Third Day

[PeteZaHut]

In Jesus’ time, did they count differently than we do today? Today, I would think we would call Sunday 2 days after Friday. I know the words used in the Bible are often phrased something like “On the third day,” but it seems like also it sometimes says something like “In 3 days.”

 

[puzzleannie]

the counted the same way we do today. sundown Holy Thursday to sundown Good Friday, the sacrifice of calvary as prefigured in the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, and ending with the entombment, the first day. Sundown Friday to Sundown Saturday the second day, the day of waiting for fulfillment, the day of mourning. Sundown Saturday to midnight Sunday, the Third Day, as in “I will rise again on the Third Day.” Read the gospels, the entire third day, Sunday, is resurrection day, as he appears first to the women then to several disciples, and lastly to the gathered apostles, the day he accomplishes the very real Work of the resurrection. He did not say “I will rise again precisely 72 hours after I expire.”

 

[Bookcat]

In Jesus’ time, did they count differently than we do today? Today, I would think we would call Sunday 2 days after Friday. I know the words used in the Bible are often phrased something like “On the third day,” but it seems like also it sometimes says something like “In 3 days.”

YES!

“In the Bible, parts of time units were frequently counted as wholes. Thus a king might be said to have reigned for two years, even if he reigned for only fourteen months. In the same way, a day and a night does not mean a period of twenty-four hours. It can refer to any portion of a day coupled with any portion of a night. The expression “three days and three nights” could be used as simply a slightly hyperbolic way of referring to “three days.”” --Jimmy Akin of Catholic Answers (This rock March 1999)

 

[choy]

friday would be day one
saturday day two
and sunday day three

also, examine the language. it said, “on the third day.” it didn’t say, “after three days”
the difference being, after three days would mean three days would pass before it happens. on the third day would mean the event happened during the third day

 

[peary]

Friday before Sabbath is the first day. The Sabbath (Saturday) is the second day. And Sunday is the third day. The Jews were not worried about the specific ‘length’ of the day as we obsess about it now.