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According to the Bible and contrary to the common error that is passed on as fact, Jesus died on a wednesday at the end of the Passover celebration.

I don't think "Ignacius" had much to say on the issue.

The Scripture says the women went to anoint the body on the morning of the "first day of the week". They wouldn't have waited (or been able to wait) 4 whole days to do that. (cf Lazarus ... "he has been in the tomb 3 days, surely there will be a stench") The reason they waited was because the day before, and only the day before, was a Sabbath. That means that there was only that one day intervening between Jesus' death and Sunday morning. If there had been another non-Sabbath day in between, they would have anointed him then.