Day of Jesus Death  I just added a small section in the Chronology area about the day on which Jesus died Wednesday as opposed to Friday  If you have any questions please leave a message on my  page notifying me  Thanks     Here is the text of the paragraph in question The day of the week on which Jesus died is also in question  Historically Friday has been the accepted day since the Gospels record the death as being the day before the Sabbath which the Hebrews celebrated on Saturday  However the gospels also assert that Jesus was dead for three days and three nights and was resurrected on the first day of the week Sunday  Jesus died right before Passover and Passover was a special holiday that would have created a Special Sabbath on whatever day of the week it fell upon  More modern examinations show that probably Jesus died on Wednesday and the Passover was a special Sabbath the day after There is not a single source for this paragraph First of all could you please cite your sources Next while possibly a valid POV the idea that Jesus died on a Wednesday is not mainstream or probable We need to clarify who exactly holds this POV and how prevelent it is Next it seems a little wordy and could possibly be reduced to one sentence However a minority of scholars theorize that Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday because the claim in the Gospels that Jesus died before the Sabbath could be referencing a socalled Special Sabbath of the Passover feast    Re  I agree In my understanding reading books of scholars which I will not list here the fact that Jesus died on a Friday is mostly accepted What is open whether this was Nisan  o  as discussed recently Precisely which verses state that he was dead for  days and nights About the special sabbath I am confused usually if Nisan  the first day of PessachPassover falls on a Sabbath this Sabbath is called great Sabbath well more or less   I dont believe the gospels say he was dead for  days and nights when giving a strict account they might make a comparison between Jesus and Jonah who was in the belly of a fish for  days and nights or something close to that The gospels do say that Jesus rose on the third day If we count Friday as day  Saturday as day  that makes Sunday day  or the third day I think someone would have to decide to give extra weight to the allusions to Jonah and less to the rose on the third day accounts and predictions in the gospels to come up with Jesus being dead for three days and nights   Indeed and most Christians believe that Jesus died on Friday afternoon and rose on early Sunday morning Thats actually less than  hours     Matthew  says for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whales belly so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth  This seems to be another instance of Matthew shoehorning old testament prophecies to prophesy Jesus  In other parts of his own gospel I believe that Matthew indicates like Mark his source for the Passion Narrative that Jesus died on Friday  At any rate Wednesday wouldnt be three nights  itd be at least four nights  Wednesday night Thursday night Friday night Saturday night  Thursday would presumably be the way to get to three days and three nights