>> “Read it again. He said He would rise on the third day... not after three days were over.” <<
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WRONG!
He said that it would be as with the prophet Jonah who was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
The phrase "three days and three nights" is a Jewish idiom for denoting a period of time. There are other examples of its use in the Bible. In Esther 4:16 to 5:1 we find her telling that she would fast for three days and three nights before going before the king and yet she shows up in the king's presence on the third day. Here's another that shows that Jesus was understood idiomatically by His listeners: "Sir, we remember that while living that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise.' Therefore, order the grave to be secured until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away and say to the people, 'He was raised from the dead,' and the last deceit will be worse than the first." (Matthew 27:63-34). Note that they didn't ask for the grave to be secured until after the third day had passed. Even His enemies understood Jesus's meaning better than we do in our language today.
Here are some quick quotes for my point of view:
Matthew 16:21 [ Jesus Foretells His Death ] From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day.
Matthew 17:23 and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.
Matthew 20:19 and will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.”
Luke 9:22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.”