19 Apr '11 20:01>
Originally posted by RJHindsnope,
I have to take that back. I see now he is not referring to
the day of the crucifixion; but to the day before the crucifixion.
I first thought he was using the sunset to sunset method for
determining the days; but it appears on closer reading he is
using the Roman method like we do today from midnight to
midnight as the days. That explains why he got t ...[text shortened]... year 33 instead of the correct year 31 when
Jesus would be 35 years old by the jewish calendar.
Jesus evidently was born in the month of Ethanim (September-October) of the year
2 B.C.E., was baptised about the same time of the year in 29 C.E., and died about
3:00 p.m. on Friday, the 14th day of the spring month of Nisan (March-April),
33 C.E.
The basis for these dates is as follows:
Jesus was born approximately six months after the birth of his relative John (the
Baptiser), during the rule of Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus (31 B.C.E.–14 C.E.)
and the Syrian governorship of Quirinius , and toward the close of the reign of
Herod the Great over Judea. Mt 2:1, 13, 20-22; Lu 1:24-31, 36; 2:1, 2, 7.
Further more , the scriptures indicate that after baptism Jesus began his own
ministry being at the time, thirty years of age and his ministry commenced for
three and a half years, his age at death is therefore not thirty five, but thirty three
and a half years.