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therefore that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by
night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last
error shall be worse than the first.

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch [that is soldiers under their command, such as
the Temple guard]: go your way, make it as sure as you can.

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch (Mat-
thew 27:62-66).

Dankenbring now takes his great leap in logic by saying --

Now when did these things occur? When was the tomb "sealed," and a strong guard
posted to prevent the disciples from stealing the body of Christ? The request was made on
the high holy day -- Nisan 15 [this was ALSO the weekly Sabbath, as we will show later]
-- the day AFTER the preparation day, when Christ died and was buried (Matt. 27:62).

The actual posting of the guard, and sealing of the tomb, was done on that same day, or
immediately following it -- on Nisan 16 -- since that day, Nisan 15, was a holy day [and a
weekly Sabbath], and no "servile work" could be done on that day. Therefore, the actual
implementation of the order may have been done that evening, after sunset, at the begin-
ning of the next day, which was a normal "work" day...

Now, what did the two men on the journey to Emmaus actually SAY to Jesus?
Beside all this, TODAY is the THIRD DAY since these things were DONE (Luke 24:21).

Since WHAT things? EVERYTHING! All the things which had been DONE! And as
Matthew clearly shows, those things were the posting of the guard to prevent the disciples
from stealing the body of Christ and claiming He had been resurrected!

That occurred probably...immediately after the high holy day...Thus there is NO CON-
TRADICTION between this passage in Luke and all the other New Testament accounts
concerning the burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ! -- How Long Was Jesus Christ in
the Grave?

NO CONTRADICTION? Dankenbring must be kidding! He just took this passage from out
of Luke 24, VIOLATED it, and then ADDED to it what was never there or intended! Let's look at
these verses -- IN THEIR CONTEXT -- and see what they REALLY say!

Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus, which
was about seven miles from Jerusalem...So it was, while they conversed and reasoned,
that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them...And He said to them, "What kind of
conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?" Then the
one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, "Are You the only stranger in
Jerusalem, and have You not known THE THINGS which happened there in these days?"

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