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MESSIAH JESUS' TRIUMPHAL ENTRY AND CRUCIFIXION
MODERN CALENDAR (based on Gregorian System)
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Convert Jewish Lunar Years to Days |
69 weeks X 7 years 483 years X 360 days |
= 483 Jewish lunar years = 173,880 days |
1 week = 7 years Jewish Lunar Year - the number of times the moon goes around the earth = 12 Jewish year = 360 days |
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Convert Jewish Lunar Days to Solar Years and Days |
173,880 days / *365.24156180 days |
= 476.068447851 solar years |
*Number of Days in a Solar Year (source: The Royal Naval Observatory, Greenwich, England) |
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.0684478951 X 365.24156180 |
= 25 days (exactly) |
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= 476 years, 25 days |
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Decree of Artaxerxes to Triumphal Entry |
March 5, 444 BC + 476 years |
= March 5, 32 AD |
Decree of Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 2:1-8) = March 5, 444 BC |
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– 1 year |
= March 5, 31 AD |
Subtract one because there is no year "0" |
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+ 25 days |
= March 30, 31 AD |
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Triumphal Entry |
Sunday (possibly noon), March 30, 31 AD |
The decree was issued at noon. |
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Crucifixion |
Friday, April 4, 31 AD |
JEWISH CALENDAR
(based on Lunar Years)|
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Decree of Artaxerxes to Triumphal Entry |
9 Nissan 5243 + 483 years |
= 9 Nissan 5726 |
Decree of Artaxerxes (Neh 2:1-8) = 9 Nissan 5243 |
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Compare the Calendars: Triumphal Entry |
Jewish Calendar: 9 Nissan 5726 |
Modern Calendar: March 30, 31 A.D. |
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Compare the Calendars: Passover Friday |
Jewish Calendar: Friday, 14 Nissan 5726 |
Modern Calendar: Friday, 4 April 31 AD |
From 28 AD to 33 AD, 31 AD is the only year when Passover was on Friday |
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