{"id":9263,"date":"2025-09-11T17:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whyalive.com\/share\/?page_id=9263"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:39:21","slug":"yeshuas-ministry-death-and-resurrection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whyalive.com\/share\/yeshuas-ministry-death-and-resurrection\/","title":{"rendered":"YESHUA\u2019s Ministry, Death, and Resurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When was YESHUA\u2019s Birth, Ministry, Death, and Resurrection?
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I understand the extreme debate with the year and day of YESHUA\u2019s death. So, this will be one step at a time. Why try to figure this, and does it even matter? It does not matter for salvation, but it does matter for truth like showing how the prophecies of the Scripture are true for one example. So, I am starting the research for this question with the destruction of the 2nd<\/sup> Temple in 68, 69, 70, and I am adding 71 AD because there is an argument over if the 2nd<\/sup> Temple was destroyed during or after a Shemiththah\/Shemitah, which we will answer this question after fitting everything together. These are the years chosen because they are as close as can be narrowed down from the information in Erchin 12b<\/a>. Most scholars place this date at 70 AD [ref]<\/a>, which I agree with, but to find the truth we need the other years in our research. Then, we know from (Yoma 39b:5-6<\/a>) the doors to the Temple (that were supposed to be always be closed and were continually trying to be closed by the Jews every day for 40 years) were opened every day for 40 years; and the fire of the servant light (that was never to go out and the Jews tried everything to keep it lit every day for 40 year) went out every day for 40 years before the 2nd<\/sup> Temple was destroyed; and the lot of the scapegoat of the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) sacrifice (Lev 16:8) always fell to Azazel\/scapegoat in the right hand for 40 years before the 2nd<\/sup> Temple was destroyed (like flipping a quarter 40 times and always getting tails<\/em>); and the scarlet ribbon tied around the scapegoat\u2019s neck along with the priest\u2019s blood stained garments, covered in blood from the sacrifices, did not turn white for 40 years before the 2nd<\/sup> Temple was destroyed, as they had turned white before this 40 years. If you go with 70 AD for the destruction of the Temple, then 30 AD is the year all this started. You might say case closed, 30 AD is the year YESHUA\u2019s death and resurrection opened the doors of the Temple and changed the acceptability of sacrifices given in the Temple by the authorities who had rejected YESHUA (Mt 27:51; Mk 15:38; Acts 5:28; 24:1). Not everyone will say that though. So, given the years above we only need to check the 4 years of 28-31 AD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Jhn 2:20 states it was 46 years since the start of building\/building-up (G3618<\/a>) the 2nd Temple to the 1st Pesach\/Passover of the beginning of YESHUA’s ministry. We know at the time of YESHUA the 2nd Temple had existed much longer than 46 years, being completed in around 516 BC [ref]<\/a>. The Greek word used in Jhn 2:20 can be “the building up of.” The only building up that matches a 46 year time period is the Renovations under Herod that started in 19 or 20 BC [ref]<\/a>. This gives us a date of 27 or 28 AD (19 + 28 = 47 or 20 + 27 = 47; There is no 0 AD or 0 BC, a year has to be subtracted from the total<\/em><\/em>; so, 47 – 1 = 46<\/em>.) People do not agree if YESHUA’s ministry was 1 or 2 or 3 years long. The years of YESHUA’s death and resurrection using this method would be 28-31 AD. So, we get the same years using two different dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, 32 and 33 AD are not in the list, and you can not even force them to be in the list. But, I will show work for the years 28-33 AD. But, I have to go +\/- 1 year to show what month is ha\u2019Aviv (Nisan) and YESHUA\u2019s ministry is going to be shown. So, the full list will go from at least 26-34 AD (I went with 26-36 AD<\/em>). That should cover everyone\u2019s view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, we need some standard rules. The Hebrew day starts and ends at sunset according to Lev 23:32. There is a time when the Moon is dark. The first light of the Moon seen after an astronomical new moon<\/a> establishes the 1st day of the month that occurs at sunset [ref]<\/a>. A measurement of when the first light of the Moon can be seen is called the Danjon limit, which is the smallest angular separation between the Sun and the Moon when the first light of the Moon can be seen [ref]<\/a>. A Danjon limit of 7 is used in these calculations with a limit below 7 possibly seen (have to have two witness see it though<\/em>) but not affecting all but one Pesach (Passover<\/em>) of the included years (this affected Pesach\/Passover will be included<\/em>). The following reasons are why you will see more than one possible Pesach (Passover<\/em>) for each year: if there are 29 days in a month, the month may have 30 days if the weather did not allow for the Moon to be seen on the 29th day; different things could cause a leap month (13th month<\/em>) to be added, it was possible a leap month was added in a year or held until the next year [ref]<\/a>. Leap months were added if the 16th day of the 1st month occurred before the vernal spring equinox (3\/22, 3\/23, 3\/24) [ref (goto verse 8)]<\/a> keeping in mind the equinox could be defined as a day with 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night which happens 3-4 days before the vernal equinox. Equinoxes and all the data is figured using NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Horizons Systems with location set to Jerusalem. Pesach\/Passover, including day of week it occurred, of each Year, would have been figured by the Religious-Sanhedrin\/The-Great-Bet-Din in charge of when religious festivals occurred at that time [ref: see The Religious Sanhedrin: The Great Bet Din: Functions and Authority]<\/a> (Acts 5:17). YESHUA\/JESUS died and was buried on Pesach\/Passover (Jhn 18:28, 39; 19:14). Passover starts when the Pesach\/Passover lamb is sacrificed on the 14th day of the 1st month of ha\u2019Aviv\/ha\u2019Abib (Nisan<\/a><\/em>)<\/strong> (Ex 12:6, 18; Lev 23:5; Num 9:3, 5; 28:16). Lev 23:5<\/a> states, \u201cIn\/on the first month, in\/on\/by 14th to\/onto month between the evenings (is<\/em>) Pesach\/Passover to\/for\/onto the-LORD\/YEHOVAH.\u201d The between \u201cthe evenings\u201d is also in Num 9:3<\/a> and Num 9:5<\/a> (the Interlinear states \u201cat twilight\u201d but clicking on the Hebrew words shows \u201cbetween the evenings\u201d<\/em>). (The 1st day of the 7 days of Unleavened Bread also starts \u201cbetween the evenings\u201d on the 14th of the 1st Month [Ex 12:18; Num 9:11<\/a>]). How can there be more than one evenings per day? There were\/are actually about 4 or 5 different interpretations of which we will only be going over the 2 that fit the New Testament. The Pharisees and Sadducees that are listed in the New Testament had different views. The Sadducees, who believed in only following the Torah (first 5 book of the Bible<\/em>), believed \u201cthe between the evenings\u201d was between sunset and nighttime, what we call twilight, on the 14th day of the 1st Month [ref]<\/a>. The Pharisees held that there was a memorized Oral Torah passed down from Mosheh\/Moses that has now been written down in what is called the Mishnah<\/a> [ref]<\/a>, written in about 100-200 AD [ref]<\/a>. Two commentaries were later added to the Mishnah, each called the Gemara, and the Mishnah & Gemara together are called the Talmud, of which there are 2 Talmuds because of the 2 Gemara [ref]<\/a>. In Mt 23:2, 3, YESHUA states \u201con\/upon the seat (of<\/em>) Mosheh\/Moses have sat-down\/appointed the scribes and the Pharisees. Therefore\/so\/then all, as many as if they have said-to\/commanded you, do\/act and keep\/observe\/guard. However\/but, according to their works\/deeds\/actions, (do<\/em>) not do\/act. For, they say\/speak\/command and (do<\/em>) not do\/act.\u201d This statement by YESHUA shows HE is in agreement with using the Oral Torah the Pharisees were using. While some may say this verse in context is just YESHUA jesting\/joking, YEHSUA does not and did not sin and did not lie in any way (1 Pet 2:22). Pro 26:18, 19 shows the LORD is against joking\/jesting when it is a lie. Does this mean the Mishnah should be treated like Scripture? No. An English or any other translation of the Hebrew\/Aramaic\/Greek Scriptures (no matter what translation your using<\/em>) is really just a commentary on the orginal text. From YESHUA’s words we can conclude there was an original Oral Torah, but what we have in the Mishnah is a commentary of the original (it even reads like a commentary<\/em> with 4 or 5 commentators<\/em>). But, the material is still useful (especially if there is agreement with all the commentators<\/em>), but should be read and understood by the guidance of the SPIRIT with the Scripture\/Word standing as its judge. Anyway, the Mishnah states in Pesachim 5:1<\/a> the Pesach\/Passover lamb is to be sacrificed at about the 9th hour of the daytime (about 3 PM<\/em>) on the 14th day of the 1st month. At Noon when the Sun is straight above in the sky, the Sun starts to go down and can be considered the first evening. Then, the Sun setting at 6 PM (when there is 12 hours of light and 12 hours of night in the spring and fall<\/em>) can be considered a second evening. Between the evenings would be about 3 PM. And, 3 PM is about the time the Pesach\/Passover and regular daily sacrificial lamb are sacrificed [ref]<\/a>. YESHUA is our Pesach\/Passover Lamb (1 Cor 5:7; Jhn 1:29, 36) and was sacrificed at about the 9th hour of daylight Hebrew time (3 PM) (Mt 27:46, 50; Luk 23:44, 45, 46). Now, if the Pesach\/Passover lamb was to be sacrificed at 3 PM on the 14th toward the end of the Hebrew day, how was YESHUA eating the Pesach\/Passover during the beginning of the Hebrew day on the 14th (Mt 26:17; Mrk 14:12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18; Luk 22:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16). This is because YESHUA was eating the Pesach\/Passover lamb of the Sadducees. The 1st day of the Pesach\/Passover and the 1st day of Unleavened Bread continued into the 15th day of the 1st Month, which is a Shabbat\/Sabbath day, with the Pesach\/Passover ending at night on the 15th day before the morning of the 15th day (Lev 23:6, 7; Num 28:17, 18; Ex 12:10, 15, 16, 17). The 14th is called preparation day because all the leaven has to be removed from the house before the holidays of Pesach\/Passover and Unleavened Bread start. This is why Mt 27:62; Mrk 15:42; Luk 23:54; Jhn 19:14, 31, 42 all agree it was the preparation day before the Shabbat\/Sabbath. And, then just as the Pesach\/Passover lamb is eaten and swallowed in the dark pit of our mouth, that night of the 15th (Ex 12:8), YESHUA was buried in the dark pit of the-Earth\/Aretz by the night of the 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are going to number the days of the week like they appear in the Scripture and on most calendars: 1 for the 1st day of the week (saturday<\/em>), 2 for the 2nd day (monday<\/em>), 3 for the 3rd day (tuesday<\/em>), 4 for the 4th day (wednesday<\/em>), 5 for the 5th day (thursday<\/em>), 6 for the 6th day (friday<\/em>), and 7 for the 7th day (saturday<\/em>) called Shabbat\/Sabbath. YESHUA said HE would be in the Earth 3 days and 3 nights, and HE arose from the dead on the 1st day of the week during the dawn while it was sill dark as the Sun was rising (Mt 12:40; Mt 28:1; Mrk 16:2, 9; Luk 24:1; Jhn 20:1). As a day starts at sunset, YESHUA arose before the daylight of the 1st day of the week; so, HE was only in the Earth during the nighttime of the 1st day of the week. Counting backward we have 1 full or partial nighttime of the 1st day of the week, 1 full daytime and the 2nd full nighttime during the 7th-day-of-the-week\/Shabbat\/Sabbath, the 2nd full daytime (for a friday death you have to stop here at a partial day<\/em>) and a 3rd full nighttime of the 6th day of the week, and a 3rd partial daytime of the 5th day of the week (we can stop here for a 5th-day\/thursday death and fulfill the Scripture of 3 days and 3 nights<\/em>). This partial being a whole is a foreign concept to many in the western hemisphere. It is like eating 2 cookie and one bite of a 3rd cookie. Some will say you ate 2 cookies and some will say you ate 3 cookies (this is a concept in Jewish thinking that is throughout the Scripture; the chronology of the kings can not even be reconciled without understanding this concept<\/em>). If we were to say the nighttime of the 1st day of the week did not count because it was a partial, then it would be 1 full daytime and the 1 full nighttime during the 7th-day-of-the-week\/Shabbat\/Sabbath, a 2nd full daytime and a 2nd full nighttime of the 6th day of the week, and a 3rd full daytime and a 3rd full nighttime of the 5th day of the week, leaving us with YESHUA\u2019s death during the daytime of the 4th-day-of-the-week (wednesday<\/em>). We know YESHUA\u2019s death did not occur on the 6th Day (friday<\/em>) as it does not allow for 3 days & 3 nights. That leaves a 4th Day (wednesday<\/em>) or 5th Day (thursday<\/em>) death with the 4th Day (wednesday<\/em>) figuring 3 whole days & 3 whole nights and the 5th Day (thursday<\/em>) figuring partial days or nights to be included with the 3 days & 3 nights. The 6th day can also be ruled out according to the time the Pesach\/Passover sacrifice occurred. If it occurred on the 6th day it would have been sacrificed at 2 PM and not at 3 PM when YESHUA died during the 9th hour of daylight according to Mt 27:46, 50 and Luk 23:44, 45, 46 [ref for 2pm sacrifice on 6th day of week]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the destruction of the 2nd Temple occurring between 68-71 AD (which no credible source argues with<\/em>) and exactly 40 years shown to exist between the 2nd Temple\u2019s destruction and the year of YESHUA\u2019s death on the Cross, we only have the years of 28-31 AD that will fit the criteria for YESHUA\u2019s year of death and resurrection. The table below shows what day of the week the Pesach\/Passover could have occurred for each of those years. 30 AD only has a 5th Day Pesach\/Passover. A 4th Day Pesach\/Passover was only possible in 34 AD, not even close to the 28-31 AD criteria. This points to YESHUA\u2019s crucifixion and resurrection occurring in 30 AD and gives us 70 AD (AM 3830) as the destruction of the 2nd<\/sup> Temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table of Passovers of 26-36 AD<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(Julian day number listed with date of event)<\/p>\n\n\n\n