What was the date of death of jesus?

Answer 1

All authorities agree it was between 29 and 33AD. The traditional date is 33AD, but more-up-to-date and biblically-impartial scholarship taking into account (i) the Passover dates (ii) that there were two sabbaths that week (not just 1) and (iii) Daniel's 70-weeks prophecy seem to put it at 32AD or 31AD, so take your pick:-

April 6th 32AD

(See 'The Precision of Prophecy' at http://www.khouse.org/articles/2004/552/ )

For 31AD:-

Go to the article "year of Jesus' Death" at

http://www.rusearching.com/nostradamus/nostradamusyearofdeath.htm

For 28th March 31AD:-

('The Dates of Jesus' Crucifixion.......based on Daniel's Prophecy of 70 'Weeks' ' at http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/3021/ascension.html

[ this also includes detailed reasoning covering the possible years 30-36AD]

The choice comes down to personal preferences, but it really doesn't matter which year it was. If God had wanted us to know, then the Holy Spirit would have had it recorded for us - He hasn't, so it's unimportant. What is important are the consequences of Jesus Christ's atoning death for all, either one way or the other.

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From the Urantia Papers (185, 187):

Jesus died April 7, A.D. 30, Friday afternoon:

(185:0.1) brought before Pilate, shortly after six o'clock.

(187:3.1) hung upon the cross, about half past nine o'clock.

(187:5.5) cried out, "It is finished!", just before three o'clock.

Answer 2

The correct date is disputed, but it was the Friday after the passover.

Answer 3

According to Pope Gregory, it was on Friday, but according to Jesus himself, it was on Wednesday. Jesus said, "Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the belly of the earth for three days and three nights." That's 72-hours! It was approaching sunset on Wednesday that Jesus died and he was hurried into Joseph's tomb before the Jewish start of Thursday. John says that the next day was not an ordinary Sabbath, but was a High Sabbath. Passover always fell on 15 Nisin, so it could be on any day of the week - in this year, it must have been on Wednesday. So (to our reckoning) Jesus died on Wednesday, was in the grave on Wednesday night, Thursday day and night, Friday day and night, and Saturday day. He must have risen at Saturday sunset, but this wasn't discovered until Sunday sunrise. Further evidence is that Mark says they bought spices---which couldn't have happened if the Sabbath was the only intervening day, but could if both Thursday and Saturday were Sabbaths and Friday was a normal trading day.