands. And there were differences between the practices of the people and the priests. Then you have Jewish laws of concession (additional laws) that were followed to "follow" the Law when impractical.


I can give you examples.

1. In the 6th century BC the Passover was postponed a month because not enough consecrated priests were avaliable.

2. In 65 AD the Passover timeline was not followed due to the number of people who journeyed to Jerusalem.

3. In the 1st century enemies of Israel burnt fires to obscure the sky so that they could not begin Nisan on time.

4. In the 2nd century disagreements in the Sanhedrin resulted in Nisan not starting on time.

5. The Pharisees and Sadducees disagreed over the term "between the evenings" which resulted in a different times the Passover was killed for the people and at the Temple.

6. The Pharisees believed the Law belonged to the people and that the Sadducees were top literal in interpretation (you would be a Sadducee).

7. Many Jewish sects existed. The Essenes are one (John the Baptist could very well have belonged to this sect). Many rejected the Pharisees and Sadducees as being top lax in terms of ceremonial time lines.


These are just a few issues that need to be considered when examining "what should be" against "what was".

Often interpretations varied. But even without this issue situations "on the ground" may not always look like what was commanded.

The OT Scripture explicitly writes of 7 days of unleavened bread. Never 8 or 9 days. Once of 6 days.
Of the 7 days Interneters disagree both on the days and practice. 7, 8 or even 9 days.

The OT specifically writes that Passover be observed in Nisan. But was it observed late?

 

[JonC]

Based on Exodus 12, its first day was the 14th. And Mark 14:12 would agree.

Now a second month Passover was added for some in Numbers 9:9-12.

I am not saying that the Passover observances (not the provision in Numbers)was allowed by the Law to occur on the second month.
I am saying the Passover WAS observed on the second month.

You are essentually saying that no Jew ever committed murder because the Law says "thou shalt not kill".

I am not talking about the provisions in Numbers.
I KNOW when the Passover should have been observed.

But it was nevertheless NOT observed in the first month and instead observed in the second month.

Sometimes situations prevent following the letter of the Law in a legalistic way.

@37818

Do you see what Im saying?

I'm talking about observing the Passover on the second month instead of observing it on the first month.

Sometimes what is commanded is not what occurs on the ground. And sometimes interpretations of what is commanded differs. If your interpretation matched the Sadducees interpretation then it would match what occurred at the Temple BUT not among the people as it differed from the Pharisees' interpretation and the Essenes' interpretation.

 

[JonC]

Another issue, @37818 , is how days are reckoned.

The Sadducees reckoned a day from sunset to sunset (an interpretation of Exodus 12). But Pharisees (and Galileans) did so from sunrise to sunrise (an interpretation of Deuteronomy 16....and seen in Matthew 28).

How do you know that the Passover being slain was the Sadducee (Temple) observance rather than what Jesus and the Discples would have witnessed on the way to Jerusalem?


Point is that as Christians we need to be confident in Christ, but less confident in assumptions.

Have your opinion, but don't be so dogmatic about your opinion. Share the gospel. Don't insust your opinion is perfect or elevate it to the level of Scripture.

My opinion is simply that the crucifixion occurred on Friday. That fits perfectly with Scripture. Perhaps your opinion fits perfectly as well. I am not downplaying your opinion, merely suggesting you not elevate it.

 

[37818]

The OP subject of this thread:

Deuteronomy 16:8, Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

Exodus 12:18.
8 days are mentioned.
14 through 21.
The 7 days of unleavened bread days.
14 through 20.
The feast days are 15 through 21.
Of which only 6 are unleavened bread days.
15 through 20.

 

[Van]

Matthew 12:8 NASB
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

What is our understanding of this verse. Does Christ actually have authority over whatever rules anyone thinks govern our behavior from God?

Hebrews 4:1-11