[bjorn14]

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.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The modern midnight system was not used then. It was sunset to sunset.

[Tzfat]

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.

Nonsense. Explain the meaning of the phrase "three days AND three nights" - the sign of Jonah does not fit the nonsensical accounting of days - and blaming it on a mythical "Jews counted days" answer is merely forcing a round peg into a square hole. We count (and have always counted) days as beginning at sunset, and parts of days fall into that category - not the Western calendar accounting. Also, we know that the first night of Passover is a Shabbat. We often have double Shabbats - and if a Yom Tov Shabbat falls on the fifth day of the week, you might as well have a triple Shabbat in regards to buying.

In years where Yom Tov Shabbats fall on the fifth day of the week, you will have great difficulty buying any thing from noon on the fourth day of the week, until after sunset on the seventh day of the week.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

That is how Blockbuster counts their 3-day rental. Rent a movie at 10:00 pm and you’ve already had it one full day.