Mark 15:25
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And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. (ASV)
Pro
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What day was Jesus crucified, Passover or the day before?
JW:
Bible scholar Bart Ehrman points out the following contradiction in Jesus, Interrupted:
Per "Mark" Jesus is crucified on Passover day:
Mark 14:16 And the disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
Per "John" Jesus is crucified on the day before Passover day:
John 19:14 Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!
--JoeWallack 16:13, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
When was Jesus crucified, the third hour or the sixth hour?
JW:
Bible scholar Bart Ehrman points out the following contradiction in Jesus, Interrupted:
Per "Mark" Jesus is crucified at the third hour:
Mark 15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
Per "John" Jesus is crucified at the sixth hour:
- 14 Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!
- 15 They therefore cried out, Away with [him], away with [him], crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
- 16 Then therefore he delivered him unto them to be crucified.
--JoeWallack 09:57, 18 May 2009 (EDT)
Explanation for why "John" contradicts "Mark" as to when Jesus was crucified
JW:
Bible scholar Bart Ehrman points out why "John" contradicts "Mark" as to when Jesus was crucified in Jesus, Interrupted:
"John" is making a theological statement that Jesus is the "lamb" of God:
- 35 Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples;
- 36 and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!
"John's" Jesus is crucified/sacrificed at the same time that the lambs would have been slaughtered for Passover in 1st century Jerusalem, the day before Passover.
--JoeWallack 09:52, 19 May 2009 (EDT)
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