Death of Jesus history event counterfeit
The Death of Jesus Did Jesus have Passover dinner? By Jack M Samardzija "Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?" John 18:38 The traditional Jewish calendar of the first century AD was lunar, in which the first day of each month was determined by when the light of the new crescent moon became visible in Jerusalem shortly after sunset or better said just under 80 minutes after sunset, the full moon rising about two weeks later. It was perhaps natural, therefore, that the setting sun should signify the end of the day and sunset/dusk the beginning of a new one, which extended to sunset/dusk the next day (night and day, rather than day and night; Genesis 1:5, "And the evening and morning were the first day"). Friday, for example, began at sunset/dusk on Thursday and ended at sunset on Friday, which was the beginning of Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. Although the notion of a new day beginning on the evening of the previous one is potentially confusing, it really is not ...