You may think it is a “hoot”, but it is how days are counted in the Scriptures and if you have a problem with it, you have a problem with the Holy Spirit since He ordained it.
So if you ever run into a real rabbi, ask him this:
A Jewish boy is born on Tuesday the 5th five minutes before sundown. On what day must he be circumcised on?
The answer is the eighth day, or Tuesday the 12th.
Bonus question, if someone were to die on the Tuesday the 5th and rise from the dead on the third day, on what would he rise?
Answer is on Thursday the 7th.
The ignorance of the Scriptures is really stunning.
But if he rose from the dead when three days were accomplished he would be raised on the 8th...