Holy Saturday (Tokonaki Tapu)
Matthew 27:62-66
‘Ekisoto 40 (Exodus 40)
Holy Saturday is the name given to the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Some Christians recognize Holy Saturday, the seventh day of Holy Week, as the day on which Jesus “rested” from His work of providing salvation. As Jesus died, He called out, “It is finished!” There was no further price to pay; sin had been atoned for.
After His crucifixion, Jesus was laid in a nearby tomb, and His body remained there the entirety of Holy Saturday (Matthew 27:59-60; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53-54; John 19:39-42). Churches that celebrate Holy Saturday traditionally do so by observing a day of somber reflection as they contemplate the world of darkness that would exist without the hope of Christ’s resurrection.
The only
biblical reference to what happened on Holy Saturday is found in Matthew
27:62-66. After sundown on Friday—the day of Preparation—the chief priests and
Pharisees visited Pontius Pilate. This visit was on the Sabbath, since the Jews
reckoned a day as starting at sundown. They asked Pilate for a guard for Jesus’
tomb. They remembered Jesus saying that He would rise again in three days (John
2:19-21) and wanted to do everything they could to prevent that. As we know,
the Roman guards were inadequate to prevent the resurrection, and the women who
returned to the tomb Sunday morning found it empty. The Lord had risen.
Saturday
The chief
priests and Pharisees place guards at the tomb with Pilate's permission
(Matt.
27:62-66)
Today is the day that Jesus lay to rest in his tomb because for our sins so he died on the cross for to forgive us and his blood will wash all of our sins away
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