Have to think like a jew on it, Weds Nite at 6 pm starts Thursday 24, Friday 24, Sat. 24, Sat night at 6 pm is Sunday, that’s how.. you cant get 3 24 hour days Friday night to Sunday. Food for thought...
Bottom line... thank God He arose!
That doesn’t get you there. If Wednesday is the “first” day, then Thursday is second and Friday is third. He would have had to rise sometime before sundown on Friday evening. If Thursday is “first,” then sometime before sundown on Saturday evening. Neither one fits; it can’t be Wednesday. Thursday would work, though.
People forget that Jesus' prophecy was For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The clock starts ticking once Jesus is buried - not when He was first crucified. That didn't happen until the evening on Wednesday because Joseph of Arimathia had gone to Pilate to ask for Jesus' body so He could be buried in the tomb (see Matthew 27:57-60). By Sunday (the first day of the week) at dawn, Jesus had already risen because the women went to the tomb (see Matthew 28) and He was NOT there.
I agree your math works perfectly. What I don't see is why some people make such a big deal about insisting Jesus was crucified on "Good Friday" and arose on "Easter Sunday". Perhaps they don't want to disagree with "tradition". The important thing is that we believe He DID rise from the dead just as He said He would and because of that we are redeemed from our sins. As Paul told us: