{"id":6889,"date":"2012-05-30T08:47:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=6889"},"modified":"2012-05-30T08:47:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T13:47:03","slug":"researchers-discover-exact-day-of-jesus-crucifixion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2012\/05\/researchers-discover-exact-day-of-jesus-crucifixion\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers Discover Exact Day Of Jesus’ Crucifixion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Or maybe they haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Who knows for sure, but this a really interesting story nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Using records of earthquake activity in the area, a group of geologists have determined that Jesus was crucified on April 3, 33 A.D.<\/p>\n

I just don\u2019t know why they put so much time and effort into their research. They should have just done what the rest of us do when we need find an answer: Google it. It really would have saved them a lot of work.<\/p>\n

Shockingly, the Google answer<\/a> isn\u2019t that far off: April 1, 33 AD and that person even provided a time: 3pm!<\/p>\n

So there you have it.<\/p>\n

Google knows everything.<\/p>\n

Scientists of the world you can now retire.<\/p>\n

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DAY OF JESUS\u2019 CRUCIFIXION BELIEVED DETERMINED<\/h1>\n

Discovery News
\n<\/em>By\u00a0Jennifer Viegas<\/p>\n

Jesus, as described in the New Testament, was most likely crucified on Friday April 3, 33 A.D.<\/p>\n

The latest investigation, reported in the journal International Geology Review, focused on earthquake activity at the Dead Sea, located 13 miles from Jerusalem. The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 27, mentions that an earthquake coincided with the crucifixion:\u00a0\u201cAnd when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open.\u201d<\/p>\n

To analyze earthquake activity in the region, geologist Jefferson Williams of Supersonic Geophysical and colleagues Markus Schwab and Achim Brauer of the German Research Center for Geosciences studied three cores from the beach of the Ein Gedi Spa adjacent to the Dead Sea.<\/p>\n

Varves, which are annual layers of deposition in the sediments, reveal that at least two major earthquakes affected the core: a widespread earthquake in 31 B.C. and an early first century seismic event that happened sometime between 26 A.D. and 36 A.D.<\/p>\n

The latter period occurred during \u201cthe years when Pontius Pilate was procurator of Judea and when the earthquake of the Gospel of Matthew is historically constrained,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe day and date of the crucifixion (Good Friday) are known with a fair degree of precision,\u201d he said. But the year has been in question.<\/p>\n

In terms of textual clues to the date of the crucifixion, Williams quoted a Nature paper authored by Colin Humphreys and Graeme Waddington. Williams summarized their work as follows:<\/p>\n