3 Days and 3 Nights
Jesus stays in the tomb three days and three nights.
Then Jesus rose from the dead as he said he would.
Background Reading:
Matthew 28:1
3 Days and 3 Nights
1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
Sabbath in Greek is in the plural Sabbaths.
In Matthew 28:1, which speaks of the women coming to the tomb, there is a mistranslation in English. The Greek text clearly says, “After the Sabbaths were passed,” Sabbaths being plural. Why is that significant?
More Information:
Jesus stays in the tomb three days and three nights.
Hebrew day starts at dusk or sunset, so the Hebrew day overlap two Roman days.
AD32:
Saturday [Friday sunset-Saturday sunset] was the triumphal entry: April 6th and 10 Nisan (at dusk)
Sunday [Saturday sunset-Sunday sunset] the fig tree was cursed: April 7th and 11 Nisan (at dusk)
Monday [Sunday sunset-Monday sunset] the conspirators counseled: April 8th and 12 Nisan (at dusk)
Tuesday [Monday sunset-Tuesday sunset] was the Last Supper: April 9th and 13 Nisan (at dusk)
Wednesday [Tuesday sunset-Wednesday sunset] was the Crucifixion: April 10th and 14 Nisan (at dusk)
Thursday [Wednesday sunset-Thursday sunset] was the Feast of Unleavened Bread: April 11th and 15 Nisan (at dusk)
Friday [Thursday sunset-Friday sunset] the women prepared the spices and so forth: April 12th and 16 Nisan (at
dusk)
Saturday [Friday sunset-Saturday sunset] they all rested: April 13th and 17 Nisan (at dusk)
Sunday[Saturday sunset-Sunday sunset] morning the woman went to the tomb: April 14th and still 17 Nisan (At
dusk or sunset, it became 18 Nisan-[Sunday sunset-Monday sunset])
Read: Matthew 28:1 Sabbath here in Greek is Sabbaths.
Also read John 19:31 "and the next day was to be a special Sabbath."
There are the normal weekly Sabbath and also a small number of Special Sabbaths and "The Feast of Unleavened Bread" is one of these special Sabbaths.
The word Sabbath in Hebrew means: rest.