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For clarification-

Do you mean
Mark 15:42–43 (When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus) is wrong or that it was Friday that was wrong?


I'm not sure why Joseph woukd have to wait (as a prominent member, I sincerely doubt he picked up the body himself and I see no prohibitions regarding asking for a body).

 

Why 33 AD?

 

But if Luke used the same timekeeping as he did with the priests ( Annas and Caiaphas) it could be 30AD. And we also have to keep in mind that Luke may well have regarded the first “year of Tiberius,” so far as Judea was concerned, as beginning in AD 13.

Jewish history was typically recorded in relation to Judea, not the world (it wouldn't meet Western journalistic standards).

Since 30 AD and 33 AD are both possible, I'd see which one lines up best with Scripture.

 

Yes, both 30 AD and 33 AD provide for a Friday crucifixion.

But that said, we are talking about using a calender that has undergone many changes to determine a percise date.

In the OT the calender was set according to the phases of the moon (Deut. 16). Then you have the Talmudic period. where astrological calculations rather than lunar phases were relied upon. And in post-Talmudic times this changed to calculation. Nisan, Siwan, Ab, Tishri, Kislew, and Shebat had 30 days while Iyyar, Tammuz, Elul, Heshwan, Tebet, and Adar had 29 (in a leap year Adar had 30 and We-Adar 29).

 

We know that the word Pesach (Passover) refers to the Passover and to the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Exodus 12:6–7: You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight. ‘Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

Numbers 28:16–25 Then on the fourteenth day of the first month shall be the Lord’s Passover. ‘On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast, unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. ‘On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work . . . After this manner you shall present daily, for seven days, the food of the offering by fire, of a soothing aroma to the Lord; it shall be presented with its drink offering in addition to the continual burnt offering. ‘On the seventh day you shall have a holy

Matthew tells us that the "Last Supper" was on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
This would be the day after the Passover (Seder) meal.

John writes that Jesus was crucified and died the evening before a Sabbath. John also tells us that the Sabbath after Christ died was a "high day" (a day the Sabbath coincided with a religious feast or observance).

Mark writes: When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath.

As far as burial, we know Jesus would have been buried the day He died (Deut 14).

Preperation Day was the day prior to the Sabbath OR holy day.

As far as days, we know that the Jewish day does not start at the evening, or even at sunset. It starts when the sun has gone down ... the end of evening (it follows the Creation account....day beginning with light). The last hour (6th hour) was 6pm to sundown.

 

Here is the timeliness I'm leaning towards:

2 days before the passover the priests conspire. They want to avoid killing Jesus during the festival (15 to 21 Nisan).

Jesus observes Passover with the Disciples on 14 Nisan (Thursday night), goes to the Garden, is arrested.

Early in the morning (Friday) the counsel meets, Pilot presents Jesus to the people at 1200 pm on Friday and Jesus is crucified. Jesus dies around 3 pm.

John tells us it is Preperation Day for the Sabbath, and that Sabbath was a high day (corresponding with 15 Nisan, which is another Sabbath and the beginning of the festival).

Joseph receives tge body and Jesus is quickly laid in a nearby town (because it was Oreperatiin Day and the tomb was nearby).

The women gather spices to prepare the body on Sunday (they did no work on the Sabbath). On Sunday the women return to the tomb to anoint the body, however He has risen.

There are two dates - 14 Nisan 30 and 33, where the Passover falls on a Friday.

There are two "Sabbaths" (not necessarily Saturday) during the festival - Nisan 15 and 21 - which would make the Sabbath a "high day".

 

No, it doesn't.

The 14th of Nisan started on Thursday evening. The "first Day of Unleavened Bread" can refer to the Passover or the first day of the Festival (which was a Sabbath). Likewise, "Passover" could refer to one day or include the festival.

But we know it was Passover because it was the "Passover lamb" being sacrificed.

That woukd be Thursday night. Jesus would die Friday around 3pm.

We know this also because John tells us His body was taken to a nearby tomb because the next day was a high day Sabbath (essentially this would be an observance of two Sabbaths).

You are creating a problem where no problem exists.

 

No. Friday 7 April 30 AD was 14 Nisan 30 AD..

 

It does. And some Jews have complained that this was blended. But it does not change the fact it was.

The Passover lamb was killed on 14 Nisan, on Passover. Mark, like many Jews, referred to 14 Nisan to 21 Nisan as the time of Unleavened bread.

The fact that the Passover Lamb is sacrificed on this "first day" let's us know Mark was referring to Passover.