Strongs is considered a authority However, it is not THE Authority, context and pattern of scripture carry far more weight then Mr strongs or anyone else. that pattern is Evening and morning with the hour that Evening is to be considered start NOT specifically defined by Scripture other than simply evening and by implication. No further detail can be extracted. See notes on 3rd hour and 6th hour. Allen Daves <allendaves@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ( C)The sunrise to sunrise scenario is the one that seems to best allow for a literal fulfillment of the sign of Jonah. One problem is the relationship of Passover and Unleavened Bread. Passover is on the fourteenth (Num 28:16) and the first day of Unleavened Bread is the fifteenth (Num 28:17). The Passover is sacrificed mid-afternoon and the Passover meal is at night (Exo 12:10). Evening to evening days would break up these two Passover activities; whereas, sunrise to sunrise days would not break them up. I see the Jewish leaders in predawn hours before the fourteenth in a hurry to turn Yahshuah over, so they would not be defiled and could eat the Passover that night (Joh 18:28). ( A) 1.Evening to evening scenario has NO PROBLEMS. SEE Chart for other issue explaniations??. Carl your remarks about eating unleavened bread starting on the 15th is inaccurate and or otherwise mute??? Exodus 12:18. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even???..the Feast may start on the 15th for sure but luke did not say the first day of the feast he stated the first day of Unleavened bread. 2. Sunrise to sunrise is not found anywhere in scripture and is in direct contradiction to the pattern outlined Genesis 1:5??.. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 8???And the evening and the morning were the second day. 13.And the evening and the morning were the third day. 19.And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 23. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 31.And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Lev 23:32?..from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. Daniel 8: 13????.. How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 14. And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed???..26. And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days??.The context here is a number of "DAYS" In no case in all of scripture can a day anywhere be shown to be reckoned as sunrise to sunrise??.. The Evening and morning outline is by far the most consistent scripture for scripture & implication for implication. Allen