Lets look at the scriptures and see the amazing new knowledge on this subject.

Lets see that the resurrection and the time that Christ was raised from the dead are in fact two different times.  Astounding and yet very true.

Firstly we will look at the days from Christ death until He was raised from the dead.

Christ died on Wednesday, 14th Abib at approximately 3 pm in the afternoon. On Passover day also called The preparation day.

Joh 19:14  And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 

Mar 15:34  And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 
Mar 15:35  And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 
Mar 15:36  And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. 
Mar 15:37  And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. 
Mar 15:38  And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 

Before Christ was buried there was several things that happened. Joseph of Arimathaea went and asked for the body of Christ.

Mar 15:43  Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 

Joh 19:38  And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 

His body was then removed from the cross, this in itself would have been time consuming as the nails would have been removed in such a way as to not harm the body of Christ any more than it was already.  I am sure this would have been done with great sorrow and with every care. Showing dignity and love for Christ.

Then His body was anointed with spices and wrapped according to Jewish custom.

Joh 19:39  And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 
Joh 19:40  Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 

Christ was buried before sunset, as the next day was the holy day, the First Day of Unleavened Bread.

Joh 19:31  The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 

Christ died around 3 pm Wednesday afternoon and was buried sometime between 3 pm and sundown.  Before the Sabbath.

Luk 23:53  And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 
Luk 23:54  And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. 

Time was getting on, the garden where Christ was buried was at the place where He was crucified.

Joh 19:41  Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 
Joh 19:42  There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. 

Notice that the sepulchre belonged to Joseph of Arimathaea

Mat 27:59  And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 
Mat 27:60  And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 

Most readers have probably not been to Jerusalem and seen first hand the sepulchre where Christ was buried.  We have seen it and it is above the ground.  Today when we bury someone they are placed under the ground probably around 6 feet deep.  But in stark contrast the sepulchre of Christ is not under the ground but as the scriptures state it is hewn out of rock. Christ was actually laid a few feet above  ground level, not under the ground at all.

Mat 27:60  And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 

The sepulchre is not under the earth.  So this burial was not what Christ was talking about when He said He would be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.  What He was referring to was what would happen to Him after He was resurrected on Thursday morning, a few hours after His death. 
 

Christ died approximately 3pm Wednesday afternoon.
Sometime Thursday morning, the first day of unleavened bread, Christ was resurrected.

The sepulchre had a large stone placed at the opening, this was sealed some time Thursday, the 15th Nisan, the First Day of Unleavened Bread, and a watch of the guards placed there.

Mat 27:62  Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 

Mat 27:64  Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. 
Mat 27:65  Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. 
Mat 27:66  So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. 

When Jesus was resurrected He folded His grave clothes and departed to Hell.

Joh 20:6  Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 
Joh 20:7  And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. 

It was some time Thursday morning the 15th the First Day of Unleavened bread that Christ was resurrected.  He was to then go to Hell or Hades for three days and three nights.  The three days are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the three nights are Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday night. He rose from the dead Sunday morning, early.

Mat 12:40  For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 

Act 2:27  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 

Rev 1:18  I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. 

Christ was resurrected into a physical body because this body was destroyed in Hell

Mar 14:58  We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. 

Christ descended to Hell

Eph 4:8  Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 
Eph 4:9  (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 
Eph 4:10  He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 

What did Christ do when He descended to Hell.  He spoke to the spirits in prison.

1Pe 3:18  For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 
1Pe 3:19  By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 
1Pe 3:20  Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 

Lets recap on the events so far, Christ died, on Wednesday, He poured out His soul unto death.

Isa 53:12  Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. 

When He died He asked the Father to take His spirit.

Luk 23:46  And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. 

When He was resurrected He was resurrected to flesh, but His soul and spirit were with Him.

The following verse shows that Christs soul was with Him in hell

Act 2:27  Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 

The following verse shows that Christs spirit was with Him in hell.  Notice it was by the spirit He went and preached to the spirits in prison.

1Pe 3:18  For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 

1Pe 3:19  By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 
 

1Pe 3:20  Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 

A further example of the ones Christ preached to in Hell

Jud 1:6  And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 

This flesh body of Christ was then destroyed in Hell or Hades. His flesh was destroyed here, but not His spirit or soul.  This is what was later raised on Sunday morning.  

Joh 2:19  Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 

This destroying of Christs body did not happen at his crucifixion, because it is not three days from Wednesday afternoon till Sunday morning when He was raised.  Also His body was not destroyed at the crucifixion, yes it was beaten and battered but not destroyed. Christ did die at the crucifixion but His body was buried, it was not destroyed.

The Father then raised up Christ on Sunday morning.

Mat 16:21  From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 

Act 2:24  Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. 

Act 2:32  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 

Act 10:40  Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; 

The following scripture shows clearly that Christ was raised on Sunday morning.

The stone was rolled away

Mat 28:1  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. 
Mat 28:2  And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 

Then  Christ appeared to Mary first.

Mar 16:9  Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 

The following event also happened very early on Sunday morning because Christ had not ascended to the Father.

Joh 20:17  Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. 

A very short time afterwards people were able to touch Him and so He had returned from the Father

Mat 28:9  And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. 

Christ appeared in many different forms to the brethren during the 40 days He was with them.  Mary thought He was the gardener, He walked to a town with two of them in another form  and they did not know Him.

He also told them that He was flesh

Luk 24:39  Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. 
Luk 24:40  And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. 

It is very clear in this article that the time of Christs resurrection occurred early Thursday morning on the first day of Unleavened Bread.

Then Christ spent three days and three nights in the heart of the earth preaching to the spirits in prison.

Then early Sunday morning He was raised from the dead [the dead here refers to hell] the dead is a place not a state, it has been clearly shown that Christ was not dead at this time, His body was destroyed but His spirit and soul were not destroyed.  

This is very important new knowledge for the church. We have shown very clearly that the resurrection of Christ and the time that He was raised from the dead are two different times.

He was resurrected on Thursday morning.

He was raised on Sunday morning.