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How Old Was Jesus When He Died? A Fresh Look At The Historical Clues

...Jesus’ timeline: Jesus was born before 4 BC, as Herod the Great died that year. Caiaphas was appointed high priest by Roman governor Valerius Gratus (predecessor to Pontius Pilate) around 18 AD (Jewish Antiquities 18.2.2 and 18.4.3). Pontius Pilate ruled from AD 26 to 36, meaning Jesus had to be crucified within that decade. Caiaphas was deposed by Vitellius, the Roman governor of Syria, in 36 or 37 AD. If Jesus were born in 6 BC, he would have turned 30 in AD 24, and then he would have been about 39 years old at the time of his crucifixion in AD 33. But if he had died in AD 36, he could have been as old as 42. This makes the traditional age of Je...

The Coming of Jesus: Daniel's 70 Weeks

...lehub.com/timeline/ezra/1.htm http://biblehub.com/timeline/nehemiah/1.htm http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/OTpdf/dan9.pdf http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-11.htm http://www.tedmontgomery.com/bblovrvw/C_11b.html http://cicministry.org/commentary/issue5.htm  http://jesusprophecies.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/to-bring-in-everlasting-righteousness/  http://www.quodlibet.net/articles/hall-sacrifice.shtml   ...

Free Early Church Resources

...Free Early Church Resources I've created a few resources to aid with your studies or interest in the Early Church. The below maps are converted from the appendices in my book. I'll also soon add some hi-res versions as A3 poster size to purchase as well. Below the maps is an interactive chronological timeline of when the New Testament and Early Church texts were written. At the time of writing, I have covered most of the Ante-Nicene (pre-325 AD) period. Geographical Locations of Early Church Texts Approximate locations of where the NT and Ante-Nicene texts were written (or sent). Blue book icons represent the New Testament books, the red crosses are a selec...

What was so good about Good Friday?

...I remember when I was growing up, this was a question I would often wonder about and ask. People would say "because Jesus died on the cross!", which was of little help to me as I would then think, why was Jesus dying a good thing?  But this is a question I'm sure many people will have asked themselves when they consider the name of their Bank Holiday, and probably a question they got an unsatisfactory answer to - if they got one at all! Really though, this holiday time should be more well-known and recognised than Christmas. While the birth of Jesus is important, it isn't actually central to the Faith, nor is it really emphasised much in the New Testament...

When did Christians become so whiny?

...h-history/timeline/1-300/what-were-early-christians-like-11629560.html http://www.originalchristianity.net/?p=2333...

Is Halloween a Pagan Holiday?

...istorical timeline that it’s meant to follow. For starters, if it truly were an ancient Celtic festival, then the historical documents we have from the early Church should show that the initial celebrations of All Hallows Eve/Saint Day originated in Irish and Celtic-populated countries. The ancient documents we looked at previously by Cyprian and about Polycarp et al. show us that these practices began in the area of Turkey and Syria, even if not widespread at the time. By the Middle Ages, the Pope was declaring this a Church-wide festival in May, which began in Rome (and again when the date was moved to November 1st). So we can see even from a brief look at...