Étude 1 sur 4 · La mort du Messie Jésus

  1. Étude 1 : La mort du Messie Jésus
  2. Étude 2 : Les précisions de Jean
  3. Étude 3 : Joseph d’Arimathée demande le corps de Jésus
  4. Study 4: The debate over the date of Jesus’ death

The last day up to the crucifixion

  • PER357 The Death of the Messiah Jesus

    Pericope PER357 analyzes the death of Jesus on the cross at Golgotha, on Friday, April 1, AD 33, around 3 p.m., drawing on the four Gospel accounts. Matthew and Mark are very close; Luke reports the last words of Jesus and the reaction of the centurion; John, a direct witness, gives details of the events after his death and their prophetic fulfillment. The article includes a precise chronology of the three days and three nights according to the Jewish calendar.

    John 19.32 (King James Version) :
    Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate

  • PER358 John's Added Details

    John 19.31-37 reports details found only in his account of the events following Jesus' death: the Jewish authorities' request to have the bodies removed before the Passover Sabbath, the crurifragium applied to the robbers but not to Jesus, who was already dead, and the spear piercing his side. John, an eyewitness, attests the reality of Christ's death and the fulfillment of the Scriptures concerning the Passover Lamb.

    Psalms 34.20 (King James Version) :
    He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate

  • PER361 Joseph of Arimathea asks for the body of Jesus

    Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin and a secret disciple of Jesus, courageously asks Pilate to release the body of the Crucified One. Accompanied by Nicodemus, he arranges a dignified burial in his own new tomb, before the Sabbath begins. This episode, attested by all four Gospels, illustrates the passage from discretion to a public act of faith at the very moment when the closest disciples remain in hiding.

    Mark 15.33 (King James Version) :
    And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate

Reliability of the Scriptures and other doctrinal topics

  • CHR009 The debate over the date of Jesus’ death

    The article analyzes the proposed dates of Jesus’ death, 7 April AD 30 and 1 April AD 33, based on the Gospels, history, and astronomical calculations.

    Luke 23.1 (King James Version) :
    And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate

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