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    The shroud of Turin

    Nothing about the Shrooud is compelling. It is a total fraud. Nothing to see here-time to move on.
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    What day was Jesus Crucified and when was He placed in the tomb?

    You guys should stick with John, who was an eyewitness. And the pertinent time is JEWISH time, not Roman time. The Jews divided the 24 hour day into twelve hours of night, and twelve hours of day, with a new day starting at night. Jesus was crucified on the sixth hour- or noon, of the day of...
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    Dating the disciples & the NT

    Just some observations here... The Roman destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple was such a cataclysmic and far-reaching event that you can make a case that all of the Gospels were written before it. Even John, that the church fathers place at around A.D. 85. Specifically to Luke and...
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    What day was Jesus Crucified and when was He placed in the tomb?

    What?! Jesus was arrested, tried, crucified, and taken down from the cross within a single day- the day of preparation, friday, on the 16th of Nisan A.D. 36. He was set up on the sixth hour of the day, and taken down on the ninth hour of the day. total of three hours on the cross.
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    Historical Jesus

    Exactly right, HB. A lot of the problem is historians tend to use the Talmud, or medieval Jewish traditions, or the old testament, to "flesh out" our knowledge of Jesus and early christian times. Josephus is our only real source for this, along with Philo. Hagan in "The Passover year" does a...
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    King Herod and John the Baptist

    Herod Antipas, the youngest Royal son of Herod the Great, was responsible for the beheading of John the Baptist. Antipas was also the one to whom Pilate sent Jesus after he was arrested. Antipas could have saved Jesus, but he chose not to. Archeology is very contentious in this period. Best to...
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    The date of the crucifixion

    You have to use Josephus to know the specifics of the Passover in those days. Jesus was arrested and crucified on the Nisan 16, one day after the full moon. The year was probably A.D. 36.