'Third' in the Bible
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples [clearly] that He must go to Jerusalem, and endure many things at the hands of the elders and the chief priests and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), and be killed, and be raised [from death to life] on the third day.
and they will kill Him, and He will be raised [from death to life] on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved and distressed.
And he went out about the third hour (9:00 a.m.) and saw others standing idle in the market place;
and will hand Him over to the Gentiles (Roman authorities) to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and He will be raised [to life] on the third day.”
The second also [died childless], and the third, down to the seventh.
So, leaving them again, He went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words once more.
Therefore, give orders to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception [the reporting of His resurrection] will be worse than the first [the reporting that He is the Messiah].”