To: Miriam HowardRe: "THE PATTERN......REVEALED, THE PROPHECY......FULFILLED"
From: Marilyn AgeeHi:I have studied this subject a lot and will give you my opinions. Weigh them carefully against what the Bible says and what others say. To be able to figure out the timing of Crucifixion week, we have to think in terms of the Hebrew Calendar, not the Gregorian. If we slip and think in terms of the Gregorian, we can skip one whole day in our thinking. It makes that much difference. Hebrew dates are first 12 hours of night, then 12 hours of day. Each date gets 24 hours, but they start at 6 PM on the previous day, not at midnight. Passover runs from 6 PM on Nisan 13 to 6 PM on Nisan 14.> > John 12 says : 1: Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. ( In Jesus' day, the Jews celebrated Passover on Nisan 15, beginning on the evening of Nisan 14. Six days before would have been on Friday evening, Sabbath Eve, Nisan 10 . According to the Bible, Nisan 15, was to be the Feast of Unleavened Bread)
> > 2: There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the t! able with him.> > 12: On the next day ( Sabbath morning, Nisan 10) much people that were come to the feast, ( of Passover, which was to be on Nisan 15, according to the Jewish tradition ) when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
> > 13: Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.> > 14: And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,15: Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. (Y'shua, the Perfect Lamb, was presented to the House of Israel, on the tenth day of the month, Sabbath, Nisan 10.The Son of God made the plan before the world began, and we can be certain that he followed his plan exactly. Lev. 23:5,6 says, "In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread."In 30 AD, Nisan 14, Passover, was Friday, and Nisan 15, Unleavened Bread, was Saturday. Jesus was resurrected on Sunday, Nisan 16.Backing up, Palm Sunday was Nisan 9. Therefore, Jesus came to Bethany soon after Saturday, Nisan 8 began. They fed him from food prepared on the preparation of the Sabbath, i.e., before 6 PM on Nisan 7.The six days before Passover (Nisan 14) of John 12:1,12,13 were:(1) Saturday, Nisan 8, Jesus arrived in Bethany a little after Nisan 8 began at 6 PM on Nisan 7(2) Sunday, Nisan 9, Palm Sunday(3) Monday, Nisan 10, the lamb to sacrifice at Passover was chosen, fig tree cursed(4) Tuesday, Nisan 11, fig tree dried up(5) Wednesday, Nisan 12, after 2 days (Wednesday and Thursday) was the Passover (Friday) (Mk 14:1)(6) Thursday, Nisan 13, preparation of the Passover, Crucifixion and burialI'm glad you understand "between the evenings" The lambs were killed between the evenings, between 3 and 5 PM on Nisan 13, the Preparation of the Passover."John 19:14, 15: "IT WAS THE PREPARATION OF THE PASSOVER (Thursday, Nisan 13), and about the sixth hour (9 AM, Roman time): and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him." He died about 3 PM, as the priests were beginning to kill the Passover lambs that had to be roasted and eaten by midnight, 6 hours after Nisan 14 began. That is the only midnight Nisan 14 has. Ex. 12:29: "And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt."
Jesus was to rise again on the third day (Luke 24:7):(7) Friday, Nisan 14, 1st day in the tomb(8) Saturday, Nisan 15, 2nd day in the tomb(9) Sunday, Nisan 16, 3rd day, Resurrection DayThe sabbaths were:Friday, Nisan 14, Passover, High day, annual SabbathSaturday, Nisan 15, Unleavened Bread, weekly and annual SabbathSunday, Nisan 16, Firstfruits, annual SabbathThree days and two nights in the heart of the Earth (Mt. 12:40) were:Thursday, Nisan 13, dayFriday, Nisan 14, night then daySaturday, Nisan 15, night then daySunday, Nisan 15, night> > ( The lamb was to be killed "in the evening" which was "bain haabayim" i.e. "between the evenings" at 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of Nisan 14.II think it was between the evenings, between 3 and 5 PM on Nisan 13, the preparation of the Passover.> > 15: And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer ( Since Jesus had to be killed at precisely 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of Nisan 14, He had to eat this Passover supper at the beginning of Nisan 14, which was the evening before, at the end of Nisan 13.)The Last Supper was at the beginning of Thursday, Nisan 13, shortly after 6 PM on Nisan 12. Jesus was crucified about 9 AM on Nisan 13, died about 3 PM on Nisan 13, and was buried just prior to 6 PM on Nisan 13.
> > John 18:28: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.> > 33: Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?> >John 19 says: 1: Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.14: And it was the preparation of the passover, ( the morning of Nisan 14 )The "preparation of the passover" was Nisan 13.Jesus was judged and crucified the day BEFORE Passover. Those mentioned in John 18:28 did not want to "be defiled; but that they might eat the passover" (after Nisan 14 began at 6 PM on Nisan 13). The lambs were being killed between 3 and 5 PM on Nisan 13. They were to be roasted and eaten before midnight, the 6th hour of the 24 hours belonging to Nisan 14. There is only one midnight that belongs to Nisan 14.In Egypt, the firstborn of the Egyptians died at midnight, the 6th hour of the Hebrew Nisan 14. If we lose our bearings here, and think that we are talking about the midnight of Nisan 15, we will skip a whole day in our thinking. We have to keep in mind that Passover was Nisan 14, not Nisan 15. The day of preparation of the Passover was Nisan 13.> > (John 19) 30: When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
> > 31: The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away (During the Jewish year, there are seven sabbaths known as "Shabbaton" or "high sabbaths." These Sabbaths fall upon particular calendar days rather than on days of the week. The 15th of Nisan/Aviv, is the first shabbaton during the Jewish year, and is the first day of 'Hag haMatzah' the fea! st of Unleavened Bread.The Crucifixion was on Nisan 13, "because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,)" (i.e., the Feast of Passover, Nisan 14, the first annual Sabbath of the Sacred Year).> > > Jesus could NOT have risen at sunrise on Sunday morning, because John 20:1 says: "The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre."Sunday, the first day of the week, began at 6 PM on Saturday. Jewish days are 12 hours of night, then 12 hours of day. In John 11:9, Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day?"> > The resurrection took place at the END of the Sabbath, at Nisan 17, at the BEGINNING of Nisan 18, the first day of the week, which is the third Mosaic feast, the Feast of Firstfruits.I think the Resurrection was early on Sunday, Nisan 16. We have to keep in mind that there are 12 hours of night that precede the 12 hours of day.Fred Espenak's Phases of the MoonApril 6, 30 AD (19:42) Full MoonI accept April 6, 30 AD (Julian) as Nisan 13, the date of the Crucifixion. The Moon would have become full at 19:42 hours (7:42 PM our time). Nisan 14, Passover, would have already begun at 18 hours (6 PM). That seems perfect to me.It's nice that our son David was born on April 6.Agape, Marilyn Agee