Over the last twenty years I have seen many troll the internet, absolutely sure that they have the one and only solution to the Passion week chronology and the times and days of Yeshua’s “Last Supper”, crucifixion, burial and resurrection. I have studied this issue myself for at least 35 years. What I have found, is that those who insist that their solution is the only possible solution, generally have not taken into account at least some of the variables. In many cases, they were ignorant that some of the variables even existed. So here are some of the variables and facts that they have not all taken into account:
The claim that the use of the Greek word Arturo in the Gospel accounts of the Last Supper, does not indicate the use of leavened bread. Click here to see why.
The Last Supper in the Gospel of John, is the Same event as the Last Supper in the Synoptic Gospels. Click here to see why.
The original Jewish version of Matthew did not include the phrase “three days and three nights” in Matthew 12:40. Click here to see why.
Luke 24:21 requires a Thursday Crucifixion. Click here to see why.
The word for “dawning” in the Aramaic reading of Luke 23:54 can indicate any time from evening until dawn. Click here to see why.
The Hebrew (Dutillet and Munster) text of Matthew 27:62 says “Now on the next day, which was following the search for leaven.”
The resurrection took place “when the sabbath had past” (Mark 16:1) and not “late on the Sabbath”. “Late on the Sabbath is a common transliteration of of Matthew 28:1 which itself is based on a demonstrable scribal error. Click here to see why.
Was the annual Sabbath on the 14th of Nisan or the 15th of Nisan? – In the Torah we are told (in the KJV) that the “first day” and the “seventh day” of Unleavened Bread” are annual sabbaths (Ex. 12:16). The Hebrew phrase for “first day” is YOM ROSHON which can also mean “foremost day” or “day before” (as in KJV Num. 6:12; Josh 8:33b and 1Kings 13:6). So there is a halachic issue as to whether this refers to the 15th of Nissan (the common interpretation) or the 14th of Nisan.
Was Passover just an offering and meal, or was it a day? There seems to have been an ancient ambiguity as to whether the 14th of Nisan was Passover Day, or whether it was just an offering eaten at the “erev” of the 14th of Nisan. This gave rise to the question over whether Passover/Unleavened Bread was a Seven day or an Eight day system. That issue was further complicated by the fact that by the first century, it was common to refer to the whole seven or eight day period as “Passover” as it is today.
Can the “erev” of the 14th be the erev between the 13th and 14th or must it be between the 14th and 15th. Erev is a zero dimensional point between days, so the 14th has arguably two erevs.
What does the phrase “between the evenings” really mean?
Were Yeshua and his Talmudim keeping the same halacha on the matters above as the Temple Priesthood?
When Yeshua sat down for the last supper on the “first day” according to the KJV synoptic gospels, but on the “before the feast of Passover” in John 13:1 KJV, the DuTillet Hebrew of Matthew has YOM ROSHON which Schonfield translates “first day” and the Aramaic Gospels have Aramaic words which share that ambiguity between “first” and “before” or “foremost”.
Were Yeshua and his Talmidim using the same calendar as the Temple priesthood? For example the invisible dark new moon is typically the day before the first crescent, which would have created a one day variance between groups keeping the dark moon and groups keeping the crescent. And there are other possible calendar issues.
All of these facts and questions/variables have to be taken into account in any passion week chronology.
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