Most Christians believe that Jesus died on Good Friday and rose again on Easter Sunday. They have adopted this teaching from their parents and churches without ever questioning it. But is this really a biblical fact or just an old pagan or theological tradition that replaces the Word of God?
For a true Christian, the Bible is the basis of his opinion. However, since very few Christians understand the Greek language in which the New Testament (NT) was written, they depend on translations. No book has been published in as many languages as the Bible. But even within the individual languages there are clear differences in content in a few verses, because churches and sects did not agree with the statements of God and preferred to incorporate their own dogmas into their translation of the Bible. Now if it says in one Bible that Jesus was resurrected "on a Sabbath/Saturday" (Vulgate, Mentelin 1466, Luther 1545, SLT 1876, CLV 1926, APB 2003, KNT 2007, Scr4All 2010 etc.), but in another it says that he was resurrected on the "first day of the week" (KJV 1611, Luther 1984, ESV) or even "on Sunday" (GNB 1966), then it is true that all Christians refer to the ONE BIBLE, but they all have quite different opinions. Why? Because the basic Greek text has been translated completely differently. With regard to the determination of the weekday of the resurrection of Jesus, some theologians even speak of an "unsolvable question". But this is not so. There is a very simple way to find out the truth, which is to go back to the unadulterated original Greek text (see Interlinear). Here it is irrelevant whether the original text editions of Nestle/Aland, the Codex Sinaiticus, Textus Receptus or the Majority Text are considered. Everywhere in our context, exactly the same message stands. It is clear, such serious translation problems in the resurrection chapter of the NT must not be allowed to happen:
Either the Bible is inspired or the many theologians are inspired;
both can't be inspired at the same time because they contradict each other.
There has never been a time when it was as easy to get information as it is today. But at the same time there has never been a time when so much false information has been spread. Jesus promised NOT to leave his followers in confusion and ignorance. He said: "When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak" (John 16:13). However, it is the responsibility of every Christian to be led by the Spirit of God and to obey God's commandments "ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find" (Mt 7:7) and "prove all things; hold fast that which is good" (1Thess 5:21). Consequently, anyone who does not seriously research the Bible will never be able to gain knowledge and certainty and will inevitably become involved in long theological disputes. Since the knowledge about the real day of the week of the resurrection of Jesus is of utmost importance, such an essential topic cannot be treated only briefly and superficially. In order to give certainty, the question on this website is therefore considered in detail and in simple terms from several perspectives.
Some evangelical church pastors claim that it is allegedly not important to know on which day of the week Jesus rose from the dead, it only counts that he rose from the dead. It may not matter to these irresponsible pastors; but for God, Jesus and the first Christian church it was extremely important from the beginning to make the exact weekday of Jesus' resurrection clearly known to all people worldwide. Therefore, the basic Greek text of the NT must be translated into all other languages in such a way that the statements of God and the evangelists are correctly reproduced, regardless of what some churches or sects teach. This is not a matter of wishful thinking, where theologians can choose the resurrection day of Jesus for themselves. No, it is about the Word of God, the most precious of all. It is about life and death and whoever does not want to lose his eternal life should not falsify the Word of God in order to seduce Christianity. Every Christian has a right to know what is really in the Bible and what is NOT in it (see Interlinear Bible).
In order to avoid misunderstandings from the very beginning, it is important to underline: With regard to the day of Jesus' resurrection, NO new knowledge and NO new revelations are described here, but quite the opposite: it shows what earlier generations knew long before us for almost 2,000 years and what was written in very many Catholic, Protestant and other church Bibles over many centuries and still stands today, namely the resurrection of Jesus "on a Sabbath morning! Many Catholic Bibles even speak of "a Saturday morning" (see German manuscripts and the first prints of the world). The first Bibles in many languages had the same Sabbath-morning resurrection message and did not contradict each other (see Link). In order to prevent Christians from arguing about this, God has clearly named the Resurrection Day seven (7) times in the Gospels. Experience here the unambiguous and doubtless biblical (!) answer to the question on which day of the week Jesus Christ really rose from the dead. This is no longer a secret!
"Sola scriptura... The word they shall leave standing!"
(Martin Luther)