Conclusion: The Three Days and Three Nights
This was not a regular weekly Sabbath—it was the Jewish Pesach beginning on Day 16. The first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (according to the Hillel calendar) started the previous evening on Day 15.
Fulfillment of Prophecy: Yeshua was crucified on the Fifteenth Day
according to the Zadok calendar, allowing Him to remain in the grave for exactly three days and three nights
before resurrection at the end of the weekly Sabbath.
Timeline:
• Placed in tomb: Before sundown on Day 15
• Resurrected: Before sundown on Day 18 (end of weekly Sabbath)
Timeline:
• Placed in tomb: Before sundown on Day 15
• Resurrected: Before sundown on Day 18 (end of weekly Sabbath)
This understanding harmonizes all four Gospel accounts and demonstrates the simultaneous operation of two distinct calendar systems during the most significant week in human history.