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Determining the Year of the Crucifixion of Jesus



Regarding  the following Time Tables


* All dates corresponding to March and April are expressed using the Gregorian calendar that we use today even though it was not in effect then.

* "New Moon" refers to the New Moon manifested in the period between 4 days before the Equinox and 24 days after.

* The theoretical Nisan means the one that takes place 14 days after the New Moon, if we count as "day one" the day following the New Moon.

* The "Difference 18AV - 14NS"  means the days between the 18th day of Aviv and the 14th day of the theoretical Nisan. The alternative 1st of Aviv in Table 2 is the one which results when we delay by seven days the 1st of Aviv shown in Table 1 (for the days when the Equinox falls on Tuesday or a Wednesday)

We must keep in mind that, considering the limited scientific means at the time of the birth of Jesus, the exact moment of the Equinox could not be ascertained with hour and minutes precision. That is why we have considered an "alternative" 1st of Aviv which is reflected in Table 2 for some of the years. This gives credibility to the possibility of an alternative Crucifixion date of 29 D.C.


Table 1 Comparing 18 Aviv with 14 Nisan in the years 22 to 38 d.C.

Year (dC) Equinox 1 Aviv
(wednesday)
14 Aviv
(tuesday)
18 Aviv
(saturday)
New
Moon
14 Nisán
theoric
Difference
18AV - 14NS
22
20/march, sunday 23/march 05/march 09/april 19/march 02/april 7
23
21/march, tuesday 22/march 04/march 08/april 06/april 20/april -12
24
20/march, wednesday 20/march 02/march 06/april 26/march 09/april -3
25
20/march, thursday 26/march 08/march 12/april 16/march 30/march 13
26
20/march, friday 25/march 07/march 11/april 04/april 18/april -7
27
21/march, sunday 24/march 06/march 10/april 24/march 07/april 3
28
20/march, monday 22/march 04/march 08/april 11/april 25/april -17
29
20/march, tuesday 21/march 03/march 07/april 31/march 14/april -7
30
20/march, wednesday 20/march 02/march 06/april 20/march 03/april 3
31
21/march, friday 26/march 08/march 12/april 08/april 22/april -10
32
20/march, saturday 24/march 06/march 10/april 27/march 10/april 0
33
20/march, sunday 23/march 05/march 09/april 17/march 31/march 9
34
20/march, monday 22/march 04/march 08/april 05/april 19/april -11
35
21/march, wednesday 21/march 03/march 07/april 26/march 09/april -2
36
20/march, thursday 26/march 08/march 12/april 13/april 27/april -15
37
20/march, friday 25/march 07/march 11/april 02/april 16/april -5
38
20/march, saturday 24/march 06/march 10/april 22/march 05/april 5



Table 2. Alternative dates for Aviv in the years when the Equinox falls on Tuesday or Wednesday

Year (dC) Equinox 1 Aviv
(wednesday)
14 Aviv
(tuesday)
18 Aviv
(saturday)
New
Moon
14 Nisán
theoric
Difference
18AV - 14NS
23
21/march, tuesday 29/march 11/march 15/april 06/april 20/april -5
24
20/march, wednesday 27/march 09/march 13/april 26/march 09/april 4
29
20/march, tuesday 28/march 10/march 14/april 31/march 14/april 0
30
20/march, wednesday 27/march 09/march 13/april 20/march 03/april 10
35
21/march, wednesday 28/march 10/march 14/april 26/march 09/april 5



For readers who may be more interested in greater detail, we have prepared a diagram which gives a panoramic view of the relationship between the Spring Equinox and the New Moon between the years 22 and 38 D.C. (1)

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(1) Diagram for the years 22 to 38 a.C. (with dates expressed using the Gregorian calendar).



Published on December 6th, 2013

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