How can we know that God is?

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Tell it to the scholars - I already know that. (The gospels also make no mention of the TARDIS)

Nor indeed do they mention Jesus' bicycle. Your point?

As with various others of a similar idiosyncratic persuasion you merrily come to your own conclusions and then contend that you alone know the exact date and everyone else is wrong.

The short answer no one can know because these gospel accounts give no dates. The only evidence we have is that Pilate was in office for some ten years.

By date I mean month and day. Most scholars (that is, more than say otherwise) say that the day was the Day of Preparation, the fourteenth of Nisan. In later times, the Day of Preparation came to be termed Passover Eve.

As the four gospel accounts are all contradictory, so no one can know the precise dates.

Speculative suggestions exist, that is all. Furthermore, as there is no attested historical evidence of any Passover amnesties ever taking place this serves to add to the uncertainty as to the actual day.

Not when it comes to the day of crucifixion.

See above. As we have no evidence of any historically attested amnesties we cannot be precise about the day.

What is plain from the texts that come down to us is that Jesus was not interred the day before he was crucified.

You appear to be alleging that the majority of academics are making that claim. That demonstrates a remarkably arrogant arrogant position on your part - i.e. your contention is the only correct one.

30CE is favoured for the year.

We have no evidence to support a definite date as to the year in which this event took place.

The day of preparation is the favoured day. A substantial minority questions or disputes those assessments.

We have no idea as to the day because the only sources we have are the four canonical gospels and they are contradictory.

[tabibito]

We have no idea as to the day because the only sources we have are the four canonical gospels and they are contradictory.

Each of the gospels declares the day to be the Day of Preparation: that date is the fourteenth of Nisan.
Luke declares the day to be the day that the Passover must be sacrificed: that date is the fourteenth of Nisan.
Luke identifies the day that the Passover must be sacrificed as the first day of Unleaveneds: that date is the fourteenth of Nisan.
Matthew likewise identifies the day as the day as the first day of Unleaveneds: that date is the fourteenth of Nisan.

And there is you and your little agenda saying that "we" have no idea of the day.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Each of the gospels declares the day to be the Day of Preparation: that date is the fourteenth of Nisan.
Luke declares the day to be the day that the Passover must be sacrificed: that date is the fourteenth of Nisan.
Luke identifies the day that the Passover must be sacrificed as the first day of Unleaveneds: that date is the fourteenth of Nisan.
Matthew likewise identifies the day as the day as the first day of Unleaveneds: that date is the fourteenth of Nisan.

And there is you and your little agenda saying that "we" have no idea of the day.

John's gospel contradicts the Synoptics. So which of those four is correct?

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John's gospel contradicts the Synoptics. So which of those four is correct?

At what point does John contradict the synoptics with regard to the day? According to John and to each of the synoptics, Jesus was buried on the day of preparation.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

At what point does John contradict the synoptics with regard to the day? According to John and to each of the synoptics, Jesus was buried on the day of preparation.

In John the time is defined. It happened early in the morning of the eve of Passover [14 Nisan]. The three Synoptics describe a gathering of the Sanhedrin in the morning of Passover day. [15 Nisan]

[tabibito]

In John the time is defined. It happened early in the morning of the eve of Passover [14 Nisan]. The three Synoptics describe a gathering of the Sanhedrin in the morning of Passover day. [15 Nisan]

So your claim is that the synoptics say the Sanhedrin gathered on the morning of the fifteenth, after which Jesus was buried in the evening of the fourteenth.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

So your claim is that the synoptics say the Sanhedrin gathered on the morning of the fifteenth, after which Jesus was buried in the evening of the fourteenth.

Which accounts are correct? The Synoptics or John?

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Which accounts are correct? The Synoptics or John?

Matt 27:59-62 Joseph took the body …. and laid it in his own new tomb … and the next day, the day after Preparation {{i.e. sometime after 6pm (time of date change) on the fourteenth}}, the chief priests and pharisees gathered together with Pilate.
Mark 15:42-46 It was preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath … Joseph bought a linen cloth {{note: shopping can’t be done on a Sabbath; the 15^th is a Sabbath}} … and laid him (Jesus) in a tomb
Luke 23: 53-54 he (Joseph) took the (Jesus’) body … and laid it in a tomb … It was Preparation day and the Sabbath was about to begin. {{i.e. shortly before 6pm on the fourteenth}}
John 19:14,31,42

Given that all of them say the same ...

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Matt 27:59-62 Joseph took the body …. and laid it in his own new tomb … and the next day, the day after Preparation {{i.e. sometime after 6pm (time of date change) on the fourteenth}}, the chief priests and pharisees gathered together with Pilate.
Mark 15:42-46 It was preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath … Joseph bought a linen cloth {{note: shopping can’t be done on a Sabbath; the 15^th is a Sabbath}} … and laid him (Jesus) in a tomb
Luke 23: 53-54 he (Joseph) took the (Jesus’) body … and laid it in a tomb … It was Preparation day and the Sabbath was about to begin. {{i.e. shortly before 6pm on the fourteenth}}
John 19:14,31,42

Given that all of them say the same ...

Which accounts are correct concerning the day upon which the Jewish leaders interviewed Jesus and then met with Pilate? The Synoptics or John?

[tabibito]

Which accounts are correct concerning the day upon which the Jewish leaders interviewed Jesus and then met with Pilate? The Synoptics or John?

That occurred on the same day that Jesus was crucified and buried in all of the accounts, and during the daylight hours of the same day at that. The next day (i.e. the day after Jesus was buried, sometime after 6pm on the day that he was buried) the priests and pharisees met with Pilate to request that a guard be placed at the tomb.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

That occurred on the same day that Jesus was crucified and buried in all of the accounts, and during the daylight hours of the same day at that. The next day (i.e. the day after Jesus was buried, sometime after 6pm on the day that he was buried) the priests and pharisees met with Pilate to request that a guard be placed at the tomb.

Good grief now you even have the time of the burial. And the nonsense about guards at the tomb!

The four gospel accounts contradict one another.

[tabibito]

Good grief now you even have the time of the burial. And the nonsense about guards at the tomb!

The four gospel accounts contradict one another.

That explains your problem. You couldn't pass a reading comprehension test designed for ten year olds. Unless the test answers don't interfere with your agenda, that is.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

That explains your problem. You couldn't pass a reading comprehension test designed for ten year olds. Unless the test answers don't interfere with your agenda, that is.

You are making an allegation that is unsupported by the texts as they have come down to us. Either the Synoptics are correct or John is correct re the timing of the meal, the arrest, the interrogation, and the meeting with Pilate.

Which is it?

[tabibito]

You are making an allegation that is unsupported by the texts as they have come down to us. Either the Synoptics are correct or John is correct re the timing of the meal, the arrest, the interrogation, and the meeting with Pilate.

Which is it?

Luke -
It is the (14 Nisan) day that the Passover must be sacrificed.

The meal is eaten, Jesus is tried, executed, buried

It is the (14 Nisan) Day of Preparation.

There is no conflict with John on those issues.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Luke -
It is the (14 Nisan) day that the Passover must be sacrificed.

The meal is eaten, Jesus is tried, executed, buried

It is the (14 Nisan) Day of Preparation.

There is no conflict with John on those issues.

If there is no conflict explain why all three Synoptics write of preparations for the Passover. refer to the meal taking place in the evening [after dusk i.e. the next day - 15 Nisan] and Luke has Jesus telling his disciples that he has "eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you"?

Matthew 26.17-21
¹⁷ On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?” ¹⁸ He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is near; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’ ” ¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

²⁰ When it was evening, he took his place with the twelve disciples.

Mark 14.12-18
¹² On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?” ¹³ So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, ¹⁴ and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹⁵ He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” ¹⁶ So the disciples set out and went to the city and found everything as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

¹⁷When it was evening, he came with the twelve.

Luke 22. 7-15
⁷ Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. ⁸ So Jesus^[b] sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us that we may eat it.” ⁹ They asked him, “Where do you want us to make preparations for it?” ¹⁰ “Listen,” he said to them, “when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house he enters ¹¹ and say to the owner of the house, ‘The teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’ ¹² He will show you a large room upstairs, already furnished. Make preparations for us there.” ¹³ So they went and found everything as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal. ¹⁴ When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. ¹⁵ He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,