God Loves us beyond words, but cannot allow sinful mankind into His Presence in Eternity without removing our sins with a justification of payment, which is also restitution.  There are so many amazing and beautiful points that are guides for us to understand the parallels, patterns, specific Mosaic Laws, and examples of lives lived that point to Jesus Christ at the Crucifixion Event.  The Crucifixion Event shows:

• The Great Love that God the Son took in our place in receiving the penalty of our sins to make us righteous to be with God in Eternity, which makes the refusal of accepting Jesus Christ as a person's Savior as the unpardonable sin to force God to send someone away from His presence for eternity into the Lake of Fire at the Great White Thrown of Judgment event.
• There are countless patterns, models, prophecies and parallels, that are there for us to discover throughout the entirety of the Old Testament Scriptures, which show the Plan of God the Father for Jesus Christ to be the Savior for the entire world.  As one example, the Crucifixion occurred at the same location as Abraham was instructed to sacrifice Isaac, as a test of Abraham's faith, but was stopped, where God provided a ram as a model of Jesus Christ's future role.

If you have not asked Jesus Christ to be your Savior, do so right now by simply asking which you can use this link for an example prayer.

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The tradition of dying on Friday and rising on Sunday before dawn, has a problem because it is less than three days in the grave.  There is no mention, in the Gospels, that Jesus Christ was crucified on Friday. 

As you read through this Topic, the information might appear a little complicated initially because of the Day Definition of the Bible.  The guiding points, in this topic, are set out as a step-by-step proof using the scriptures, with a graphical chart towards the end that will lead to the correct conclusion of the crucifixion being on Wednesday.

It is the hope and prayer of this author, that this Topic is an easy-to-follow logical reading which will increase your Faith in the accuracy of the Scriptures.  In fact, the accuracy, which was required with the patterns that you will read about dealing with:

1. The Passover,
2. Palm Sunday where Jesus Christ presents Himself as the Messiah as predicted in the Book of Daniel, and
3. The Crucifixion

should alleviate any doubts that no one except God could have planned this out and had different writers of the scriptures harmonize perfectly with the future event's prediction of the crucifixion.

For simplicity, we can think of it is as a range such as 6pm to 6pm, which is an approximate 24-hour period.  Obviously, dawn and sunset are not exactly the same time each day, and additionally there are days with more sunshine but then the night is shorter so it still an approximate 24-hour period.     

There is three days in many scriptures in the entire Old and New Testament, many of which point to Jesus Christ.

What is interesting when learning about Sabbaths is the Jewish Faith have additional Sabbaths besides Saturday, Shabbat.  There are an additional seven High Sabbaths that occur yearly and they do not necessarily fall on Saturday.  Notice from Numbers 28:16-17 that the Passover Event is a specific date each year followed by the Sabbath Day of Feast of Unleavened Bread, 

The scriptures are stating there are specific events that are to held on specific dates, which has nothing to do with the day of the week.  For example, God is telling Israel to have the Passover Event on a specific date which is 14th of Nissan and the High Sabbath Feast of Unleavened Bread is on the next day, the 15th.  The Passover Event occurs on the 14th and the Feast held on the 15th is the Passover Meal.

This is a familiar event by pretty much everyone who is Jewish and Christian but there are details that are very important that point to the future Messiah Jesus Christ.  The event happened on the 14th of Nissan, while Israel was still in captivity to Egypt, the Angel of Death came to everyone in Egypt to kill the first-born of every family and the first born of every animal except for those who had their house door entrances splashed or covered with the blood of a lamb that was slain were protected.  This is explained in detail in Exodus 12:27. 

Every year after the Exodus, Israel was instructed to celebrate the event as stated in the previous section of this topic. 

The lamb slain on the Passover Event is a foreshadowing, a model of the future time when Jesus Christ's death would save the world for those who would believe in Him because of His voluntary sacrificial death.  Just like the Passover Lamb, where Israel had to put the blood of the lamb on their doorposts, we still have a responsibility to accept Jesus Christ as our Savior.

Notice the pattern of Passover as compared to Jesus Christ's first mission as the Messiah that takes away the sins of the world for those who would accept Him:

1. In Exodus 12:6 "You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, ... "   This was the selection of the lamb.
2. It is killed at twilight which is right at dusk which is before the next day that starts when there is no light from the sun left.  Exodus 12:6 "It is then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight."  This is right before the Sun no longer gives it light. 
3. Notice also the Scripture tells us that the Sun grew dark when Jesus was on the Cross before His Death according to Matthew 27:45-50 which is listed below in Guiding Point 7.  This is parallel to Exodus 12:6 reference of "to kill it at twilight".   At twilight is almost completely dark.  Yes, there is the significance of Jesus on the Cross being without light because of the magnitude of Jesus taking on the sins of mankind but it is more than that.  This author believes that God was using the twilight of the Lamb of Passover as an additional pointer for Israel to recognize their Messiah.

   Matthew 27:45

   Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

   Note: God used an eclipse for the Matthew 27:45 event, but eclipses do not last that long where this eclipse lasted 3 hours, so God might have used a celestial object passing between the Earth and the Sun that was large enough to cause darkness around the Crucifixion area, but not large enough to cause a gravitational disturbance on Earth.  This of course is a miracle as God had the timing arranged.  In the Long Day Of Joshua Event, this is also the method God most likely used to extend the day for an additional 24-hours.
4. It is to be eaten at night time, Exodus 12:8, "They shall eat the flesh that night..."  This is the start of the next day because night has started after the twilight.
5. Notice also that Exodus 12:5, "Your lamb shall be an unblemished male ...".  This should obviously point us to the parallelism of the future complete sacrifice of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, who lived a perfect life and was slain for all. 
6. A final observation that this author has not seen in any Biblical Commentaries, it is very interesting that the first born of Egypt was killed.  Jesus Christ is the First Born

In summary of this section:

• The lamb is killed in the afternoon of the 14th at twilight.
• The lamb is then eaten afterwards, at night time, which is the next day, the 15th.   Numbers 28:17 "And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten."

On the Sunday that Jesus Christ made His entrance was the 11th of Nissan.  The 11th of Nissan was the starting date that required each family in Israel to keep a sheep for four days before it would be killed on the 14th of Nissan and eaten in the evening (after dusk) which was the start of the next day, the 15th of Nissan. 

Jesus Christ's purpose on Palm Sunday was to present Himself to Israel, and the world, as the Lamb of God that would be the payment (restitution) for sins and be our Savior.  This would be a permanent replacement for the Exodus lamb and a fulfillment of the Old Testament Laws.  This required Jesus Christ to also have four days, after His presentation in Jerusalem, before the crucifixion event.

The historical background of the Exodus Event is when Israel came out of Egyptian captivity where the Death Angel passed over all houses marked with blood of the Passover Lamb, and all other houses then had their first-born of human-beings and animals killed by the Death Angel.  After the Exodus, every year there was a required celebration that was commemorating the Exodus form Egypt, with a Passover lamb slain.  This was described in Exodus 12:1-6 by Moses, which had explicit instructions for all of Israel to follow dealing with the preparation for the Passover Event and subsequent Passover Meal. 

As part of the preparation, as instructed in the scriptures, on the 10th day of Nissan a male lamb without blemish, are chosen per Exodus 12:3-6.  This has a fulfillment with Jesus Christ.  Jesus is at a dinner with Lazarus and is anointed (an idiom pointer / selection for us to recognize) done by Mary (John 12:1-3) on the 10th of Nissan.  The next day, the 11th of Nissan, Jesus Christ made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem as a presentation of Himself, that would be the Lamb, which Christians celebrate as Palm Sunday.  See Matthew 21, Mark 11, Luke 19, John 12 where Jesus Christ is riding on a donkey / colt.  

The lamb chosen by Moses' instructions, required the lamb to have no blemishes or faults.  Also per Exodus 12:6, the lamb is taken care of for four days which are the explicitly assigned days of the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th, before the slaughter of the lamb.  Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God without any sin and led a perfect life, where He is the perfect Lamb offering.  On day of Crucifixion, even the Roman Procurator Pontius Pilate told the Priests and Crowds there was no fault in Him in Luke 23:4.  Jesus Christ had to fulfill the four days like the lamb in Moses instructions, before His life was given at the Crucifixion.

There is an amazing prophecy in the Book of Daniel which Gabriel had given the exact day to Daniel that the "Messiah be cut off" (Daniel 9:26), which means to be executed.  This amazing prophecy that is described in the Daniel 9, is explained further in the 69 Weeks to the Messiah's Execution topic.   All of Israel should have known and recognized the events from the Book of Daniel and also from reading Isaiah 53.  (Note that Isaiah 53 has amazing encryptions in the text).

In scriptural passage of John 12:1-12, we are given the chorological events:

• The location of Jesus Christ being in Bethany, six days before Passover, which would be the date of the 9th of Nissan.
• Having dinner with Lazarus and others, in Jesus Christ's honor, when Mary (not His mother) comes in and anoints Jesus Christ with expensive pure nard.  This is the start of the 10th of Nissan at night.  (Biblical 24-hour day is full-night and then full-day as explained earlier in this topic.)
• On the 11th of Nissan, Jesus Christ enters Jerusalem.

Besides all of these important details that had to be explicitly done by Jesus Christ, the other paramount point is taking the four days from 11th of Nissan, which is a Sunday, means that the Crucifixion had to occur on Wednesday, the 14th of Nissan. 

• The Last Supper is often confused with the Passover Meal, which it was not. Many people, including this author, have heard the unfortunate use of Passover incorrectly used to infer to the Last Supper.  In Mark 14:12, it clearly speaks about "eat the Passover" in two days, where the Last Supper was being held before the Last Supper.
• The Last Supper was at the start of the Passover Event Day, which was at night at the start of the 14th.  Remember that the start of the approximate 24-hour day is nighttime.  The full night followed by the full day constitutes a Biblical day. 
• After the Last Supper, Jesus Christ and the 11 Disciples went to Gethsemane which is where Jesus Christ is arrested.  The Sanhedrin were working through the night to convict Jesus Christ in mock trials before the Passover event that was occurring later on the same approximate 24-hour day of the 14th.
• The Last Supper is not the Passover Meal, as there is no mention of a lamb that the Disciples had prepared to eat as part of God's instructions for celebrating the Passover Meal.  This is explained in Guiding Point 4 above.
• Judas was not prepared yet to betray Jesus Christ.  Jesus forced Judas to proceed earlier than the plans with the Sanhedrin as read in John 13:27. The plot to kill Jesus Christ was most likely being planned to be done after the full Feast Of Unleavened Bread Week's week, which meant after all of the Feast Days.

The verse in Mark 14:12 translation it can possibly convey an incorrect meaning for some readers regarding the time periods occurring.  To help, it should read something to the effect of "The first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread is approaching, when it is customary to sacrifice the Passover Lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for your to eat the Passover?"  Removing the "On" and adding "is approaching" makes an easier read. 

As already stated, a very important point is the four Gospels do not inform us that Jesus was eating the Passover Meal at what Christians call the Last Supper.  Furthermore, that would not make sense and would break the purpose of the Passover Lamb model of the Exodus' High Sabbath. 

Confusions clarified, which is harmonized with the parallel accounts in the four gospels:

1. For most of us Christians, when we think of day, we think of midnight to midnight.  The writers of the Gospels wrote the history with the knowledge of the Jewish mind that knew the timing of the events were based on God's definition of a day period.  Recall from Guiding Point 1 above that the approximate 24-hour day starts right after sunset when the sun is no longer giving any light and ends at the moment before the sun is giving its last light.  Think of it as something like 6pm to 6pm or as sunset to sunset.
2. Notice in Mark 14:1-2 it is two days away from the Passover event, which means it is the 13th of Nissan.
3. Jesus Christ sends two of the Disciples to prepare a place for the future Passover meal, knowing it will never happen with Jesus Christ being there.  This is on the 13th of Nissan during the day hours where the 13th is almost over.  In Mark 14:12, the translation is a little bit confusing "On the first day ...", which in today's English would read "As customary for the first day of..."
4. The two Disciples find a location for the future Passover meal, which is then used on the start of the 14th of Nissan, for the Last Supper.  It is evening which is at the start of the approximate 24-hour period of the 14th of Nissan.   
5. Jesus Christ had the two Disciples go because Jesus Christ needed a place to have the dinner to force Judas Iscariot to speed up the time table of the Betrayal, which then could then make Jesus Christ the Lamb Slain the sins of the World (The Passover Lamb.).
6. After Jesus Christ dies on the Cross, on the 14th of Nissan, it is the Jewish law to have the body taken down from an execution pole (Deuteronomy 21:22 - 23 which is discussed below), so the scriptures point out that Jesus Christ's body is taken down at it was still the "Day of Preparation" for the High Sabbath first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  This was occurring as read in the Gospel accounts such as John 19:31 and Mark 15:37-43.  This was the end of day hours of the 14th of Nissan and before Feast of Unleavened Bread. 
7. Many early Christian leaders only thought that Saturday, Shabbat, was the Holy day that required Jesus Christ's body to be removed and this is the primary confusion on a Friday tradition of the crucifixion.
8. Jesus Christ's death on the 14th (Passover Event) is exactly like the Lamb slain on the 14th for the Passover meal in the evening's Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover Meal).  The evening is the start of the day and is the 15th of Nissan, when the Passover Meal is held.

As additional amazing point is notice "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", where God is mentioned twice.  Jesus Christ is speaking to God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. 

Also notice in Luke 23:44, the darkness reference as God giving everyone there another pointer to the divinity of Jesus Christ taking the role of the Lamb Slain for the world.  Most Christians think the darkness was because it was a horrible event, which indeed it was, but the darkness had the role pointer to the Passover lamb event required being sacrificed right during dusk, therefore the dusk was occurring all day as Jesus Christ was on the Cross.

Burial Before Sundown, Before Passover

Guiding Point 8 of 16

Jesus Christ had to be buried before night because of scriptural laws set in Deuteronomy 21:22 - 23.  Recall, from Guiding Point 1, that once the night begins it is the start of the next day.  Therefore, Jesus Christ's Burial had to be before Sundown, on the 14th, and burial before the Passover Sabbath Day's Meal at the start of the 15th, which was night.

We know that Joseph went before Pilate to get Jesus' body before the Sabbath, Luke 23:50 - 56.  

Note: "Preparation Day, the Sabbath was about to begin" means it was approaching and about to happen.  The eating of the Lamb Slain (Passover meal) as part of Feast of Unleavened Bread, was going to start after Sundown.

The parallel accounts in the other Gospels, let us know the same chronological events occurred.

Nicodemus also helped Joseph of Arimathea.

When Nicodemus came, it was night so that he would not be seen by Sanhedrin for fear of his life.  Nicodemus placed a mixture of myrrh and aloes on Jesus' Body.  The value of the Myrrh was very, very expensive which shows that Nicodemus recognized Jesus Christ as the Messiah.

At nighttime, Israel ate the Passover Event's meal which was the lamb that was slain.  This is the next day which is the 15th of Nissan.

Resurrection Date and Time

Guiding Point 10 of 16

The Resurrection date and time period is easily determined based on the two women named Mary, who were arriving before dawn, which is the middle of the first day of the week, Sunday. 

• So, we know that it was Sunday before sunrise when Mary got to the tomb.
• The Stone that blocked the entrance of the Tomb was moved.
• Jesus was in the Tomb on the days before Sunrise but had left the Tomb.  Part of the Sunday's nighttime period of time had already occurred.  The Soldiers who guarded during the nighttime of the Sunday had not reported to their commander that the Stone was moved.  The Soldiers apparently fell as sleep at some point during the nighttime of the beginning of the Sunday.
• We know from other scriptures that Jesus Christ was gone and appears to many later in the Scriptures.

Author's note: No contradiction here as two of the Apostles are giving the account with different vantage points and perspectives.  Furthermore, John doesn't mention the three women because he is saying Mary Magdalene noticed the stone rolled away.  In John's account, the story jumps farther ahead in verse 2.   See the topic on two women named Mary, who were arriving before dawn.

Feast of First Fruits, Risen

Guiding Point 11 of 16

Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the Sabbath Day of Fest of first Fruits.  The day before was the last day in the Tomb, which is the same day that Noah Ark rests on dry land, on top of the Mountains of Ararat.

In a summary of the events:

1. Jesus is crucified and dies on the cross in the afternoon before the Passover Meal and Unleavened Bread celebration began on that night. 
2. He is put in the tomb right before the start of Unleavened Bread meal, which starts on the 15th which is the night time. 
3. Now look at the time periods: 
   (a) First there a few hours, possibly almost 3 hours, where Jesus is dead on the Cross on the 14th. 
   (b) Second, there are three days in the tomb: 15th, 16th & 17th. 
   (c) Third, Jesus Christ is risen from the dead, at some point during the first 12-hours on 18th of Nissan, before the women discover He is gone from the Tomb. 

The 18 of Nissan is the "Feast of First Fruits". 

The western man's view of prophecy is prediction and fulfillment.  God has shown that He uses a pattern to teach us and reveal to us. For example:

(a) The end of the Flood of Noah, in terms of Noah because the Ark rested and the Earth was signified as cleaned from many things including the Nephilim, was on the 17th day of the 7th month, Nisan.  The next day, the 18th, is the new beginning on the Earth.   
(b) Israel crossed over the Red Sea the Feast of First Fruits, Leviticus 23:10 "Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, `When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.

Jesus Christ Dead for 3.5 Days (This Author's Theory, not seen anywhere else)

Guiding Point 12 of 16

Jesus Christ from the time of the death on the Cross at 3pm, and until the time He Rose, appears to be approximately 3.5 days.  The following is a theory based on adding up the days and time in the tomb, which this author has not seen or heard in any Biblical Commentaries.

God always uses patterns of prophecies along with models to teach us.  As an example of a possible pattern concerning the period of time that Jesus Christ was dead may match the Two Witnesses, whom are dead in the Streets of Jerusalem for 3.5 days.  (Note: There are many other 3.5 occurrences such as Elijah prayed to have no rain for 3.5 years, and the Great Tribulation Period is 3.5 years as part of the 7 year period of the 70th Week of Daniel.)

This idea of Jesus Christ dead for 3.5 days, in this author's mind, fits the model of the Crucifixion death which occurred around 3pm in the afternoon of the Wednesday 14th of Nisan and then Jesus Christ exiting the tomb during the night portion of the 18th of Nisan before the two Mary and other women arrive before dawn.   This author has not found this theory in any Biblical Commentaries so it might be incorrect, but the evidence speaks for itself as highly probable.

There is also the correlation that the enemies of Jesus Christ, at the crucifixion rejoiced at Jesus Christ's death.  This is also done at the death of the Two Witnesses as read in Revelation 11:7-12.  The other interesting part of the same scriptural passage is the comparison with the sins of Sodom and Egypt, (pride, haughtiness, and oppression) with the location of the murder of the Two Witnesses.  Notice the connection, verse 8, given with the crucifixion "where their Lord was also crucified" that is the Holy Spirit drawing attention for us to read and correlate the pattern.

The death period before the Resurrection is shown below in the table.   Note:

• Jesus Christ dies at 3pm and is taken down from the cross before sundown.  This period of time is unknown, where computer modeling can suggest the exact time that sundown occurred, but it had to be in vicinity of 3 hours which consisted of time on the cross and being carried to the tomb before sundown.  At sundown, the next Jewish day would have started, which is when the night-time Passover Meal occurred.
• Concerning Jesus Christ, in Mathew 12:40, the passage does not state 3 days and 4 nights, so the 3.5 days does not contradict the Gospel as Jesus rises before dawn, not a full night, on Sunday where it is the opinion that God would use the pattern of 3.5 days like the two witnesses' period of time in death.

As just noted, from the section above "Jesus to spend three days in the grave" means 72 hours but that does not include the time Jesus Christ was dead on the cross before taken down and any time before leaving the tomb on the 18th's Feast of First Fruits.  As stated, this is just a theory of this author.

Another Parallel to how God uses patterns, is the Crucifixion occurred at the same location as Abraham was instructed to sacrifice Isaac, but was stopped.

Graphical Chart

Guiding Point 13 of 16

The following chart pieces together the timeline that the crucifixion occurred on the 14th of Nissan, Wednesday, where the death occurred at 3pm.  In three more hours, it would be 6pm and the start of 15th of Nissan, Thursday, the Passover Meal.  Jesus Christ became the Passover Event Lamb. 

As detailed above, the Jewish day starts after sundown and ends at the next sundown, which can be thought of as 6pm to 6pm.  The world has adopted the midnight to midnight as a standard.  When looking at the chart, look at the Jewish day at the top of the chart:

• The Last Supper was on the start of Wednesday, after 6pm but before midnight.  In our current standard, we would consider this to be Tuesday evening.  Once it is 6pm, it then is the start of 14th Wednesday. It is dark and Jesus has the Last Supper with the 12 Apostles.
• During the Last Supper, Judas Iscariot is exposed by Jesus Christ, where Judas leaves to go to the Sanhedrin for Jesus' eventual arrest later that evening, with trials throughout the night hours of the 14th before the day time.  The Sanhedrin's motivation was to get Jesus Christ trials done with time during the day hours of the 14th for His execution.  All of this, by Jewish Levitical laws as detailed above, had to be done before the Passover Meal after 6pm, which is the start of the 15th of Nissan.
• The Passover Event, crucifixion of Jesus Christ as the Lamb for the payment of sins of the world, happens on the 14th during the day hours.
• Jesus Christ is put into the tomb before 6pm on Wednesday, as the Passover meal and Feast of Unleavened bread begins after sundown on the 15th of Nissan.

• The Noah's Ark rests on the Mountains of Ararat on the 17th of Nissan.  The seventh month in Genesis 8:4 is the Month of Nissan.  The flood water from this point forward is dissipating.  This date is the marker that Great Flood has been completed where Noah, Noah's family and all the animals are waiting for the time that God will instruct them to exit the Ark. 
  (a) They do not leave the Ark on the date, but the Flood is marked as over because of the resting on the Mountains of Ararat, where the next day is a new day of beginnings for Noah and his family as they now know the Great Flood was completed. 
  (b) Jesus Christ completed the three days in the Tomb on this same day where the next day is the day of new beginning as celebrated in the Feast of First Fruits.  Jesus Christ is the First Fruit of the Resurrection. 

  Genesis 8:4

  and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

• The Crucifixion Event occurred in the same location that Abraham performed his sacrifice.

Note that when Jesus Christ's body was in the tomb, He went to proclaim victory (1 Peter 3:18-20) over the Fallen Angels who created the Nephilim and take captivity of the Old Testament Saints waiting in the Bosom of Abraham (Upper Sheol) with Him to Heaven.  A great other topic is Revelation 1:7, where we will see Him on the Cross.

• Starting year may not be correct.
• Day of the week, for 5-Apr-0032 AD may not be correct on computer modeling.
• The common agreed range is years 0030 AD to 0032 AD.
• The prophecy in the Book of Daniel can only point to Jesus Christ as there is no other candidate.

Assuming the computer model calculations of day of the week, Wednesday, matching 14 of Nissan, the Crucifixion happened: on Roman Calendar April 5th, 0030 AD

To aid in verifying the vicinity of the year, we can look at "The Annals, Book XV", where Tacitus states that

"Cristus, from whom the name ['Christian'] had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of the procurators, Potntius Pilatus..."  

Pilate was the Roman procurator of Judea from 0026 AD through 0036 AD.  

From the scriptures, we know:

• Book of Luke: Jesus began His ministry when He "was about 30 years of age". 
• Book of John: There are three annual Passovers during His ministry (John 2:23; John 6:4; John 13:1). 

Working from all these points of information, it can be determined that Jesus Christ was crucified in his early 30s. 

Note that according to most Biblical Scholars, the birth of Jesus Christ was before 0001 AD and there is no 0 AD.   Some Biblical scholars point to Jesus' birth to be in the year of 4 BC.   The month Nisan is one of the months on the Jewish Calendar.

Sir Robert Anderson's book, The Coming Prince, places the Crucifixion Year as 0032 AD and the Crucifixion as Thursday on page 54 based on his calculation on Daniel Chapter 9.  The year, proposed in this author's topic vs. The Coming Prince, might be revised later.

This author respectfully disagrees with Sir Robertson Anderson's day of week choice, while believing his book is an awesome analysis and proof, because the problem is:

1. Three days in the "heart of the earth", Matthew 12:40 and others, are required as the Scriptures detail.  When thinking about a Thursday afternoon death on the cross, it does not add up to three 24-hour days in the earth, so it has to be Wednesday so that Jesus Christ's resurrection can happen on Sunday before dawn.
2. Additionally, there seems to be the parallel with 3.5 days that match the Two Witnesses period of death as God uses patterns and models throughout His entire Scriptures. 

Regarding the year analysis, the author believes the calendar estimates for a specific Jewish day mapped to a specific Gregorian calendar day are not always accurate and are difficult because of the lack of good records in history regarding a date to a day of the week, even with computer modeling.   

No matter what mankind has on calendars of ancient times, God's precision is perfect and newer scholarship research will always yield to the proof of the scriptures.  Even with our different theories of day of week mapped to a calendar day, the prediction of the Messiah in the Book of Daniel's 69 Weeks  points to Jesus Christ and to no one else in history.    

What to read next?

The Crucifixion Psalm, Abraham's Location with Isaac,  Risen - 4 Gospels and is there a discrepancy on Easter? and Noah's Ark rests the day before Christ's Resurrection.  What is Salvation?  Is it possible to lose Salvation?  We have eternal life.  Evolution is not real.  When a Christian suffers is there benefits from it.  Rewards in heaven.  Do we Tithe?  What does the 3rd Commandment tell us?  What is Grace and Mercy?  Is there an Age of Accountability?  Is there a place of unending punishment and exile form God?