The sign of jona

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jesus said " just as jona spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish so is the son of man will spend three nights and three days in the belly of the earth.( matthew 12:40)

if jesus died on friday and resurrected on sunday morning, then there are only two nights that is friday night and sunday night, and one day that is saturday.

How did jesus fulfill the sign of Jona? anyone?
 
There are several possibilities. One of them was the ancient Jewish custom of including any part of a day as the day itself. That would make Friday Thursday, and Saturday Friday, and Sunday Saturday (the Sabbath, btw, and the end of the Passover.) Also bear in mind that in that week, there may have been two Sabbaths: the Passover Sabbath and the regular week’s Sabbath, and that other scripture passages from Mark and Luke refer to “the Sabbath” in giving us a glimpse at this timeframe, but do not delineate other specific days by name.
These are just a couple of the explanations I’ve read about here and there, but there are others, probably better ones out there. :cool:
 
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