He was crucified on the Wednesday of that week,the
start of their High Sabbath. Israel’s days ran from
evening to evening. 3 nights and 3 days are—
Wed evening to Thur evening, the 1st day,
Thur evening to Fri evening, the 2nd day
Fri evening to Sat evening, the 3rd day,
He arose from the tomb between Sat evening
and Early Sun Morning. During their first day
of their week. When the ladies
showed up wrap the body he was gone.
They couldn’t do it until then, due to the
High Sabbath days which ended Sat evening,
the start of their first day of the week..Ed
The way the Jews counted days was any part of it. So if Jesus died at 11:59p on Friday that counted as a whole day.
The most common reading is not the literalism a modern reader might think, but the inclusive reckoning of three day-night (or in Jewish methodology, night-day) periods. This was a common usage in Jewish religious observations. So the little bit of Friday and the little bit of Sunday in Christian tradition which passed between Jesus’ entombment to His miraculous resurrection was enough to make up three night-day periods.
its my conjecture the ‘sign of Jonas’ Jesus gave to a ‘wicked and adulterous generation’ has far more meaning than just the three days and three nights in the tomb, it was that too, and I'm equally impressed if its only 1 day.
I believe Jesus(the Temple made flesh) was crucified on Wednesday April 9th, 32 AD and it was exactly 14,000 days later the physical Temple was destroyed on August 10-12th 70 AD (9th of AV)
Their (Israel's)house was left desolate. This was the meaning of what Jesus told the women crying as they marched him past them to the cross, “weep for yourselves, and for your children”
“For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?” Luke 23:31
there is far more going on with this timeline and the alignments of days than many are aware.