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The passion story of Jesus Christ in the four gospel accounts contains an apparent contradiction. This apparent contradiction concerns the day of the week the celebration of Passover was to occur that year.
One very important detail that needs to be understood in advance of discussing this matter, is that for the Jewish people of that time, each day began at sunset and ended just prior to the following day’s sunset. As a result, Jesus celebrated Passover with his disciples and was crucified and died on the same Jewish day.
The three synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke reveal that the celebration of Passover by Jesus and his disciples that year, which we more commonly call the Lord’s Supper, occurred on a Thursday evening. We know this intuitively as Jesus’ crucifixion occurred on a Friday afternoon before the Jewish Sabbath commenced at sunset that evening.
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One very important detail that needs to be understood in advance of discussing this matter, is that for the Jewish people of that time, each day began at sunset and ended just prior to the following day’s sunset. As a result, Jesus celebrated Passover with his disciples and was crucified and died on the same Jewish day.
The three synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke reveal that the celebration of Passover by Jesus and his disciples that year, which we more commonly call the Lord’s Supper, occurred on a Thursday evening. We know this intuitively as Jesus’ crucifixion occurred on a Friday afternoon before the Jewish Sabbath commenced at sunset that evening.
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