How could Jesus have remained in the tomb three days and three nights if He was crucified on Friday and rose on Sunday?
There is much debate over this question and some say that we should commemorate Good Wednesday and not Good Friday because the math does not work out for a Good Friday. The Jews consider Sundown as the beginning of another day and so from Sundown to Sundown was considered one day. By using this calculation in doing the math of Sundown to Sundown, Good Wednesday seems to make more sense. In other words, Wednesday Sundown to Thursday Sundown would be one day and one night. Thursday Sundown to Friday Sundown would be two days and two nights. Friday Sundown to Saturday Sundown would be three days and three nights. Jesus Christ would have come out of the tomb sometime after Sundown Saturday and that would be Sunday. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:40) However, before we start feeling good about our mathematical calculations, we better consult a set of Jew
