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Did Jesus Die Before Or After Passover?

April 7, 2025 BibleAuthenticity Comments 4 comments

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Skeptics and critics of the Bible often claim that the gospel of John contradicts the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, in reporting Jesus died before, rather than after, the Passover. Did Jesus die before, or after, Passover?

Alleged contradiction:

“Was Jesus crucified on the daytime before the Passover meal or the daytime after?
(a) After (Mark 14:12-17)
(b) Before. Before the feast of the Passover (John 13:1) Judas went out at night (John 13:30). The other
disciples thought he was going out to buy supplies to prepare for the Passover meal (John 13:29). When
Jesus was arrested, the Jews did not enter Pilate’s judgment hall because they wanted to stay clean to
eat the Passover (John 18:28). When the judgment was pronounced against Jesus, it was about the sixth
hour on the day of Preparation for the Passover (John 19:14)” read more

Was Quirinius Governor of Syria When Jesus Was Born?

April 4, 2025 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

Critics and skeptics of the Bible claim that Luke 2:2 contradicts history by saying that Quirinius was “governor of Syria” at the time of Jesus’ birth, because the official historical records only indicate that Quirinius held the position of governor of Syria from 6 to 9 CE.

BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF “THE FIRST CENSUS” WHILE QUIRINIUS WAS GOVERNOR

“Now it happened that in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus for a census to be taken of all the inhabited earth. This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And everyone was going to be registered for the census, each to his own city. And Joseph also went from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem . . . in order to register with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was with child. Now it happened that while they were there, the days were fulfilled for her give birth”—Luke 2:1-6 LSB read more

The Prayer of Nabonidus

April 2, 2025 BibleAuthenticity Comments 0 Comment

The Prayer of Nabonidus

“The Prayer of Nabonidus is a legendary account preserved in Aramaic that describes the punishment and healing of the Babylonian king Nabonidus. In the Prayer of Nabonidus, the recovery from the imposed illness is attributed to the recognition of the God of the Jews as the highest and only God. The text has only been preserved in fragments of a single manuscript, which was found together with numerous other scrolls by Bedouins in 1952 in Cave 4 near Qumran on the Dead Sea. It is now in the possession of the Israel Museum.”—Wikipedia read more