I am aware that the language used can be confusing especially if you are unaware of the Moedim (set times) of the Lord. I am uncertain why the author of this article would say that the lamb was prepared for slaughter a full 24 hours before it was slain. I am sure the process of slaughtering a lamb is arduous and surely takes a few hours. Cooking the lamb takes a few hours as well. The day of preparation was the day the lambs were slaughtered (Aviv 14) in the temple 'between the sunsets' sometime after the noon hour when the sun begins its descent and before the sun fully sets at around 6 pm on the 14th day of the month Aviv according to the law. The Sabbath which was coming that required a quick burial of Jesus' body was not the seventh-day weekly sabbath. rather it was the (15th day of Aviv by the instructions in the law Leviticus 23, Exodus 12, 23) it was also the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It could not be the Saturday (weekly) Sabbath commonly thought of, but rather was the 'Moed' or festival Sabbath. There must be one common day between the Festival Sabbath (15th of Aviv) and the weekly Sabbath (17th day of Aviv) this is when the women could legally go to the shops and purchase the spices return home and prepare the spices (between the Sabbaths) At sundown on this common day (the second day of unleavened bread) the weekly Sabbath began and prevented them from traveling to the grave with their prepared spices, or touching the dead. So they were required to wait until the (weekly) Sabbath endedat sundown on the seventh day of the week. However, they could not easily travel walking after dark to the tomb, especially as unaccomponied women. So they waited until the fourth watch of the night, in the predawn 'twilight' and then made their way ("while it was still dark") upon arrival at the tomb the angels announced Jesus was already gone, and that he had already risen (past tense) and so perhaps Jesus rose during the last watch of the night. and that was when when the guards were struck to the ground as dead men. (the narrative of the religious leaders was that the guards allegedly 'fell asleep' and the disciples came and stole the body) I would like to see the various gospel texts as indicated in this article laid out as a timeline and see where it leads us. Four timelines set next to each other one for each gospel with the alternative understands listed laid out as well.
I am aware that the language used can be confusing especially if you are unaware of the Moedim (set times) of the Lord. I am uncertain why the author of this article would say that the lamb was prepared for slaughter a full 24 hours before it was slain. I am sure the process of slaughtering a lamb is arduous and surely takes a few hours. Cooking the lamb takes a few hours as well. The day of preparation was the day the lambs were slaughtered (Aviv 14) in the temple 'between the sunsets' sometime after the noon hour when the sun begins its descent and before the sun fully sets at around 6 pm on the 14th day of the month Aviv according to the law. The Sabbath which was coming that required a quick burial of Jesus' body was not the seventh-day weekly sabbath. rather it was the (15th day of Aviv by the instructions in the law Leviticus 23, Exodus 12, 23) it was also the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It could not be the Saturday (weekly) Sabbath commonly thought of, but rather was the 'Moed' or festival Sabbath. There must be one common day between the Festival Sabbath (15th of Aviv) and the weekly Sabbath (17th day of Aviv) this is when the women could legally go to the shops and purchase the spices return home and prepare the spices (between the Sabbaths) At sundown on this common day (the second day of unleavened bread) the weekly Sabbath began and prevented them from traveling to the grave with their prepared spices, or touching the dead. So they were required to wait until the (weekly) Sabbath endedat sundown on the seventh day of the week. However, they could not easily travel walking after dark to the tomb, especially as unaccomponied women. So they waited until the fourth watch of the night, in the predawn 'twilight' and then made their way ("while it was still dark") upon arrival at the tomb the angels announced Jesus was already gone, and that he had already risen (past tense) and so perhaps Jesus rose during the last watch of the night. and that was when when the guards were struck to the ground as dead men. (the narrative of the religious leaders was that the guards allegedly 'fell asleep' and the disciples came and stole the body) I would like to see the various gospel texts as indicated in this article laid out as a timeline and see where it leads us. Four timelines set next to each other one for each gospel with the alternative understands listed laid out as well.