Researchers and Bible Agree on the Date that Jesus Died

As Christians enter the holy week leading up to the Crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus it is important to note that the Holy Bible and scientific researchers agree on key historical facts about the Son of God. One of these facts is the date that Jesus died on the cross. One writer gives us seven Biblical clues to reveal the year, month, day and hour of His death. What is interesting is that Jesus uttered seven statements (see below) while he was on the cross.

Here are the Biblical and scientific basis that Jesus died on the cross at 3:00 p.m [8:00 a.m. EST] on Friday, April 3, A.D. 33.

In an April 10, 2013 column in The National Catholic Register titled 7 clues tell us ‘precisely’ when Jesus died (the year, month, day, and hour revealed) Jimmy Akin wrote:

We recently celebrated Good Friday and Easter, the annual celebrations of Jesus’ death and resurrection.

We all know that this happened in Jerusalem in the first century.

That separates Jesus from mythical pagan deities, who were supposed to live in places or times that none could specify.

Just how specific can we be with the death of Jesus?

Can we determine the exact day?

We can.

And here’s how . . .

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Akin lists the following seven clues:

Clue #1: The High Priesthood of Caiaphas
Clue #2: The Governorship of Pontius Pilate
Clue #3: After “the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius Caesar”
Clue #4: Crucified on a Friday
Clue #5: A Friday at Passover
Clue #6: John’s Three Passovers
Clue #7: “The Ninth Hour”

Akin concludes, “This allows us to narrow down the time of Jesus’ death to a very specific point in history: around 3:00 p.m on Friday, April 3, A.D. 33.”

Ivana Kvesic  from the Christian Post Reporter wrote:

Researchers are claiming to have discovered the exact date that Jesus Christ was crucified, according to a new geological study released in an academic journal this week.

The geological survey, published in the International Geology Review, suggests that Christ was crucified on Friday, April 3, in the year 33.

The year of Christ’s crucifixion has been widely debated in religious and scholarly circles, but geologists now believe that their research points to the most likely year Jesus was put on the cross.

“The day and date of the crucifixion are known with a fair degree of precision. But the year has been in question,” geologist Jefferson Williams told Discovery Channel News.

To uncover the date of the crucifixion the scientists studied seismic activity in the Dead Sea by examining three cores from the Ein Gedi Spa beach, which lies adjacent to the Dead Sea 13 miles from Jerusalem.

Scientists decided to look into the history of seismic activity in the region because Chapter 27 in the Gospel of Matthew says that an earthquake coincided with the crucifixion of Christ.

“And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open,” the Gospel reads.

After analyzing seismic activity in the region along with astronomical data, the scientists factored in information from all four Gospels, and determined that the best match for the date of crucifixion would be Friday, April 3, 33.

Science and the Holy Bible agree. Jesus was a 33-year old man who was crucified and died in Jerusalem.

The Holy Bible also accounts his resurrection and assent into heaven. It is Easter 2017. Time to celebrate the greatest gift ever given to mankind. The gift of eternal life. He is risen!

1. “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23.34).
2. “Today you shall be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:43).
3. “Behold your son! Behold your mother!” (John 19:26,27).
4. “My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46).
5. “I am thirsty” (John 19:28).
6. “It is finished!” (John 19:30).
7. “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46).

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