It's not minuite precision. It's day precision. He had to be embalmed. Work. When did that happen. On a Passover Sabbath? Jonah was in the fish how long? What's the fish?
My brother...72 hours after any hour on Friday gets you into Monday--which would be the "fourth day" after his crucifixion, and the "second day" of the week. Scripture says he rose "on the third day" after his crucifixion, and also "on the first day of the week" (Matt. 28:1; Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 19; )--that is, our 'Sunday' which is why it became "the Lord's Day" (Rev. 1:10)--hence 'Domingo' in Spanish, 'Dimanche' in French, and 'Dominica' in Italian, which all mean "the Lord's Day," the first day of the week...
Forcing a culturally anachronistic (and perhaps overly-literal) reading of **one** verse (Matthew 12:40, about Jonah) -- 1) ignores the then-culturally-normal way of counting any part of one distinct day as one whole day (so Friday afternoon to early Sunday morning is still "three days" in their way of counting and speaking); and 2) ignores the **many** verses that clearly show it was a Friday crucifixion and a Sunday resurrection. We shouldn't read ancient Hebrew like we read modern English--for many reasons. Think of it as _ordinal_ counting instead of _cardinal_ counting.
But--perhaps most importantly--arguing about this is, frankly, a distraction. And it misses the main point--which is that "God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, **because it was not possible for him to be held by it**" (Acts 2:24) -- and that he did it "for us men and our salvation" ([Nicene Creed](https://www.ccel.org/creeds/nicene.creed.html)). There's plenty to talk about and rejoice in right there, right?
Truly: ✌🏻
Forcing a culturally anachronistic (and perhaps overly-literal) reading of **one** verse (Matthew 12:40, about Jonah) -- 1) ignores the then-culturally-normal way of counting any part of one distinct day as one whole day (so Friday afternoon to early Sunday morning is still "three days" in their way of counting and speaking); and 2) ignores the **many** verses that clearly show it was a Friday crucifixion and a Sunday resurrection. We shouldn't read ancient Hebrew like we read modern English--for many reasons. Think of it as _ordinal_ counting instead of _cardinal_ counting.
But--perhaps most importantly--arguing about this is, frankly, a distraction. And it misses the main point--which is that "God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, **because it was not possible for him to be held by it**" (Acts 2:24) -- and that he did it "for us men and our salvation" ([Nicene Creed](https://www.ccel.org/creeds/nicene.creed.html)). There's plenty to talk about and rejoice in right there, right?
Truly: ✌🏻