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moon between the Hebrew and Julian calendars. Newton began by dating the baptism of Christ in AD 29 as the 15th new<br />
of Tiberius Caesar starting from the year when Tiberius became Caesar. . He then accounted for five Passovers leading to the<br />
fifth Passover. This will take us to AD 34 as the year of year<br />
crucifixion.<br />
then looked at the 14th of Nissan which was a Friday (John 19:14, 42). He assumed that Hebrews calculated Passover based on the visibility of moon as opposed to astronomical time. To see the moon He<br />
assumed that it will take "about 18 h after the true conjunction," Using that rule to determine the first day of Nisan, he calculated the day of the week for 14 Nisan will fall a Thurdasy Newton<br />
which we can see fall in AD 34 . Astronomical day of Thursday new moon will be visible only on Friday April 23. astronomically<br />
THE HISTORIC JESUS<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
crucifixion by calculating the relative visibility of the crescent of the the<br />
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