Personally I believe it to men death. However the article shows the meaning of Luke 24 to be, that three days have completely passed and we still have not seen him, yet he was there with them.
See 24:7. The angle told the women that and the women toll the disciples what the angel had said which included the two disciples walking with Jesus.
The angel said, Jesus said he would be raised from the dead after three days and now those three days have passed. Where is he?
Indeed let's look at that verse.
Luke 24:7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’
Doesn't that verse specifically say Jesus was raised on the 3rd day after he was given into the hands of sinners and crucified? Does it not mention
the giving over of Jesus to earthly authorities along with the crucifixion. And look at verses 20 and 21.
Luke 24:20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
Here Cleopas says it's the 3rd day since
all of these things happened, including
handing Jesus over to earthly authorities. That
handing over started on Thursday after Sundown (the first part of Friday in jewish thinking). In my mind, that's the missing night we've been looking for.
