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    Abolish or fulfill the law?

    When the Messiah said that He had not come to abolish the law or the prophets but rather to fulfill it, was He referring to the fulfilling of the prophesies about Him in the Pentateuch or was He referring - at least as a minimum - to the keeping of the 10 Commandments?
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    The Messiah and the 3 days and 3 nights timeframe of Matthew 12:40?

    When responding to the Pharisees' request for a sign from the Messiah, why do you suppose He made the specific point that He would be in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights? Is there something meaningful about that time period?
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    The following is loosely based on Dan Barker's Easter Challenge:

    Taking Matthew 28:1-10, Mark 16:1-10, Luke 24:1-12 and John 20:1-18 and using every verse from the above intermingle them into a single chronological list from the first event to the last. Some verses can be shown in tandem when they are referring to the same event at the same time. Perhaps...
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    Discrepancy between Leviticus 23:6 and Matthew 26:17?

    Leviticus 23:6 says : “And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread...” However, Matthew 26:17 says: “Now on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the...
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    Matthew 12:40

    Whenever the three days and three nights of Matthew 12:40 is brought up in a “discussion” with 6th day crucifixion folks, they frequently argue that it is a common Jewish idiom for counting any part of a day as a whole day. I wonder if anyone has documentation that shows that a phrase stating a...
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