Interestingly, one Bible reference work says that among the Jews, there was a belief that no hope was possible “for a person who had been dead for four days; by then the body showed recognizable decay, and the soul, which was thought to hover over the body for three days, had left. ”
(‏ العدد ٣٩‏ )‏ ما يثير الاهتمام هو انه ساد بين اليهود اعتقاد ،‏ بحسب احد مراجع الكتاب المقدس ،‏ ان لا امل « ان يعود الى الحياة شخص انقضت اربعة ايام على موته ،‏ اذ يكون الانحلال قد بان على جسده آنذاك .‏