Bible Study Was Jesus Crucified on Friday?

[Cyberseeker]

For centuries Christians have celebrated ‘Good Friday’ as the day Jesus died. No one disputed it; the early church agreed with it; the gospel stated it. Here is a statement from Justin Martyr about AD150.

“For He was crucified on the day before that of Saturn; and on the day after that of Saturn, which is the day of the Sun, having appeared to His apostles and disciples, He taught them these things, which we have submitted to you also for your consideration.†(First Apology, Chapter 67)

And here is the earliest gospel account.

When evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the Council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. (Mark 15:42-43)

So, it was the day of preparation before Saturday, ie. Friday, or was it?

 

[Elijah674]

John 18

[37] Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
(But all do not, huh!)
[38] Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
[39] But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one [at the passover:] ...'

John 19
[14] And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
[15] But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priest answered, We have no king but Caesar.
....
[19] And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
[20] This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
....

[30] When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
[31] The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for[that sabbath day] was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. (note Lev. 23:6 + verses 9-14)

(And what high day was that? Passover John 19:20 stated above! Note Moses laws here in ..

2 Chron. 8

[13] Even after a certain rate every day, [[[offering according to the commandment of Moses,]]] on the sabbath s, and on the new moon s, and on the solemn feast s, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of week s, and in the feast of tabernacle s.)

Back to John..

John
[1] The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

(Got that?? Wink! It was between sunset at the end of the six day of preparation, & still was not daylight of the first [[working day]] of the week. Yet, note the Inspiration of [EARLY!] Today's ones would liken that to early sun.stuff, but 'i' see it as just after the 7Th Day Sabbath ending! The women had all of the spices pre/pared & were only awaiting sunset, to do a work that they would never do on their Lord Christ's Sabbath! And do you think that they waited for daylight??? You best think again!! Inspiration has it otherwise! And if you don't understand when [ALL] of the day's of creation started & ended?? Go to Gen. 1 & find out.)

[2] Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
[3] Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
....
[10] Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.


[11] But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
[12] And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

(Remember now, that it was still dark & that Mary was crying!)
[13] And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.


[14] And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.


[15] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
[16] Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

(You know? this should bring tears to your eyes as well!)
[17] Jesus saith unto her,Touch me not; for [I am not yet ascended to my Father:] but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
(This to is finding Christ after three days from His death saying that He had not yet ascended to His Father or into heaven, which voide's out what is falsely taught about the repentant thief going right to heaven, which has the coma in the wrong place is all.)
....

[19] Then the same day [at evening,] being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
[20] And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.

(Still the Sat. past sunset evening as we understand the day starting at midnight. But what the old timers tried to falsely teach & say was a sun. worship service. But read it over why they were there! + the time element!)

OK: A little bit of my added 'highlighted + remarks. But, it does not take much spiritual discernment to find satan casting 'doubts' into Christ's Born Again ones 'head' about Christ's Resurrection, and His Blessed, Sanctified, and 'Set Aside' 7Th Day Sabbath being Eternal & for Holy Use! Even in the anointing of His Body for Burial one sees Obedient Sabbath keeping!

--Elijah



​

 

[Sinthesis]

For centuries Christians have celebrated ‘Good Friday’ as the day Jesus died. No one disputed it; the early church agreed with it; the gospel stated it. Here is a statement from Justin Martyr about AD150.


And here is the earliest gospel account.


So, it was the day of preparation before Saturday, ie. Friday, or was it?

Where is your conflict?

 

[Cyberseeker]

Sorry, I forgot to get back to this.

The problem arises when we find an expression of Jesus which doesn’t seem to fit. He said, “Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.†(Matthew 12:40) Now, if Jesus died on Friday afternoon and rose Sunday morning, it would seem more like he was in the grave one day and two nights. That is the way it appears to our thinking anyway.

Im just throwing this out to see what people think about it. What say ye? Jesus died Thursday or Friday?

 

[Elijah674]

Sorry, I forgot to get back to this.

The problem arises when we find an expression of Jesus which doesn’t seem to fit. He said, “Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.†(Matthew 12:40) Now, if Jesus died on Friday afternoon and rose Sunday morning, it would seem more like he was in the grave one day and two nights. That is the way it appears to our thinking anyway.

Im just throwing this out to see what people think about it. What say ye? Jesus died Thursday or Friday?

??? I was born Dec. 6, does that mean that my mother was in labor all day long or what? And go check out Inspiration of [all] other of the Lord Words being testified to for how they 'WORD' it as Truth.

Christ has some statements on hell as well, are you suggesting that these are to now be understood as Immortal sinners burning on in all of eternity as well? 24 hours a day for all of eternity!

--Elijah

 

[Webers_Home]

.
Only very proficient students of the Bible are capable of getting the chronology of crucifixion week down pat. For starters; there are nine important details one must take into consideration if they're to have any hope of calculating the correct day of the Lord's execution.

1) The definitions of Day and Night as per Gen 1:5 have to be used in the calculation or it simply won't come out right. In other words "Day" is when the sun is up, and "Night" is when the sun is down.

2) The Lord's religious calendar was one day ahead of the Jews' religious calendar.

3) Matthew, Mark, and Luke narrate their accounts of crucifixion week relative to the Lord's religious calendar; while John narrates his account relative to the Jews' religious calendar.

4) Passover night is a sabbath night no matter what night of the week it falls on even when it's consecutive with a regular sabbath night, thus producing two sabbath nights in a row. Just about everybody overlooks Passover's sabbath night and almost always mistakes it for the regular sabbath night; and then they're stuck with Friday as crucifixion day; which of course doesn't work.

5) The "high day" of John 19:31 refers to the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread; which is always a sabbath night no matter what night of the week it falls on. The seven-day Feast begins at sundown, and that first night the Passover is eaten. In other words; Passover night commences the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Be careful not to let the "high day" trip you up.

6) Preparatoin Day always refers to getting ready for the beginning of the Feast of Unleavned Bread. It's the day when Jews are supposed to remove all traces of leavened bread from their homes and slaughter and roast lambs ready-to-eat by sundown. Be careful not to designate Preparation Day as preparing for a regular sabbath.

7) The day of the Lord's resurrection has to be counted as one of the three days predicted in Mtt 12:40 or the chronology won't come out right.

8) Do not count crucifixion day as one of the three days because by the time the Lord was buried; the day was essentially over and done. Begin your day/night count with the Lord's first night in the tomb.

9) It's crucial to guard against assuming that the three specifically-named women of Mrk 16:1-2 are the anonymous women of Luke 23:55-56.


Cliff
/

 

[felix]

For centuries Christians have celebrated ‘Good Friday’ as the day Jesus died. No one disputed it; the early church agreed with it; the gospel stated it. Here is a statement from Justin Martyr about AD150.


And here is the earliest gospel account.


So, it was the day of preparation before Saturday, ie. Friday, or was it?

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Mat 12:40).

We are to account for 3 days and 3 nights.

• Thu noon 12-3 pm: Darkness from 12pm to 3pm – 1 night (ref: Gen 1:5 darkness=night, Luk 23:44-45)
• Thu afternoon 3 pm: 3pm or the 9th hour - Jesus died (ref: Luk 13:46)
• Thu evening 3-6pm: Day from 3pm to 6pm (Lord’s Annual Passover Sabbath) – 1 day (ref: Gen 1:5 light=day)
• Thu evening to Fri evening: During the Jewish Annual Passover Sabbath (Lord’s Weekly Sabbath) – 1 night and 1 day
• Fri evening to Sat evening: Jewish Weekly Sabbath – 1 night and 1 day
• Sat evening to Sun morning: First day of the week (evening to dawn) – 1 night
• Sun morning: Early morning of first day of the week – Resurrection of Jesus

 

[Cyberseeker]

• Thu noon 12-3 pm: Darkness from 12pm to 3pm – 1 night (ref: Gen 1:5 darkness=night, Luk 23:44-45)

So the great darkness counts as one of the 'nights.' A very interesting possibility. Thanks Felix

 

[Webers_Home]

.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth (Mat 12:40). Thu noon 12-3 pm: Darkness from 12pm to 3pm – 1 night

The three hours of darkness on the cross fails to qualify as one of the nights because the Lord was neither dead nor was he buried yet. He has to be "in the heart of the earth" before any darkness can be counted.

Cliff
/

 

[felix]

.

The three hours of darkness on the cross fails to qualify as one of the nights because the Lord was neither dead nor was he buried yet. He has to be "in the heart of the earth" before any darkness can be counted.

Cliff
/

Did you really count? I did not include the darkness as 1 night. However, the light after the darkness is counted as 1 day which makes 3 days and 3 nights in total.

Let me be very clear (I actually included the darkness for better understanding): Just count the bolded ones.

• Thu noon 12-3 pm: Darkness from 12pm to 3pm – 1 night (ref: Gen 1:5 darkness=night, Luk 23:44-45)
• Thu afternoon 3 pm: 3pm or the 9th hour - Jesus died (ref: Luk 13:46)
• Thu evening 3-6pm: Day from 3pm to 6pm (Lord’s Annual Passover Sabbath) – 1 day (ref: Gen 1:5 light=day)
• Thu evening to Fri evening: During the Jewish Annual Passover Sabbath (Lord’s Weekly Sabbath) – 1 night and 1 day
• Fri evening to Sat evening: Jewish Weekly Sabbath – 1 night and 1 day
• Sat evening to Sun morning: First day of the week (evening to dawn) – 1 night
• Sun morning: Early morning of first day of the week – Resurrection of Jesus

Hence, 3 days and 3 nights.

 

[Elijah674]

Or was sun easter, huh?;)
--Elijah

 

[Elijah674]

Or was sun easter, huh?;)
--Elijah

And your post? Very good one!:yes

/Did you really count? I did not include the darkness as 1 night. However, the light after the darkness is counted as 1 day which makes 3 days and 3 nights in total.

Let me be very clear (I actually included the darkness for better understanding): Just count the bolded ones.

• Thu noon 12-3 pm: Darkness from 12pm to 3pm – 1 night (ref: Gen 1:5 darkness=night, Luk 23:44-45)
• Thu afternoon 3 pm: 3pm or the 9th hour - Jesus died (ref: Luk 13:46)
• Thu evening 3-6pm: Day from 3pm to 6pm (Lord’s Annual Passover Sabbath) – 1 day (ref: Gen 1:5 light=day)
• Thu evening to Fri evening: During the Jewish Annual Passover Sabbath (Lord’s Weekly Sabbath) – 1 night and 1 day
• Fri evening to Sat evening: Jewish Weekly Sabbath – 1 night and 1 day
• Sat evening to Sun morning: First day of the week (evening to dawn) – 1 night
• Sun morning: Early morning of first day of the week – Resurrection of Jesus

Hence, 3 days and 3 nights.

 

[Webers_Home]

.

I did not include the darkness as 1 night

Yes, you did.

Thu noon 12-3 pm: Darkness from 12pm to 3pm – 1 night (ref: Gen 1:5 darkness=night, Luk 23:44-45)

However, the light after the darkness is counted as 1 day which makes 3 days and 3 nights in total.

If you count any part of the daylight hours of Thursday as one of the three days; you'll have Christ rising on Saturday instead of Sunday because the Lord predicted he would rise on the third day.

†. Mtt 17:22-23 . . And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them : The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men; and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.

†. Mrk 9:31 . . For he taught his disciples, and said unto them : The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

†. Luke 9:22 . . And he said : The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be roused.

That's the way witnesses saw it.

†. Luke 24:12-24 . . Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him.

. . . He asked them : What are you discussing together as you walk along? They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him : Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days? What things? he asked.

. . . About Jesus of Nazareth; they replied. He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.

†. Acts 10:39-41 . . And we are witnesses . . . God raised him up on the third day

That's the way it was reported.

†. 1Cor 15:4 . . He rose again the third day

And that's what the Lord testified after he came back.

†. Luke 24:41-46 . . Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day

In other words; Sunday must be counted as one of the three days since that's the day during which the Lord arose; and if you have him rising any time prior to sunrise, then you'll have Christ rising during a night rather than a day; which would clearly contradict the record.

Cliff
/

 

[felix]

.
Yes, you did.




If you count any part of the daylight hours of Thursday as one of the three days; you'll have Christ rising on Saturday instead of Sunday because the Lord predicted he would rise on the third day.

†. Mtt 17:22-23 . . And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them : The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men; and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.

†. Mrk 9:31 . . For he taught his disciples, and said unto them : The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

†. Luke 9:22 . . And he said : The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be roused.

That's the way witnesses saw it.

†. Luke 24:12-24 . . Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him.

. . . He asked them : What are you discussing together as you walk along? They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him : Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days? What things? he asked.

. . . About Jesus of Nazareth; they replied. He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.

†. Acts 10:39-41 . . And we are witnesses . . . God raised him up on the third day

That's the way it was reported.

†. 1Cor 15:4 . . He rose again the third day

And that's what the Lord testified after he came back.

†. Luke 24:41-46 . . Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day

In other words; Sunday must be counted as one of the three days since that's the day during which the Lord arose; and if you have him rising any time prior to sunrise, then you'll have Christ rising during a night rather than a day; which would clearly contradict the record.

Cliff
/

Yes, it's the 3rd day according to men which is Sunday Morning. However, by Sunday morning, according to God, 3 days and 3 nights are already passed. Hence, both are correct.

This is very similar to according to men/according to God study: Christ is son of David (Matt 1:1) according to men but not according to God (Luk 20:44) yet scripture says both. John the Baptist is not Elijah/prophet according him (John 1:21) but not according to God (Matt 17:13,Luke 7:28) yet scripture says both. Scripture provides both yet not a single word contracts since both are correct.

 

[Pizzaguy]

Sorry, I forgot to get back to this.

The problem arises when we find an expression of Jesus which doesn’t seem to fit. He said, “Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.†(Matthew 12:40) Now, if Jesus died on Friday afternoon and rose Sunday morning, it would seem more like he was in the grave one day and two nights. That is the way it appears to our thinking anyway.

Im just throwing this out to see what people think about it. What say ye? Jesus died Thursday or Friday?

He died on Friday. He rose on Sunday. No problem here.

What the issue is (and the early answers to your post explained it very well) is that you are reading a text written by those who lived CENTURIES ago, then translated a few times. We take a very literal view of time in the culture in which we live. We ALL have watches and clocks, so an hour IS an hour and a DAY is 24 hours to us.

This was simply not always the case.


Of course, if he died on Thursday and rose on Monday - He still died to save us, God still sent His son to redeem us - and we are still the recipients of great love and grace. Nothing can change that, and praise the ancient of days for that truth.

 

[Webers_Home]

.

by Sunday morning, according to God, 3 days and 3 nights are already passed.

The third day had not already passed. According to the record, the third day was in progress when the Lord arose.

†. Mtt 17:22-23 . . And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them : The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men; and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.

†. Mrk 9:31 . . The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

†. Luke 9:22 . . The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be roused.

†. Luke 24:12-24 . . Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened. Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him.

. . . He asked them : What are you discussing together as you walk along? They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him : Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days? What things? he asked.

. . . About Jesus of Nazareth; they replied. He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.

†. Acts 10:39-41 . . God raised him up on the third day

†. 1Cor 15:4 . . He rose again the third day

†. Luke 24:41-46 . . Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day

Cliff
/

 

[Webers_Home]

.

He died on Friday. He rose on Sunday.

There's only two nights between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. That's not enough.

†. Mtt 12:40-41 . . For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

†. Jon 1:17 . . Now Yhvh had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Cliff
/

 

[felix]

The third day had not already passed. According to the record, the third day was in progress when the Lord arose.

If 3rd day is in process, then Christ would not have been in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights.

 

[Webers_Home]

.

If 3rd day is in process, then Christ would not have been in the heart of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights.

†. Acts 10:30 . .Cornelius answered: Four days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon.

If you sum the days in that section regarding Peter's visit to Cornelius' home, you'll find that according to the common way of reckoning the passage of time; only three days had transpired instead of the four that Cornelius reported. But two thousand years ago, people counted the very day that Peter showed up as one of the four days even though it was still in progress when he arrived.

So if 2,000 years ago they were to count back two days from Aug 14, 2011; they would begin their count with Aug 14 and end up yesterday on Aug 13 as the second day even though it was only 13 minutes after sunrise at my location when I wrote this on the morning of Aug 14.

The preponderance of New Testament evidence— Mtt 17:22-23, Mrk 9:31, Luke 9:22, Luke 24:12-24, Luke 24:41-46, Acts 10:39-41, and 1Cor 15:4 —indicates that the length of time the Lord spent in the tomb wasn't three whole days; but rather two whole days plus a partial day— the partial day, 2,000 years ago, was counted as a third day.

Cliff
/

 

[felix]

.

†. Acts 10:30 . .Cornelius answered: Four days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon.

If you sum the days in that section regarding Peter's visit to Cornelius' home, you'll find that according to the common way of reckoning the passage of time; only three days had transpired instead of the four that Cornelius reported. But two thousand years ago, people counted the very day that Peter showed up as one of the four days even though it was still in progress when he arrived.

So if 2,000 years ago they were to count back two days from Aug 14, 2011; they would begin their count with Aug 14 and end up yesterday on Aug 13 as the second day even though it was only 13 minutes after sunrise at my location when I wrote this on the morning of Aug 14.

The preponderance of New Testament evidence— Mtt 17:22-23, Mrk 9:31, Luke 9:22, Luke 24:12-24, Luke 24:41-46, Acts 10:39-41, and 1Cor 15:4 —indicates that the length of time the Lord spent in the tomb wasn't three whole days; but rather two whole days plus a partial day— the partial day, 2,000 years ago, was counted as a third day.

Cliff
/

Day 1:Acts 10:3 About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius!"
Day 2:Acts 10:9 The next day, as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.
Day 3:Acts 10:23 ... On the next day Peter went away with them, and some brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
Day 4:Acts 10:24 And the following day they entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them, and had called together his relatives and close friends.

I understand what you are saying. However, from Cornelius's perspective, it is the 4th day after the angel gave the instruction. I am no Greek expert, but SLT (Smith's Literal Translation) says,
Acts 10:30 And Cornelius said, From the fourth day till this hour I was fasting; and the ninth hour praying in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

This is very much different from what Christ said about 3 days / 3 nights and the scripture/witness saying it is the 3rd day.