And incidentally, we know what day Cleopatra put an asp to her breast (August 12th, 30 BCE). We know what time Mt. Vesuvius erupted and destroyed Pompeii (August 24th, 79 CE, between 2 and 3 in the afternoon). We know what day Julius Caesar forgot to beware the ides of March and bumped into Brutus (March 15th, 44 BCE). So why don’t we know the actual date that Jesus died? Or entered triumphantly into Jerusalem? Or drove the moneychangers from the Temple? Or raised Lazarus from the dead? Or any of the other spectacular events we find in the Gospels and Acts, like earthquakes; mass conversions; mass resurrections; trials before governors, kings and emperors; hours of worldwide darkness, et al.? Why don’t we know the day (or even the year!) of any event in Jesus’ life? If you were there the day the sky opened and the angels received Jesus as he ascended up into heaven, wouldn’t you remember it for the rest of your life? nazarethmyth.info/Fitzgerald2010HM.pdf
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