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James came to the sepulchre at the rising of the sun, to "anoint him." The women would NOT
have walked to the tomb, carrying the spices, before sunset on the Passover/weekly Sabbath -- it
was considered A VIOLATION OF THE SABBATH to "carry a burden" on that day.

Why Did Yeshua Wait Until the First Day of the Week to Appear?

If Yeshua was raised from the dead before sunset on the Passover/Sabbath afternoon,
WHY did he wait until the morning of the first day of the week to appear to the women, to Mary,
and to the two men on the road to Emmaus? WHY did he wait until the evening of the first day of
the week to reveal himself to his grieving disciples? Why not appear to someone after the
Passover/Sabbath during the night time portion of the first day of the week? Also, if Yeshua ap-
peared to the women late on the Passover/Sabbath afternoon and they RAN to bring the disciples
-- WHY would Peter and John wait until the morning of the first day of the week to RUN to the
tomb? Read John 20:4. This theory of 72 hours in the grave is totally destitute of any logic
whatsoever!

The Problem With Punctuation

In Matthew 27:66-28:1-2 we read the following --

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. In the
end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earth-
quake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the
stone from the door, and sat upon it" (KJV).

Here the argument is made by those who propose the "three day, three night" theory that the
word "dawn" means "to approach towards." Thus, they claim, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
went to see the sepulchre "in the end of the sabbath," as it began to approach towards the first day
of the week. On Sabbath evening, continues this reasoning, before sunset -- they found the tomb
empty.

There is, however, something we should keep in mind -- the ancient Greek contained no
punctuation marks, no spaces between the words and no lower case letters. These features were
all added later by the translators to make the reading easier. Also, the ancient manuscripts con-
tained no numbered verses or chapter divisions. So, with this understanding, let's write out Mat-
thew 27:66 again --

So they went and made the sepuchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch in the end
of the sabbath. As it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Mag-
dalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Did you catch the change? I simply moved the period from after the word "watch" to after
the word "sabbath." I also eliminated the verse division, making "in the end of the sabbath" the
END of 27:66 instead of the BEGINNING of 28:1. By this very legitimate change the whole mean-
ing of these verses is changed -- just by a change in punctuation. Now the guard is set at the end of
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