You have had some time to think about where Jesus went for the three days after he died.

1.  He told the thief on the cross that they were going to go to Paradise.

2.  He came back in three days and told Mary that he hadn't yet ascended to the Father.  Which means that during those three days, he hadn't yet gone to heaven.  He had been in Paradise.

3.  In Matthew 27:50-53 "Jesus...cried with a  loud voice and yielded up the ghost.  And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake...and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city and appeared to many."

4.  Since they were saints, it means that their souls had been "held" ( I think in Paradise) until the ransom was paid by the Messiah who hadn't yet come--back when they had died.  Once Jesus paid the penalty for their sins, they were free to enter heaven.

The thing I wonder about is if they appeared when Jesus died, where was Jesus while these saints were walking about Jerusalem?  The more I read God's word, the more questions I have.

We do know for a fact that he conquered death.  Wherever he was, whatever he did, how much he suffered, he did it for us.  He paid the price for sin.

It doesn't do any good to speculate about what God doesn't tell us.  If he had wanted us to know, he would have said so.  However, as a student of the Bible you need to be aware when you encounter a gap in a story.  That way, at least you know what you don't know.