History records 3 prominent rulers mentioned in the New Testament at the time that

Jesus was said to have died:

* Tiberious Caesar ruled from 14 AD - 37 AD

* Herod Antipas ruled from 4 BC - 39 AD, he divorced his wife and married his half
brother Herod's wife, which caused John the Baptist to condemn that marriage, and
John then lost his head for saying such.

* Pontius Pilate ruled from 26 AD - 36 AD.

Pilate's rule looks to limit Jesus's year of death to a span of only 10 years
time. The gospel of Luke says that John the Baptist started preaching in the 15th
year of Tiberius Caesar's rule: 14 AD + 15 - 1 = 28 AD

Given John the Baptist's arrival, needing to preach for a while first (let's guess
a year for John to preach), and that Jesus had to later minister for more than 3
years, Jesus had to have died some time after: 28 + 1 + 3 = 32 AD, and also had to
die
before Pilate left his position in 36 AD. Therefore, Jesus died some time between
32 AD and 36 AD.
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The 33 AD prediction falls within the 32 AD to 36 AD time span. What about the
Jewish feasts, do they help confirm the year? To answer this, you have to know
more about the Passover and which day Jesus would have died on.

The bible records which day Jesus died on:

John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies
should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day, (for that Sabbath day was an
high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be
taken away.
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So clearly, Jesus died just prior to the Sabbath, and it was also a Sabbath that
was a "high day" of the Passover feast week.

What is a "high day"?

The high days in the Passover feast week, are the first and last days of the 7
Passover feast days of eating unleavened bread. The first high day could start any
day of the week, due to the fact that the month of Nissan would start on the day
that two witnesses would see the new moon show up, and that day of the week varied
each year. They would kill the Passover lamb on the 14th day of Nissan, and the
unleavened bread would be eaten from the 15th on for 7 days. The 2nd high day, was
the 7th day or last day of the 7 day Passover feast. For that Passover the year
Jesus died, the first high day was said by John to have been the same day as the
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Sabbath.

In simple terms showing what occurred per day (while noting that days back then
ran from evening to evening, and that the Sabbath starts on Friday evening), this
is how it looked to John back then describing which day it was in the verse above:
"day". What was occurring that day

Thursday evening to Nissan 14, Day of Preparation, Jesus dies Friday evening
during the daylight hours on Friday.

Nissan 15, Sabbath, the first day of the 7

Friday evening to day Passover feast week begins, it's also Saturday evening
called the 1st "high day" of the Passover feast week. Jesus's body is in the tomb.
etc... (the 7 days of the passover feast continue on, with the last day of the
passover feast week being the 2nd "high day")
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It is possible to find all years where the first high day fell on the Sabbath to
verify which years are possible candidates for the year of Jesus's death. As it
turns out, between the years 27 AD
and 38 AD, there are only 2 years where the high day fell on a Sabbath and those
two years are 33 AD and 36 AD. So given this, during the period of 32 AD to 36 AD
(after John started preaching plus Jesus's
preaching, yet before Pilate's rule ended), the only years possible for Jesus to
have died in, are 33 AD and 36 AD.
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The 36 AD year is ruled out for a number of reasons. Essentially too many things
had to happen during that year, and one account given, becomes void when 36 AD is
checked as a possible crucifixtion date. Pilate was told to return to Rome in 36
AD, he arrived there after Tiberius Caesar died, before Passover in 37AD. Herod
Antipas was in a war with Aretus in 36 AD and wouldn't have had time to be
across the Dead Sea during the preparation of Passover at Jesus's trial. Herod
Antipas was said to have been desiring to see Jesus, but in 36 AD, that was during
a time of Herod's war and preparing
for war with Aretus. There is also the issue that if Jesus died in 36 AD, with a
3.5 year ministry that makes him 32.5 (or older)at the start of it, and Luke said
he "began to be about 30" (29.5?) at that time. His birth as the next article
states, had to happen soon after the tetrarchy was formed so the people could be
registered under their specific tetrarch, and that happened only 2 or 3 years
after 4 BC, making Jesus too old for Luke's statement
that Jesus "began to be about 30". The 33 AD crucifiction year, does not have any
of the issues the 36 AD year has.
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The only year that matches all accounts, is 33 AD.

As the Sabbath is Friday evening until Saturday evening and Jesus died just prior
to the Sabbath (they didn't want his body to be left on the cross during the
Sabbath), Jesus had to have died prior to Friday evening.
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Therefore, Jesus died just prior to the 1st Passover feast day (which that year
fell on the Sabbath), on Friday before evening,
in 33 AD. Is there more confirmation of this?Absolutely.
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At the last supper, Jesus told them that he wanted to eat the Passover feast with
them, but never would, in fact, he didn't even eat the night before he died. Jesus
handed them the bread at that last supper, but didn't eat any of it himself. Jesus
was the first born, and the first born would be fasting
on the day the Passover lamb was sacrificed. That 'day' would be Thursday
evening, to Friday evening, and Jesus would be fasting during that time. Friday
afternoon when Jesus was crucified, it was just before the Passover feast's first
day,
just before the evening of the Sabbath, when they would have all ate together
later that night on the Sabbath... but by then, Jesus was dead, dead before the
start of the 1st day of the Passover feast, having died during the time of the
lambs being
sacrified prior to the first day of the feast of unleavened bread.
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In the translations of the verses, there are instances where it's a little
confusing concerning the days of the Passover. For example:
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Mt 26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to
Jesus, saying to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the
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Passover?

Obviously, the preparation for the Passover is BEFORE the Passover feast week.
Typically it takes days or even weeks to clean the rooms. That verse should have
been and can be translated as:
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Mt 26:17 Then to first honor the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to
Jesus, saying to him, Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover
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feast?

Again, that preparation could take days, where they'd first have to clean all
traces of the leaven from the place they'd be having the Passover feast, and that
cleaning is before the Passover started.
So they were asking Jesus before the Passover, and NOT on the 1st day of Passover.

You can find confirmation of this in a prior verse:

Mt 26:2 Ye know that after two days, is the feast of the Passover, and the Son of
man is betrayed to be crucified. In other words, Jesus just told them that in two
days, the feast of the Passover would start, and the verses continue on where they
then replied back to him "Where should we go prepare for the Passover feast?".
Obviously they weren't asking him on the first day of the Passover feast week, but
had to be asking him prior to the first day... that same 2 days before when Jesus
said they needed to go to Jerusalem. The Mt 26:17 verse to make proper sense with
the Jewish feasts, it should have been translated to english with regards to the
timing of events in those feast days such that they'd simply be replying back on
the same day, "where should
we go to prepare?". Retranslating other similar verses: Mk 14:12 Then to first
honor the time of unleavened bread after they would kill the Passover lamb, his
disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare, that you may eat
the Passover feast?"
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Lu 22:7 But approaching was the time of unleavened bread, with the Passover to be
killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare us the Passover
feast, that we may eat.
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The translators basically didn't check to insure that the translated english
description matched with regard to the Old Testament laws of the Passover feast.
Choosing proper english wording from available
translation options, helps substantially in conveying what Jesus had said and when
he had said it, verses the actual events occurring then. There is nothing wrong
with the original scriptures concerning the verses, but there is a problem with
how the scriptures were translated to english.
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Regardless, Jesus knew he was being betrayed by Judas Iscariot 2 days before the
Passover started, so the timeline of Jesus's death looks like:
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Weds- They were in Simon the leper's house in Bethany. Jesus told them he was
being betrayed (by Judas Iscariot), and the woman put the spikenard on Jesus's
head and feet for his burial, while Judas complained that the spikenard could have
been sold for a lot of money, and the money should have been given to the poor.
John said that Judas had a bag of money at the time that the chief priests gave
Judas to tell them who Jesus is and point him out. Jesus reminded them that in two
days the feast of the Passover would start and they had to move on into Jerusalem.
The disciples knew they had to prepare for the Passover so they asked Jesus where
they'd be having the Passover so they could go there and start preparing for it.
Jesus then tells them to follow a man bearing a pitcher of water to where ever he
went in the city to a new house, with a new large room where they'd be preparing
the Passover feast at. In that they didn't yet know where the house was, Judas
wouldn't know, and couldn't report back to the high priests or soldiers. And this
delayed Jesus being taken, while Judas looked for an opportunity where he'd know
where Jesus was that was close enough to go get the soldiers to turn him in.
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Thurs- They entered Jerusalem, Jesus rode on an ass's colt and was praised by
them, mostly over Lazarus being raised. They quickly became disenchanted in that
they expected Christ would abide forever, yet Jesus told them he'd die. That
evening they went to the large room for the last supper, Jesus didn't eat. Judas
had the money bag, he was anxious to turn Jesus in, and he now knew where they
were staying for the Passover feast. Being in Jerusalem, it was closer to the
chief priests and soldiers than it was when they were back in Bethany. Now it was
easier for Judas to walk off and quickly get the soldiers. Judas then left the
last supper, to go get permission to get the soldiers and to then bring them to
take Jesus. But they left while Judas was gone. That night, Judas helped the
soldiers find Jesus, he then identified him, the soldiers took him and his
disciples deserted him.
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Fri- Jesus was taken to prison, interrogated, beaten, ridiculed, mutilated, and
crucified until he died. John confirms the the day by saying Jesus was there being
questioned by Pilate and accused by the chief priests and elders (of which Jesus
did not defend himself against their claims) on the day of preparation for the
feast days of Passover. The preparation day is when the Passover lambs would be
slaughtered, much like Jesus was about to be after Pilate washed his hands of it
and told the chief priests and elders that Pilate would be innocent of Jesus's
death. The chief priests and elders convinced the crowd to demand they crucify
Jesus and let Barabbas go free. Just before evening, after Jesus died, he was
taken down off the cross, wrapped in linen and laid in the tomb. The Sabbath then
started that evening, as did the 1st day of the 7 day feast of Passover, the feast
of unleavened bread.
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Sat- Sabbath continues through the daylight hours, no work allowed to finish
Jesus's burial. The chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate to tell him to
place guards at the tomb as they'd heard Jesus say he'd rise again after the third
day. Pilate told them to guard it and make it as sure as they liked.
During the evening, Jesus's disciples stayed away from the tomb probably because
it was: too dark to see in the tomb, there were now guards there guarding it, and
they probably feared using lamps as that would draw attention to themselves, them
being seen as followers of Jesus after he'd been crucified the previous day by the
chief priests, elders and crowd.
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Sun- Early morning, the women went to the tomb to see about finishing the burial,
the angel appeared with the appearance of lightning, and the guards fell to the
ground. The angel rolled back the stone while telling the women that Jesus had
risen, and for them to go tell the others.
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The 3 days and nights article discusses the prophecy of Jesus being in the hands
of sinful men from Thursday evening, until Sunday morning.
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Another confirmation on the above information is based upon Daniel 9:24-27.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for
iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and
prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from
the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the
Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street
shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore
and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the
prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are
determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the
midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for
the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the
consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.) The
calculation for that is as follows:

* 360 days for a prophetic year

* 365.242199 days per standard year
* 7*7+62*7 prophetic years from the order to restore Jerusalem
* Artaxerxes gave the order to restore Jerusalem to Nehemiah in 444 BC
* There is no 0 BC year, 1 BC jumps to 1 AD in 1 year of time.

Therefore, the messiah shows up, as per Daniel 9 in:

-444+1+(7*7+62*7)*(360 prophetic days/yr)/(365.242199 day/yr) = 33 AD

The accounts line up in many ways with Jesus dying in 33 AD, before the Passover
feast's 1st day (or "high day", which was also on the Sabbath),
and on the same day as the Passover lambs were being slaughtered that year. There
is no other year where the accounts all align. God made it all, Jesus died for our
sins.