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Hi James,
Thanks for your questions.
You said:
Jesus said in Matthew 12:40 that He will
be dead in the grave for three days and three
nights. If Jesus died on Friday afternoon and
was buried that evening and resurrected on
Sunday morning, that couldn't be three days
and three nights. It will be one day and two
nights.
This is due to the idiomatic way the Hebrews spoke. Remember that they
were not as precise and exact as we are today. Any part of a day was considered
a day and a night in their reckoning of time. Friday would be the first
day; Saturday the second; and Sunday the third. Check out this link for
further information:
You said:
If people go to Heaven or Hell right
after death:
- What happened to Lazarus and other
people who Jesus resurrected?
- Did they come
back from Heaven or Hades?
- If they did, could they
remember their experiences after death?
They came back from Hades (Sheol), because that's where everyone was prior
to Jesus' death and Resurrection. Whether they could remember their experiences
from Hades is not given to us in divine revelation but there is no reason
to suppose they couldn't.
Hope this helps,
Eric Ewanco
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