Shalom AFraizer, yes, there is a conflict between the date of the synoptic Gospels and John for the killing of the Passover.
This is one of the issues I've been trying to address. I don't believe there
is a conflict. I believe that all four gospel authors are telling the same story, and that the nomenclature being used is creating confusion. John and the Synoptics do not contradict each other, which is essentially what you're conceding to in saying that "there is a conflict between the date of the synoptic Gospels and John for the killing of the Passover."
I know you have tried to deflect John's rather clear indication that the day of Yeshua's death was the Passover, according to the Old Covenant. And according to the Old Covenant, the Passover had to be offered at it's appointed time.
Two points here:
1) I haven't deflected John's account. I gave answer to it already. a) The "preparation of the Passover" is just Friday of Passover week. b) The "passover" the priests wanted to eat, preventing them from entering Pilate's judgement hall, was the hagigah, or passover offering, which was offered and eaten on the 15th. It is conspicuously called the "paska" in the Talmud. c) There was no "high Sabbath," but only a high day
on that Sabbath.
2) The Old Covenant does not say that Jesus died on the passover. You are trying to apply a theological interpretation to a physical and historical event. Please take note from Hebrews that Jesus, besides being our passover, also fulfilled all the duties of the High Priest for the Day of Atonement, offering himself to enter the heavenly holy of holies by the sacrifice of himself, to make intercession for us. Just as he was also the scapegoat, as explained in another post. Don't put so much emphasis on the specific date. Spiritually, he was more than just the Passover, and the date clearly didn't matter for the other fulfillments. The Day of Atonement wasn't for another six months.
I know you feel the Passover was the day prior to Yeshua's suffering and death by reading the very clear accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but if you are correct, then The Passover Lamb was offered on the 15th day of the 1st month, not at the time appointed by the Old Covenant, the 14th day of the 1st month.
No. The Passover lamb was sacrificed on the 14th. JESUS died on the 15th. Theological interpretation does not trump black and white text.
There is a logical and correct explanation for this disparity, and hopefully, we will be able to bring it together. Blessings in The Name, ImAHebrew.
There are three ways to look at it. Either 1) John and the Synoptics disagree, leaving us with a glaring contradiction in the Bible, 2) the Synoptics harmonize with a Nisan 13th last supper and Nisan 14th crucifixion, which they simply do not, or 3) John harmonizes with a Nisan 14th last supper and Nisan 15th crucifixion, for which there is a plausible, documented, and competent explanation.
You have to choose. If you think the gospels contradict each other, then there's not much else I can say. If you think the Synoptics harmonize with John, then you have to demonstrate, credibly, how the disciples made ready the passover on the 13th, how the 13th was the first day of unleavened bread (not the feast of unleavened bread), and how the passover was slain on the 13th, in order to accommodate Jesus being killed the next day on the 14th. I can tell you now that it can't be done credibly. OR, you can get on board the truth train and recognize that John can be harmonized with the Synoptics, as explained in one of the paragraphs above.
