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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It's unlikely Jonah spent 72 full hours in the fish anyway, as this is also an assumption that doesn't deal with the context.
The Bible says he did and Jesus said He did. That is good enough for me.
When Jesus rose from the grave He descended into the earth and preached to the prisoners according to Peter.
In English the 3 days and 3 nights is not nearly as precise as the Greek in which it was written.
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover. Yes I made a hasty statement, The next day would be the holy day of the unleavened bread and the next Sunday would have been Firstfruits. Sorry about that.
I am not defending either way as you seem to be bent on a Friday crucifixion. I don't know and many Christian scholars have argued the point for centuries for and against but it does not matter. The END of the matter!
No, the Bible and Jesus don't say "72 full hours". That's an interpretation taken from a modern view of the meaning of three days and three nights. Consider the Egyptian who fasted "three days and three nights" but was only deprived as of "hayom shlishah", lit. "the third day" [ago], aka the day before yesterday (1 Sam. 30:12-13; "three days" NET, YLT).
I appreciate your link as I have great respect for Missler. If he came out for Wednesday crucifixion I'll need to look at him carefully (separately). I usually agree with him but not always.
You can't get 3 days and 3 nights from Friday to Sunday morning. You can get part of 3 days but only 2 nights. REGARDLESS of the back and forth, I am not taking a stance either way. We do not know which calendars the NT writers were using. They were living in a Roman occupied nation so probably a Roman calendar but the Jews also had their religious calendar. It really doesn't matter. I posted what I did---and I don't swear it is correct----in the view of the Wednesday crucifixion. Many great scholars through the centuries have good argument for a Friday crucifixion but the 3 days and 3 night theory does not fit that either. A Thursday crucifixion fits the 3 days and 3 nights but doesn't fit the rest of it. Our MAIN focus--instead of going back and forth over something that does not matter and hasn't been resolved for centuries---is the death and resurrection of Jesus. Have a great Sunday resurrection day!
deep breath The three days and three nights is from Thursday night to Sunday morning. Entering the tomb Friday afternoon means the whole day from Thursday night to Friday night is included. Even the graphic supplied in this thread counts inclusively in this way while trying to fight inclusive counting, as I showed.
What we can't do is say he rose "on the third day" if he was buried on Wednesday and rose on Saturday because Saturday is the fourth day he would be in the grave then. They simply didn't count the way you describe in ordinary practice.
People who take a single text out of proportion while ignoring many other texts are often captivated by an agenda. If you continue as a student of the Scriptures, the Spirit will show you how to reconcile the many texts with the one.