When Jesus said that he would be in the earth 3 days and 3 nights, how is this accomplished between Friday evening and Sunday morning?

Matthew 12:38 - 42

NASB - ³⁸ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You. ³⁹ But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

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