Crucifixion timeline


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I have been pondering a bit lately about when the crucifixion occurred and was hoping for some insights from others. 

 

In III Nephi we read, Ch. 8, v.5: And it came to pass in the thirty and fourth year, in the first month, on the fourth day of the month, there arose a great storm, such an one as never had been known in all the land.

 

And we know that Christ's visit to the Nephites occurred toward the end of the year from Ch. 10, v.18.

 

I had assumed that the destruction and three days of darkness occurred at the time of the crucifixion? So, my questions is do we know how the Nephite calendar compares to our modern calendar? Ch. 8, v. 5 states that this occurred in the 1st month on the fourth day.

 

Any thoughts?

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We have no idea how the Nephite calendar worked.  It would have likely been similar to the Hebrew calendar, but after 600 years in isolation it would have likely begun to differ. Nearly all calendars add days periodically to account for a year being slightly longer than 365 days.  This means that days are added periodically, but most don't add one every four, but add several days every on a longer time frame than four years. 

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So...March 4th?

Probably not an easy one to one conversion like that. The Hebrew calendar was a lunar calendar, unlike he Gregorian, which is solar. It would be a lot like Easter, namely moving all over the place within a couple of months depending on how it lined up with the Gregorian calendar at the time.  The problem is that we don't know how different the Nephite calendar was from the modern Jewish calendar. 

 

In the Jewish Calendar it would be  about 5 days into passover, or (according to google) about the 20th day of Nisan.  We have too little informaiton to know how this correlates to the Nephite calendar, and how that correlates exactly to Christ's birth.

 

Assuming that the date of Christ's birth was in fact 2015 years ago (and there's good reason to believe otherwise), and assuming that the first month, fourth day corresponds exactly to the 20th of Nisan, (and that is a rather large supposition given the hard data we actually have), it would then be a matter of counting backward 1981 years to determine a correct Gregorian date. 

 

Using the converter at https://www.hebcal.com/converter/?hd=20&hm=Nisan&hy=3794&h2g=1 we come up with 26 Mar 0034, but there is a disclaimer:

 

Warning! Results for year 1752 C.E. and earlier may be inaccurate.
Hebcal does not take into account a correction of ten days that was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII known as the Gregorian Reformation.

 

 

This is because in 1752, the Julian calendar was abandoned in favor of the Gregorian and most of a month simply didn't exist that year.  This throws off date calculations when one goes backwards like that. 

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Bytor,

 

There is no way to tell.  

 

The Jews themselves have several different calendars they use for different purposes.  We today have a "calendar year" a "fiscal year" a "school year", etc.  

 

The old days of calendars began in the springtime when certain events occurred such as the vernal equinox or when the snow thawed.  Some signs of the snow thaw was when the frost on the roof of the main building slid off or so forth.  The winter months weren't even counted because people just didn't go out much during the cold months.

 

So, until we find a calendar that essentially says "Nephite calendar from the reign of judges..." AND it seems to start in the springtime, we can't know.

 

BTW, why so curious?

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