This year also feels extraordinary for the Jewish and Assyrian communities of faith, as for the first time since 33 A.D., the Pesach Seder (Passover Dinner), which corresponds to the Last Supper in Catholic traditions, fell on the exact same day (Wednesday evening). 2026 marks the first such occurrence in the modern era under the calendars of both faiths, given there have been no instances of the full triple alignment (full moon + Pesach/15 Nisan beginning at sunset + Holy Thursday in the earlier Catholic sunset reckoning) on a Wednesday night since 33 A.D.
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u/photobuf is correct that there were two holy days. Fri 14 Nisan could be called the First of Matzah and Sat 15 Nisan was Sabbath. But Fri was preparation day for the Sabbath, and 14 Nisan had no "preparation day" other than preparing the lambs on 10 Nisan. There were no "two Sabbaths" that week in any text, and the spices argument doesn't work from the actual text.
The Passover was eaten 14 Nisan in any reading. What happened is that Jesus celebrated at the beginning, after sundown, and the Pharisees celebrated at the end, before sundown and into 15 Nisan.
15 Nisan was not a "High Sabbath" in itself as that wasn't used for something other than weekly Sabbath. It was high because that year it was both Sabbath and a miqra rest day (Lev. 23).
Jesus didn't say 72 hours, he used an idiom that meant parts of three days, and he also said "on the third day" many more times and ways and the Wed people don't take him literally about that.
I'd be happy to negotiate details with you. In particular, I agree that the church is mistaken about 1st-day "Sabbath" and "Palm Sunday" being Biblical terms. But these oversights were permitted for other reasons, they shouldn't cause us to throw out Firstfruits on the first day in Lev. 23:11.
The Jews had 2 calendars they used and I do know which one they were using when they were writing the NT but since the Bible states the Passover is always on the 14th day of the First Month of the Holy calendar, I would suppose for it to be a Wednesday crucifixion the were using the national calendar. Who knows?