A Jewish scholar by the name of Benedict Zuckermann researched the 2nd temple period, and the writings of the Maccabees and Josephus, pinning about five separate Sabbath examples. From these ‘anchor’ dates the Shemitah has been accurately tracked,
I don't trust Jewish scholars or the Jews themselves for information on the Jubilee calendar. I've seen Hasidic Rabbis not able to correctly count off Jubilee cycles. When Jesus ate the last supper there were two Passovers celebrated. The correct one observed by Jesus and His disciples, the erroneous Passover was celebrated by the Jews. At the time of the crucifixion, the Jews had already lost track of where Passover was and were using the Roman calendar. If the Jews had the correct ‘anchor’ dates then why did they observe an incorrect Passover during the Holy week.
So, AD 27 was the LORD's Jubilee.
I disagree with AD 27 being the 50th year of Jubilee. I don't think that was what Jesus was talking about here.
It's doesn't really even sound logical for them to go through all the trouble just for Jesus to sit down and be handed a scroll and to "proclaim the 50th year of Jubilee". Was that what He was there for at the start of His ministry? To announce the 50th year of the super shemitah? I doubt it.
"To preach the acceptable year of the Lord" in Luke 4:19 sounds more like: “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” in 2 Corinthians 6:2. He was just saying that then was the time for the Jews to act and accept their Messiah. Because look at the next verse after the comma where Jesus stopped at in Isaiah 61: "and the day of vengeance of our God;". The old time Jews were living right at the comma in the valley of decision.
AD 33 was the 10th Jubilee year since the start of the 70 weeks in 457 BC. AD 33 was also the 30th Jubilee since 1437 BC. Since 1437 BC until AD 1993 there have been 7 complete sets of 70 weeks. This is tough to explain with text alone.
As soon as Gabriel told Daniel "70 weeks" are decreed, he was talking about a block of time that had to come from the Jubilee calendar. This couldn't be just any arbitrary 490 years that could begin with any random year. Otherwise Gabriel would have just said 490 years are decreed for your people. Each of the 70 heptads had to begin in a Sunday year (year 1) and conclude with a Sabbath year (year 7). Each of the seven years of the week being represented by days within the week.
Of the various historical decrees made to rebuild Jerusalem, only the Artaxerxes decree of 457 BC is found to begin in the Sunday year or year one of the cycle. Not only would it seem illogical to begin the 70 weeks in the middle of a week, it would also lose it's synchrony with the year of the Exodus. Counting the heptads in reverse will connect with Biblical dating of the reign of King Hezekiah. Isaiah 37:30 can also show alignment with the observation of an ancient Sabbatical year.
I doubt that's possible. It's like saying that the 70 weeks ended in the middle of the 70th week.The Jubilee count ended with Messiahs arrival.
Many have understood that the 70 weeks of Daniel 9 had to be translated into 490 literal years. The Jubilee calendar is where we get the translation of prophetic time, not from Ezekiel laying on his side for 390 days. When the Jubilee calendar is in operation, 1260 days becomes 1260 years. Because the 2300 evenings and mornings from Daniel 8 doesn't work as literal days if it is correctly measured from 457 BC, the Jubilee calendar has to extend to at least AD 1844. The problem now arises due to the fact that there are still unfulfilled prophetic time periods, like the 1260 days from Revelation 11, that won't work if they are translated.
The scholars that I follow point to the Jubilee calendar concluding in the spring of 1994 at the end of 7 sets of 70 weeks that start when God began giving the Jubilee calendar information to Moses 2 weeks before the Exodus.
I recommend, for those interested, this PDF page of the Jubilee calendar made by Larry Wilson. It is very large to view on a computer screen but seems slightly better if the file is saved and viewed with your PDF program and not in the browser window.
In this screen shot you can just make out 457 BC at the start of Jubilee cycle 21 in the upper left and the conclusion of Jubilee cycle 30 in the lower right corner in AD 33.
https://www.wake-up.org/charts/Jubileev7view.pdf

I also recommend these two videos by Larry Wilson on the Jubilee calendar parts 10 and 11, they have an excellent amount of data.
I don't think that this subject should trouble anyone if they don't understand it. I don't think that anyone should feel like they're missing out if they haven't got the latest book that's for sale. The best selling Book of all time is free of charge.
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