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In those days I saw in Judah some people treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bring-
ing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens,
which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them about the day
on which they were selling provisions. Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who brought in fish
and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jeru-
salem. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, "what evil thing is
this that you do, by which you profane the Sabbath day? Did not your fathers do thus, and
did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath
on Israel by profaning the Sabbath." So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem, as it began to be
dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the GATES TO BE SHUT, and charged that
they must not be opened till after the Sabbath. Then I posted some of my servants at the
gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day.

Since the custom of closing the city gates on the Sabbath was continued down to Christ's
day, there is absolutely no way He could have rode into Jerusalem on a colt and received the ado-
ration of the crowds.

The Road to Emmaus

Even the time from the crucifixion to the walk on the road to Emmaus -- when properly
counted as a Hebrew did -- proves the crucifixion did not occur in the middle of the week.
Let's go now to Luke 24 --

Now behold two of them [Christ's disciples] were traveling that SAME DAY to a village
called Emmaus....And they talked together of all these things which had happened. So it
was, while they conversed...Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes
were restrained, so that they did not know Him. And He said to them, "What kind of con-
versation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?"....Cleopas an-
swered and said to Him...."The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth who was a
Prophet....and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to
death, and crucified Him. But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Is-
rael. Indeed, besides all this, TODAY IS THE THIRD DAY SINCE THESE THINGS
HAPPENED. -- 24:13-21.

According to this passage in Luke 24, what was the period of time from Jesus being con-
demned to death and crucified to the time Jesus was walking with His disciples on the road to Em-
maus? THREE DAYS -- in fact, it says "today is the THIRD DAY since these things happened."
Now what day were the disciples walking on the road to Emmaus? That same day! The same day
as what? The SAME DAY as Mary Magdalene and the others found the tomb empty (Luke
24:1-12). This was THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.

If the crucifixion occurred in the MIDDLE of the week, according to proper Hebrew count-
ing it would have been FIVE DAYS from the crucifixion to that walk along the road to Emmaus --
NOT three days!

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