It would have been Wednesday night by the common calendar, but Thursday night (or rather the night of the fifth day) by any of the Hebrew calendars. The "running around" would have been minimal: Philo and Josephus each place the governor staying at Herod's palace, and holding "court" on the plaza (gabbatha) adjacent to Herod's palace. Jesus and the disciples would seem to have celebrated Passover in accord with the Samaritan Jewish (or similar) rite, which has the Passover being sacrificed during the first evening of the day (shortly after 6 p.m.) in accordance with Numbers 9:3.
This explains how the sacrifice, Last Supper, and Jesus' body could be interred on the same day - the Day of Preparation is the day that the Passover must be sacrificed. The tell comes at Luke 22:7; Mark 14:12 where the First Day of Unleavened Bread is identified as the day that the Passover must be sacrificed (or was being sacrificed). In the Temple celebration of Passover, they are separate days: Passover sacrificed on the 14th, First Day of Unleavened Bread on the 15th, but in the Samaritan rite they are both on the 14th.
It would have been Wednesday night by the common calendar, but Thursday night (or rather the night of the fifth day) by any of the Hebrew calendars. The "running around" would have been minimal: Philo and Josephus each place the governor staying at Herod's palace, and holding "court" on the plaza (gabbatha) adjacent to Herod's palace. Jesus and the disciples would seem to have celebrated Passover in accord with the Samaritan Jewish (or similar) rite, which has the Passover being sacrificed during the first evening of the day (shortly after 6 p.m.) in accordance with Numbers 9:3.
This explains how the sacrifice, Last Supper, and Jesus' body could be interred on the same day - the Day of Preparation is the day that the Passover must be sacrificed. The tell comes at Luke 22:7; Mark 14:12 where the First Day of Unleavened Bread is identified as the day that the Passover must be sacrificed (or was being sacrificed). In the Temple celebration of Passover, they are separate days: Passover sacrificed on the 14th, First Day of Unleavened Bread on the 15th, but in the Samaritan rite they are both on the 14th.