For three days Jesus lay dead in the tomb, as the scripture said it would be.
Three days
It took them three days of searching to locate Jesus.
Jesus was in the tomb for three days before his resurrection.
Three days after his crucifixion.
They both spent three days and three nights in the "deep". Jonah three days in depths of the sea, in the belly of the fish (the Bible does not say whale) and Jesus three days in the depths of the earth.
Three: (i-de-a).
It is a reference to the three days Jesus was in the family "grave", a cave with the family members who had died and been prepared with herbs, spices and other fluids to protect the body. The three days had been prophesied in the book of Jonah (similar to the three days in the Belly of The Whale) and Jesus himself made the prophecy (and promise) that he would rise from the dead after he was killed.
Jesus rose three days later!
Jesus resurected three days after being crucified and put in the tomb
Jesus was in the grave for three days before his resurrection.
Jesus was in the tomb for three days before his resurrection.
During the three days in the grave, Jesus is believed to have descended into hell to proclaim victory over sin and death, and then rose from the dead on the third day.