| Translation | Verse | Text |
| Strong Concordance | Mt 27:63 | Saying [3004], Sir [2962], we remember [3415] that [3754] that [1565] deceiver [4108] said [2036], while he was yet [2089] alive [2198], After [3326] three [5140] days [2250] I will rise again [1453]. |
| Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
| THREE | The phrase "three days and three nights," Mt 12:40, was equivalent in Hebrew to the English "three days;" the Jews employing the expression "a day and a night" to denote our "day" of twentyfour hours. Nor did "three days," 1Sa 30:13, literally "this third day," according to their usage, necessarily include the whole of three days, but a part of three days, a continuous period including one whole day of twenty-four hours, and a portion of the day preceding it and the day following it. Compare Ge 7:12,17 1Sa 30:12-13. |