It could have also been on Wednesday and still match scripture.
Wednesday is the correct day! Three days and three nights in the tomb starting with Wednesday evening ends at Saturday evening.
The Scripture tells us they came early on the first day of the week, which would be Saturday right after sunset. Remember they went
from sunset to sunset.
That would be true by our reckoning.
But the Jews, Romans, and early Christians did not understand the concept of "zero." So they would have counted the "zero-eth" day as the first day.
So crucifixion on Thursday would have made Thursday the first day, Friday the second, and Saturday the third. Saturday night would have been the third night.
By the way, does anyone know why it took three days and nights? Jonah spending three days inside a whale would seem to be an almost irrelevant precedent.
