By Tonja Condray Klein©04/19/2025

Everyone in the religious echelon of the many denominations speak of the day of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Everyone in the various Christian churches discuss the day of the resurrection too. Whether some believe the same facts about the events as stated in the Gospels of the Christian Holy Bible in its various formats or not, there is still something not entirely known completely and won’t be until every single believer in Jesus Christ as Savior are gathered together in Heaven. What could that something possibly be that hasn’t already been exhaustively studied, intellectually caricatured, scientifically dissected, or unequivocally stated by the masses of religious leaders for the past two thousand years yet? I believe that would be ‘the day between’ the gruesome crucifixion and the triumphant resurrection of Jesus Christ!

Now I know that many preachers, evangelists, teachers, expositors, and apologists have discussed about what Jesus Christ was doing while He was physically dead and in the Spiritual realm. I know that some have even discussed what information is written in the Gospels about the various disciples and what they did and endured during that time of waiting for the third day. I guess what I mean is that even though we have some information about the main followers, I wonder about the others. What did the masses do for the day between? What did Pilate and his wife that warned him to have nothing to do with Jesus Christ? After being against Him thought to be their Messiah and the Savior of the World then what about the Scribes, Sanhedrin, and Pharisees? What of Jesus’ mother Mary as she waited to go with spices?

While some historic writings have given glimpses into accounts of the times’ events by certain people that align with the writings of the Judaic and Christian faith books, there were never ‘biographies’ of less well-known followers of Christ that were in the areas we write about now in 2025 with an expository biography for almost every person in any of the main groups of power in life like politics, entertainment, science, and religion. When I began writing this I decided to look up whatever information I could find about particular people. It’s amazing how simply asking, “What happened to them?” can lead to finding that you aren’t the only person to ever wonder and there were more writings than usually are not noted by ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Of course, their main focus is on the Resurrection as it should be.

I decided to imagine myself in their situations of that moment over two thousand years ago and during that day after the Crucifixion and before the Resurrection of Jesus Christ – the Day Between. First of all, I don’t know if I could have been as brave as they were back then in ancient Israel under Rome. Even though I’ve been a Christian for almost forty-five years, have sung since I was eleven and taught since I was fourteen in churches, we have had FREEDOM OF RELIGION in America from the beginning before I was born and still in 2025. We can still serve Jesus Christ openly without the fear of being crucified. We have been facing prison for the past couple of decades in certain states, though, and that had caused real concern for the citizens of this Democratic Republic. In other countries it’s much worse.

Most of the masses that day on Calvary’s hill (place of the Skull) probably didn’t think during the Day Between about the death of Jesus before. Then again, many had recently met or listened to Jesus teach or watched Him do miracles, so if they truly thought Him to at least be a prophet of God then they might have been praying for both His physical and spiritual families. Those who had received healing had to be mourning. Those who had been soldiers might’ve even been questioning their part in what had happened if they had listened to or about Him or seen miracles Jesus Christ of Nazareth had performed days before. One soldier was noted as stating surely this is the Son of God about Jesus on the Cross. That was before the death, burial, and resurrection, so at least one soldier believed, but we don’t know his name even now.

Pontius Pilate was deposed from his position after the Cross of Calvary, but some medieval texts have claimed he and his wife, known as Porcula/Porcia in some writings, were said to have become Christian converts. Can you imagine? Although some writings say Pilate went back to Rome to retire after his dismissal from Jerusalem, others claim that he’d continued to hurt the Jewish people or was even killed. I prefer to hope that Porcula/Porcia believed in the Resurrection and had helped Pilate to as well. Jewish leaders had a hand in what led to the death of Christ as much as Pilate had, but it was the people of Jerusalem who chose Barabbas over Jesus when given the right as a gift of Passover from the Roman government that time. Even so, Jesus Christ GAVE HIS LIFE, and NO one took it from Him without His Will allowing.

When happened to the Sanhedrin Pharisees? The most prevalent known was Nicodemus, and he went with Joseph of Arimathea to obtain the body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion so the women could prepare the body for the burial to adhere to the timing of the Passover. Nicodemus was removed from the Sanhedrin and lost his position with the Pharisees according to some historic writings, including the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. Joseph of Arimathea letting his tomb used for Jesus to make sure it fulfilled Isaiah 53:9 about how the Messiah would make His grave with a rich man in death. It is thought Joseph of Arimathea was buried there when he did die later to completely fulfill it to the letter. Both are not mentioned more in biblical texts, and some of the historic writings are listed to be either hearsay or merely legend now.

When it comes to Mary the mother of Jesus Christ, there are so many written words in various religions that see her as an important part of their beliefs that it would be impossible to really state definitely how her own feelings could have been on the Day Between. I know she had to have mourned even though she had the promise from Gabriel and the proof of her Son being Whom and What He claimed to be. Mary’s future after the Resurrection is either supernatural in how Catholic denominations claim or that of the writings of Hyppolitus of Thebes who claimed Mary died eleven years after the crucifixion where from the Cross Jesus had stated the apostle He loved, John, as Mary’s son to then care for her. John probably did, at least until she died or John was sent to the Isle of Patmos where he wrote the book of Revelation.

Regardless of whomever people try to blame for the death of Jesus Christ, His death wasn’t by the Jewish Rabbis, the Roman government, or even the people of Jerusalem. NONE could take His Life from Him – NONE. Yeshua Jesus IS the Christ Messiah Savior and had to LAY DOWN HIS LIFE for ALL OF US. Jesus had to then RISE AGAIN to reclaim our ability to believe By Grace and Through Faith in His spent Blood on Calvary in each soul’s place for each to be saved spiritually and one day to be restored physically. This is the REASON that Jesus Christ came to Earth so long ago – HE IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE! It’s as TRUE NOW in 2025 as it was when Mary Magdalene ran to tell the apostles (and Peter), “JESUS HAS RISEN!” On the Day Between in 2025, I tell you, “JESUS IS RISEN!!!!!!!”

“Father God of Creation, I come to You in the Name of Yeshua Jesus. I believe He is the One and Only Begotten Son, was born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, and died on Calvary’s Cross in my place and for every person who will believe. I ask You to forgive me for my sins, help me to understand You through the Christian Holy Bible, and also deliver me from every chain of bondage on my life. In the name of Yeshua Jesus I pray, Amen!” You can read the Blue Letter Bible for free online and give as you can. Here is the link to Romans 8 to begin in the NLT version, but I suggest the King James Version too that I grew up reading and memorizing. JESUS BLESS YOU ALWAYS!