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The Lenten Season tells us that Jesus was victorious over death.
40 days after it began. It occurred late in Jesus' life, not too long before the Last Supper and his Crucifixion.
Jesus was in the tomb for three days before his resurrection.
Jesus fasted for 40 days before beginning his ministry.
Lent the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Lent that Christians fast and prayer before Easter. Forty days were chosen as the length because it is the number of days that Jesus spent in the desert in prayer and fasting just prior to the time that He began his public ministry.
Jesus was in the grave for three days before his resurrection.
Jesus was in the tomb for three days before his resurrection.
Public citizen in those days meant being a Roman like Paul (Acts 16.37,38) and Jesus was not a Roman.
Mary brought Jesus to the temple, before God, to be circumcised, eight days after he was born. Then 33 days after that Mary brought Jesus before the Lord according to the law of Moses, (Leviticus 12,2 to 6)
Lent commemorates the 40 days Our Lord spent in the desert fasting and praying before He began his public ministry so, yes, it is scriptural.
According to Christian beliefs, Jesus was in the cave for three days before his resurrection.
After his resurrection, Jesus was on Earth for 40 days before ascending to heaven.