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  • CHR000 The chronology of the life of the Messiah

    This article explores the chronology of the life of Jesus through a series of studies centered on the prophecy of Daniel. Each study is built around biblical and historical data in order to propose precise reconstructions of major events. With an original methodology, the analysis questions the dates accepted by contemporary scholarship, relying on careful and rigorous exegesis.

    Luke 3.1-3 (King James Version) :
    Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
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  • CHR005 Calculating the Dates of the Life of the Messiah Jesus

    This article analyzes the chronology of Jesus’ life, using Daniel’s prophecy of the seventy weeks. It places the crucifixion in AD 33, unlike other hypotheses that place it in AD 30. The study draws on historical, biblical and calendar data for a detailed understanding of the events.

    Ezra 7.8-9 (King James Version) :
    And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
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  • CHR010 The chronology of the life of Jesus, conclusion

    The article closes a series on the chronology of Jesus, adopting a minority approach in order to harmonize it with History and the Bible. It proposes a new dating of Herod's death and questions the traditional chronological choices.

    Daniel 9.24-27 (King James Version) :
    Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
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Further reading
  • ANN005 Calculating the Dates of the Life of the Messiah Jesus

    The article explores the chronology of the life of Jesus, comparing various hypotheses on the crucifixion, placing it on April 1, AD 33 and the…

  • ANN006 The exact date of the decree

    The article analyzes the decree of Artaxerxes concerning Jerusalem, organizing the biblical calendar around the seventy prophetic weeks of Daniel, crucial for dating the life of Jesus,…