If Jesus returns in 2030

[rewriter]

1918-1920 pandemic
1920-1929 general good times
1929-1930 great depression
1933 turn in gold for paper money.
1939 WW2

2018-2020 pandemic
2020-2029 general good times
2029-2030 depression
2033 turn in paper for digital money
2039 WW3

1967-2037 is the latest 70 year captivity in Israel.
I think the two prophets will arrive around 2037.
The enemy intends to mask their arrival with the notions of extraterrestrials, and with ww3. Having the world to believe they are bad 'humanoid aliens' and having the news of WW3 overshadow their arrival. And he plans to simply kill most of those who would see the two prophets correctly. Indeed the end is nigh.

2051 is likely the arrival of the false prophet.

Genesis 24:51 Genesis 24:58
Leviticus 25:10 (2 51 0)
Ezekiel 44:7 (44+7 = 51)
Jeremiah 51:51
Matthew 24:27 (51)
Matthew 24 has 51 verses.
Luke 12:39 (51)
Luke 17:34 (51)
1 Corinthians 15:51-58
Let Revelation 2:1 be 2001 and count till Jesus words finish, you'll reach 2051.

Our Bible has been tainted, and twisted, that is why I think the above happened, it's very spooky, and I think it's a deceptive sign, the year of the false prophet not the real one.

It occurs to me that you might not have studied enough to know the plausible chronology and editions of the gospels. I will present my understanding of both along with often ignored messages in the gospels, hidden but detectable.

Mark, 1st edition: sometime in the 40's with a message that spelled out good news for Jews and most Romans, but not so obviously that the Romans in power could clearly object and referred to things, indirectly that official Rome had heard about. hinting at "X" and "Y". As in all future cases, confirmed Christians and Jews would know both "X", which the Christians and Jews loved, and "Y", which had to be kept safe from the Romans.

John 1st edition, mid-50's, Rome is looking like they are in trouble so more openly, but not totally openly, hint at "X" and "Y". Official Rome could probably guess "X" and object but that is acceptable because they are in big trouble.

Matthew, mid to late 60's, it is not clear if Rome is in trouble or not, but we might want to distance Christians from the Jews, deflect attention from "X" and say nothing about "Y".

Luke, early to mid 70's, Rome is clearly in control, clearly distance Christians from the Jews, imply that the Jews misunderstand "X" but Christians have it right and it is good news for the Romans and deny "Y".

Mark 2nd edition, after Luke, we Christians have always gotten along with Romans but not the Jews, Jews totally misunderstood "X", it is not earthly thing and there never was any "Y".

John 2nd edition, mid-80's, We Christians have always gotten along with Romans but not the Jews, "X" is a purely spiritual reality and there never was a "Y".

 

[Lovette]

According to Jewish inclusive reckoning, part of a day is counted as one day, Jesus’ body died during daylight on the Friday afternoon, was in the grave all Saturday and revived during the dawning of the Sunday - one part day, one whole day and one part day - by Jewish inclusive reckoning "on the third day", "within three days", and "after three days”. Three days by Jewish inclusive reckoning only requires two full nights.

Wrong, he was buried after sundown, when it was already the next day. The three days were counted from his burial, not his death, therefore the first "part day" doesn't count. Even if it does, it's still only two nights from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning, not three.

"Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time. So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. Then he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid." (Mk.15:42-47)

 

[PaulThomson]

Wrong, he was buried after sundown, when it was already the next day. The three days were counted from his burial, not his death, therefore the first "part day" doesn't count. Even if it does, it's still only two nights from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning, not three.

"Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time. So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. Then he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid." (Mk.15:42-47)

Evening in scripture refers to latter half of the afternoon, not darkness. Jesus was buried before it became what the Jews called night.

Gen 8:11
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Exo 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Deu 23:11
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

Mat 14:15
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Mat 14:16
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

The Jews did not kill the lamb in the dark. The man washed himself in the evening and returned to the camp after the sun was down, Jesus did not feed the 5000 in the dark.

 

[Lovette]

Gen 8:11
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Exo 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Deu 23:11
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

Mat 14:15
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Mat 14:16
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

The Jews did not kill the lamb in the dark. The man washed himself in the evening and returned to the camp after the sun was down, Jesus did not feed the 5000 in the dark.

It was ALREADY the next calendar day. It took time to wrap and embalm his body.

Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. (Jn. 27:31)

So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby. (Jn. 27:42)

Besides, as I've mentioned, there's still one night missing. It's two nights from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning, not three.

 

[HealthAndHappiness]

This goes out to you all.

 

[PaulThomson]

It was ALREADY the next calendar day. It took time to wrap and embalm his body.

Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. (Jn. 27:31)

So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby. (Jn. 27:42)

Besides, as I've mentioned, there's still one night missing. It's two nights from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning, not three.

Yes, Jesus was killed and died during the evening of the 14th Nisan, which was the preparation day for the 15th, the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, on which they would eat the passover Lamb.

And Jesus was three nights in the heart of Israel (in the heart of the land: en tEi kardiai tEs gEs, i.r. on the Temple Mount): Thursday night under arrest after His capture across the Brook Kidron in Gethsemane, Friday night after His death in the tomb, and Saturday night in the tomb, before His resurrection on Sunday morning.

Exo 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
The passover lamb was killed in the latter half of the afternoon of the 14th, the same time Jesus died,

Exo 12:7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, where in they shall eat it.
They will eat it after killing it in the afternoon of the 14th.

Exo 12:8
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbsthey shall eat it.
They ate it on the night of the 15th.

To be continued…

 

[PaulThomson]

Yes, Jesus was killed and died during the evening of the 14th Nisan, which was the preparation day for the 15th, the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, on which they would eat the passover Lamb.

And Jesus was three nights in the heart of Israel (in the heart of the land: en tEi kardiai tEs gEs, i.r. on the Temple Mount): Thursday night under arrest after His capture across the Brook Kidron in Gethsemane, Friday night after His death in the tomb, and Saturday night in the tomb, before His resurrection on Sunday morning.

Exo 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
The passover lamb was killed in the latter half of the afternoon of the 14th, the same time Jesus died,

Exo 12:7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, where in they shall eat it.
They will eat it after killing it in the afternoon of the 14th.

Exo 12:8
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbsthey shall eat it.
They ate it on the night of the 15th.

Exo 12:11
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand;and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover
Exo 12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Exo 12:13
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will passover you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
The blood protected the houses during the night of the 15th.

Exo 12:14
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
The 15th shall be a memorial.

Exo 12:15
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exo 12:16
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
The 15th and the 22nd were holy convocations, when no one could work apart from preparing food for meals, i.e. they were high sabbaths, not just sabbaths (days without work), but also festival days without work.

Exo 12:17
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
They left Egypt on the 15th, which was the first day of Unleavened Bread.

Just like the passover lamb, Jesus was killed in the afternoon on the 14th of Nisan, in accordance with the scriptures; not a bone was broken, in accordance with the scriptures (Ex. 12:46); and the disciples accepted (ate) that He was dead and this fact was received (eaten) with bitterness in the night of the 15th Nisan (Ex. 12:8); and Jesus was roasting in hades for our sakes after His death on the 14th Nisan, just as the lamb was being roasted in fire on the afternoon of the 14th being prepared to be eaten in the coming night of the 15th ( Ex 12:9-10).

Num 28:16
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
Num 28:17
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten
Num 28:18
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
The 15th Nisan was the feast of Unleavened Bread until the end of the 21st of Nisan.

To be continued...

 

[PaulThomson]

Exo 12:11
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand;and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover
Exo 12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Exo 12:13
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will passover you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
The blood protected the houses during the night of the 15th.

Exo 12:14
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
The 15th shall be a memorial.

Exo 12:15
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exo 12:16
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
The 15th and the 22nd were holy convocations, when no one could work apart from preparing food for meals, i.e. they were high sabbaths, not just sabbaths (days without work), but also festival days without work.

Exo 12:17
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
They left Egypt on the 15th, which was the first day of Unleavened Bread.

Just like the passover lamb, Jesus was killed in the afternoon on the 14th of Nisan, in accordance with the scriptures; not a bone was broken, in accordance with the scriptures (Ex. 12:46); and the disciples accepted (ate) that He was dead and this fact was received (eaten) with bitterness in the night of the 15th Nisan (Ex. 12:8); and Jesus was roasting in hades for our sakes after His death on the 14th Nisan, just as the lamb was being roasted in fire on the afternoon of the 14th being prepared to be eaten in the coming night of the 15th ( Ex 12:9-10).

Num 28:16
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
Num 28:17
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten
Num 28:18
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
The 15th Nisan was the feast of Unleavened Bread until the end of the 21st of Nisan.

Lev 23:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Lev 23:11
And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Lev 23:12
And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Jesus rose on the day after the sabbath (Sunday) and ascended to the father to be presented before Him as the first fruits from the dead.

Jhn 20:17
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.' ”

 

[Lovette]

Yes, Jesus was killed and died during the evening of the 14th Nisan, which was the preparation day for the 15th, the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, on which they would eat the passover Lamb.

And Jesus was three nights in the heart of Israel (in the heart of the land: en tEi kardiai tEs gEs, i.r. on the Temple Mount): Thursday night under arrest after His capture across the Brook Kidron in Gethsemane, Friday night after His death in the tomb, and Saturday night in the tomb, before His resurrection on Sunday morning.

Exo 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
The passover lamb was killed in the latter half of the afternoon of the 14th, the same time Jesus died,

Exo 12:7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, where in they shall eat it.
They will eat it after killing it in the afternoon of the 14th.

Exo 12:8
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbsthey shall eat it.
They ate it on the night of the 15th.

To be continued…

Then you created an inconsistent definition for "in the heart of the land", one night at Pilate's court on trial, the other two in the tomb, that ain't gonna work. That's something you made up to justify your unwarranted theory. You can't add an orange and two apples and count it as three apples.

Also, the Passover Feast was the burial of Jesus, that's the real fulfillment of the Passover, not the last supper.

 

[2ndTimeIsTheCharm]

Does it really matter when Jesus was buried? All he said is that He will return for us on the last day.

He didn't say to count off the days and years after he was buried to figure out when He comes back.

 

[Lovette]

Does it really matter when Jesus was buried? All he said is that He will return for us on the last day.

He didn't say to count off the days and years after he was buried to figure out when He comes back.

But the SIGNS of his coming does matter, otherwise he wouldn't have given the longest speech to answer the disciples.

 

[Yahshua]

Your argument that John is chronological would have more merit if you also acknowledged that there is strong evidence that it has been edited

.... isn't that what I did? Provided evidence within is own writing that John 6:4 was added. Wouldnt that be an "edit"? Remove that one verse and it aligns with the other gospels.

A knowledge of travel routes in the 1st century would also be beneficial.

We were trying to avoid any suppositions, and just taking evidence from the text given.

The Gospel of John is also the only gospel reportedly written by an eyewitness, and if one accepts the testimony of Eusebius, it would seem that this supposed eyewitness had excellent reason to know much about Jesus's life and actions, especially in the Jerusalem area.

Agreed. Eyewitnesses knew exactly what He was doing and when. My argument isnt against the gospel of John or the eyewitness who penned it. My argument is that it was tampered with after the fact BECAUSE the eyewitness was so thorough in telling us exactly what the Messiah and other Jews did when feasts were near all throughout the account, which perfectly aligns with their strict ancient culture...except for John 6:4, breaking the established writing pattern of that very eyewitness In only one spot in the entirety of the account.

My argument is that it was edited at that one place later on, because the early church fathers said his ministry was "about one year". This all changed with Eusebius.

Of the other three gospels, Matthew and Luke imply a single year ministry but fail to provide evidence of how all the probable time between the reported beginning and end of Jesus's ministry was spent.

Give me some time with this. Im going to post summaries for each.

Now as for Matthew and Luke, they are both clearly dependent on Mark, and likely have political reasons to avoid John, although Luke does borrow a little from John. Now since Mark is vague on timing, and John is politically dangerous, implying that John's timeline might be flawed becomes politically expedient.

You're reading personal motive into my argument. John is fine except for the lone passage. I wouldn't have discovered it but for the fact of studying. And then I later discovered that many others found the same flaw too.

"Study to show thyself approved, rightly dividing the word of truth". It's no different than discovering how many italicized words added by the translators in an attempt to clarify the old language of the scriptures actually inadvertently change the meaning of verses and must be removed...unfortunately, later english editions have absorbed those added words as canon forever changing the meaning of verses.

The Word of God remains the untouched truth, preserved by the Almighty, but the Bible is flawed because of errors and changes. Like the translators mistakenly naming the feast of Unleavened Bread "Passover". It is our tasks to study and to dig through the human errors and the deception to show ourselves approved.

"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings to search it out" - Proverbs 25:2

Truth is the pearl of great price. We gotta dig.

 

[Yahshua]

He is the lord of the sabbath. He resurrected on the sabbath and then had High Priestly duties to do (specifically for the firstfruit offering). You can't do that if you are dead. The 3rd day was the Sabbath day, not Sunday. He didn't present himself until Sunday, but he was alive on the Sabbath.

Now you're just making stuffs up.

Nuh-uh..

Matthew 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath day.

Leviticus 23:9-14
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.

13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.

14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings


The firstfuits had to be given to the priest on the sabbath, to deliver the offering on the following day (Sunday). He can't gather the firstfruit on the Sabbath if He was still dead until Sunday.

Matthew 27:52-53
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many


Next, the account of Luke says "early in the morning" that the women went to the tomb to embalm Him but he was already gone.


Luke 24:1-3
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

 

[ChristRoseFromTheDead]

My argument is that it was edited at that one place later on, because the early church fathers said his ministry was "about one year". This all changed with Eusebius.

You make it sound like all early church fathers believed this. That's far from true. Reading through a list of those who believed this way doesn't look impressive. That belief was a foundational doctrine of the gnostics according to Irenaeus

 

[Yahshua]

You make it sound like all early church fathers believed this. That's far from true. Reading through a list of those who believed this way doesn't look impressive. That belief was a foundational doctrine of the gnostics according to Irenaeus

You've committed a few fallacies just now, in particular the "guilt by association" ad hominem, appealing to authority fallacy and a strawman:

You make it sound like all [strawman] early church fathers believed this. That's far from true. Reading through a list of those who believed this way doesn't look impressive. That belief was a foundational doctrine of the gnostics [ad hominem] according to Irenaeus [appealing to authority].

 

[ChristRoseFromTheDead]

You've committed a few fallacies just now, in particular the "guilt by association" ad hominem, appealing to authority fallacy and a strawman:

You make it sound like all [strawman] early church fathers believed this. That's far from true. Reading through a list of those who believed this way doesn't look impressive. That belief was a foundational doctrine of the gnostics [ad hominem] according to Irenaeus [appealing to authority].

It's neither of those fallacies. I didn't appeal to Irenaeus' authority. He simply extensively documented what the gnostics believed. The gnostics were heretics, so anything they believed really can't be taken seriously as representing the Christian faith.

 

[Yahshua]

It's neither of those fallacies. I didn't appeal to Irenaeus' authority. He simply extensively documented what the gnostics believed. The gnostics were heretics, so anything they believed really can't be taken seriously as representing the Christian faith.

You can continue to lean into the ad hominem fallacy if you want, but it means your entire reply can't be taken seriously. You're disqualifying yourself.

Anyhow, the early church fathers believed in a one year ministry and it was a widely held until Eusebius.

 

[ChristRoseFromTheDead]

You've committed a few fallacies just now, in particular the "guilt by association" ad hominem, appealing to authority fallacy and a strawman:

You make it sound like all [strawman] early church fathers believed this. That's far from true. Reading through a list of those who believed this way doesn't look impressive. That belief was a foundational doctrine of the gnostics [ad hominem] according to Irenaeus [appealing to authority].

btw, I don;t know if it was intentional or not, but the way you worded your statement that early church fathers believed a certain way, when all did not, comes across as an appeal to the people fallacy. That is what I was correcting.

 

[ChristRoseFromTheDead]

You can continue to lean into the ad hominem fallacy if you want, but it means your entire reply can't be taken seriously. You're disqualifying yourself.

Anyhow, the early church fathers believed in a one year ministry and it was a widely held until Eusebius.

You don't know what ad hominem means.

 

[memberofthebride]

I'm not confusing anything. 72 hours from any point will be a 4th day.

do not understand your math --- 3 - 24 hour days is 72 hours. where is the 4th 24 hours or even a 12 hour day?

in the tomb say 2 minutes before sundown on our Wednesday
Raised to Life 2 minutes before sundown on our Saturday --- totals 72 hours

if you are counting Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday as four days -- then you are ignoring the fact -- 3 -12 hour days and 3 - 12 hour nights can only be 72 hours.

Even if you count it as 4 days from the tomb to the resurrection it's still must be 72 hours which means He could not be resurrected sunday morning,

sunday morning would be another 12 hours -- sun set (6 PM) to sunrise (6AM) is 12 hours -- that would be 3 days and 4 nights.

Lets count it from Friday afternoon at sundown using how we now count days and nights;

placed in the tomb at sundown on a Friday: not in the tomb during the light/day of Friday, at sundown
in the tomb Friday night -- 12 hours --6 pm to 6 am
Saturday day -- 12 hours - 6 am to 6 pm
Saturday night -- 12 hours - 6 pm to 6 am
resurrected before sunrise Sunday morning

that is one 12 hour day and 2 - 12 hour nights --36 hours

9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day?

A day to God is 12 positions of the sun -- 12 "hours" of sun light.

3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.