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Hi Rhema,While I do not have my research readily at hand, Jesus was indeed three days and three nights in the grave. Rather than being an idiom, the confusion lay in the Jewish cultural view that the day starts at sundown. Count them. You'll find three days and three nights. But when the church grew to consist mostly of Gentiles, confusion arose since the Roman day started at sunrise, in the perception of most people - just like us today. Jesus' crucifixion was actually on our Thursday during the daylight, since the day of preparation starts at Thursday sundown until the Sabbath starts on our Friday, sundown. The body was taken down before the "preparation."
Rhema
My apologies to @rstrats for slightly veering off OP.
What I said in my post does not disagree with that.