Scripture says it better than I: [Matthew 27:57-62] 57 When the even (between 3:00 P.M. and sunset) was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. 62 Now the next day (Thursday, Nisan 15) that followed the day of the preparation (Wednesday, Nisan 14), the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate.
Please don't be confused by my saying Wednesday/Thursday. I mean the sunset that precedes the 24 hour time period of the Hebrews which began at sunset on Wednesday and finished at sunset on Thursday.
[Mark 15:42-46] 42 And now when the even was come (between 3:00 P.M. and sunset), because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath (first Sabbath of Unleavened Bread), 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
[Luke 23:50-54] 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: 51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation (Wednesday, Nisan 14), and the sabbath drew on. (this is immediately before the sunset)
[John 19:31-42] 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation (Wednesday, Nisan 14) , that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day (First Sabbath of Unleavened Bread) , (for that sabbath day was an high day,) (SABBATWN) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. 38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day (Wednesday, Nisan 14 right before sunset); for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
To reiterate......He was placed in the tomb at sunset Wednesday, Nisan 14 and arose 72 hours later on the Sabbath at sunset on Nisan 17. Wednesday night/ Thursday day = 24 hours; Thursday night/ Friday day = 48 hours; Friday night/ Sabbath day = 72 hours! Three days and three nights....72 hours. We know it was 72 hours because scripture also verifies that.
[Matthew 12:40] 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. 72 hours!
[Mark 8:31] And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. This cannot be counted as anything less than 72 hours!
[Mark 9:31] For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. This cannot be less than 24 hours nor more than 72 hours!
[Matthew 27:63] Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. This cannot be anything less than 72 hours!
[John 2:19] Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Not less than 24 hours.....not more than 72!
The Hebrews have an idiom that qualifies any part of a day mentioned to be considered a whole day. When days and nights are mentioned in the same phrase.....the idiom does not apply.
Thank you for your blessing.......and I wish you the same in your search for truth.
Agree!
As I stated in an earlier post.
Placed in the tomb on Wednesday, 14 Nisan, which, by definition had to be before sunset, because after sunset, it would have been Thursday, 15 Nisan and the High holy Sabbath.
thank you.
SDG