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Even if 14 AD was counted as year 1 (which has been debated) 14 AD would not be the 2nd year...which os what you claimed to get your dates "right".

If we count September 17, 14 AD to Devember 31st 30 AD as 1 year then Jan 1, 28 AD through Dec 31, 29 AD would be the 15th year.

This we can know because we know the Julian Calendar (the Hebrew Calendar was a ceremonial calendar).

If Scripture is correct (John's record of seperate Pasdovers during Jesus' earthly ministry) then the earliest possible year for the Crucifixion, based on your calculation of years) would be 32 AD.


You are too early.

"In the 15th year of Tiberius' reign" means in the 15th year of Tiberius's reign....not between the 14th and 15th year (which is nonsense as he ruled from September 14 AD to March 37 AD).

 

Another interesting issue is the Pharisees vs the Sadducees.

The Pharisees believed that ceremonies belonged to the people while Sadducees believed that ceremonies belonged to the Temple.

This resulted in conflicting dates and times (both were observed by the people as their practices relied on individual observation but their religion was centered on the Temple).

Since the Pharisees celebrated the Passover immediately (Nisan 13/14) while the Sadducees waited until the usual time (Nisan 14/15) we can't definitively know the time of Mark except how it fits with other passages.

Galileans slew their lambs on Nisan 13, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread lasted eight days whereas the Judeans celebrated on Nisan 14.

There is also the difficulty of the observation of days between Galilean (and Pharisees) and Judean Jews (and Sadducees).

 

That is not an issue at all.

Let's suppose Jesus was baptized in the 15th year (actual reign) of Tiberius. Let's suppose Jesus had a 3 to 3 1/2 earthly ministry.

Let's suppose the moon was observed as calculated.

Mark - Jesus sent disciples to the city in the evening when the Passover was being killed (the Galilean Passover observance on 13 Nisan). Jesus arrived when even had come and ate the Last Supper.

Jesus was arrested. Early on 14 Nisan (before Temple sacrifices as this is a day of preperation not only for the Sabbath....which this year was a high day....but also for Passover observance).

Jesus was crucified and laid in a nearby tomb before this "high Sabbath" (this would be Friday 14 Nisan).

Jesus arose early on the 1st day of the week.


The pros here is it fits with actual historical record, it fits with Luke's time of Jesus' baptism, it fits with Jesus' culture, and it fits with all four Gospels. It also fits with the post-Talmudic calendar you love so well.

 

No, it doesn't. Re-read my post.

It contradicts your theory, but your theory is unbiblical when it comes to the Gospel of John.

Under your theory how can the Passover fall on the Sabbath after the crucifixion?


John 19:14-15
Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
So they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” Pilate *said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”


My view agrees with Mark 14 - it was the 1st day of unleavened bread. BUT it also agrees with John 19 - He was crucified on 14 Nisan.



You simply pick which passage to contradicts while I see no contradiction at all.

 

I understand that each of us believes our view is correct. But that does not mean it is also not a theory.

How do you reconcile John's statement that the Passover was the day after the Roman's tried Jesus with your insistence Passover had already occurred?