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If you have to have three days and nights, then you have Jesus rising on the fourth day. (Crucified on Friday before sunset=1 day, Friday night to Saturday morning=1 night, Sat. morning to sunset=2nd day, Saturday night to Sunday morning=2nd night, Sunday morning to Sunday sunset=3rd day, Sunday sunset to Monday sunrise=3rd night, Monday morning=4th day)

Because the Roman Church insists that Friday was the day of crucifixion is no reason you should keep that tradition. The Passover Lamb was to be slaughtered on the 14th of the month and most any historical source you go to will agree that the year of birth was anywhere from 3 to 6 A.D.

Indeed, if you look at the year 33 A.D. you will see that the day of preparation from Leviticus 23 (Nisan 14) falls on a Friday. This lines up perfectly with the Roman view of things.....but not scripture. It does not allow the non Sabbath day to purchase and prepare the spices spoken of in [Mark 16:1] and [Luke 23:56] and then.....rest another day for "ANOTHER" Sabbath.

A more appropriate calendar is 30 A.D. where the 14th falls on a Wednesday...a High Sabbath day (Unleavened Bread) on a Thursday...a non Sabbath day to purchase and prepare spices falls on a Friday...and a weekly Sabbath day to observe, according to the commandment, on a Saturday!

Our Lord came out of the tomb shortly before sunset on the Sabbath and to say a Sunday resurrection is scriptural, you have to invent a different timetable.

"Because the Roman Church insists that Friday was the day of crucifixion is no reason you should keep that tradition."

You missed my point. It is clear that Jesus predicted that he would rise on the THIRD day. Start the count-down whatever day pleases you, but you have to start on a day (Matt. 27:46, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44, John 19:31). To get three nights into the equation, you have Jesus arising on the 4th day, or the 3rd night, but NOT the 3rd day!

A few things you may be overlooking, which I don't have the definative answer to....

Jonah didn't have to be swallowed or reguritated on any specific day, therefore his "three days and nights" could have started anytime. Calvary has a specific start and end time.

The "days and nights" conotation may have had more then one meaning. When we use the term "day" it doesn't always mean 24 hours. When I get home from work, my wife asks "Did you have a good day?" She's not talking 24 hours. Because I work varying shifts, she's also not just talking daylight hours.

The answer to conotation would have to be answered by someone who has studied Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic languages, which I haven't. However, I can easily see where "three days and three nights" was a general term for three days. Especially when the third day is emphasized far more.

Sincerely