Three is one of the numbers that genuinely carries weight in Scripture. Unlike most, it does not have to be argued for — the text uses it so insistently that the pattern reads itself. Three days The central one first. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:4) Paul is quoting something older than his own letter, a formula he says he received and passed on. The third day…

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