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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Astronomy and the date of the crucifixion

We have to be cautious about these correlations. It is, however, an interesting example of how extrabiblical data might illuminate the text. That would be obvious to the observer, but not to a reader who wasn't there:

https://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1985/JASA3-85Humphreys.html

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  1. For more corroborating evidence about the lunar eclipse on that date, see NASA:
    https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLEmap/0001-0100/LE0033-04-03P.gif

    The map is a bit misleading, the dark portion on the map is actually where it is day. Therefore, the eclipse would have occurred during the moon-rise over Jerusalem. Given the events that had preceded this (the skies going dark from noon to 3, the earthquake, the dead being raised, the temple veil being torn), it's no wonder Peter's message at Pentecost had so much of an effect.

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