What Was Achieved By Jesus At The Crucifixion? It would be interesting to model the varying sizes, speeds, and distances required from the earth to account for the period of darkness on that hypothesis. Here, too, we see an Apostle feared not to mention the event precisely because it was already widely known among his readers. It cannot be denied that Pliny the Elder wrote on topics like eclipses of the sun. Pratt, John, webpage by astronomer John Pratt on Isaac Newtons approach to determining the date of the crucifixion. There is only one period of darkness lasting for three hours in the history of the world. I would say there are a couple oflines of argument that can be used to date the crucifixion. This may seem hard to accept for some. In telling the story of the guards, Matthew takes into account what his Jewish audience would already knowi.e., there was aclaimbeing spread abroad that the body of Jesus had been stolenand then he proceeded to provide facts to explain the true origin of that lie. The 12 Foundation Stones in New Jerusalem. The above said, we may venture still further in suggesting another reason for theseemingsilence. Therefore, the reason the apostles could confidently mention a three hour darkening of the sun is because it was an actual occurrencealready knownto many in their audiences either by firsthand experience or by word of mouth. Then you can go through a process of elimination to to rule out all these years except AD 33. Well, Phlegon does mention this guy named Jesus. These aspects of the problem are critical and it shows the Jewish mindset about the calendar and counting days was quite different than our modern mindset. Then the other speaker, also a minister, stepped forward. The Romans and Jews could have falsified Peters claimhad it been false. Copyright Like The Master Ministries. In order to make it, the skeptic must demonstrate that the other surviving ancient sources we do havecertainlywould have mentioned the darkness if it had happenedandthat there is no sufficient reason why these sources excluded it. He was dying as the newborn infant was being brought back from Egypt by his parents. Last month: Next month: new 11:37 32/06/26 UTC : 1: 32-06-27/28: Noumenia kata Selene : 2: 32-06-28/29: Agathos Daimon : 3: 32-06-29/30: Athene : 4: 32- . It corresponds approximately to April in our modern Gregorian calendar. The maximum duration for a total solar eclipse is seven minutes, not three hours, and at the latitude of Jerusalem the maximum duration is even less. I will not go through all the information in Colin Humphrey's book but I will try to summarize the evidence as I see it. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The 202nd Olympiad has been calculated to run from July AD 29 to June AD 33. This information augments Phlegons credibility as a historian; citing sources that preceded his lifetime and were thus out of his control, as they would have recorded the event about a century before he was writing. Jeremiah 9:23-24. Sure, its certainly possible to wildly claim an earthquake happened somewhere, at some time, as they occur on Earth all the time; I could generalize that a major earthquake hit San Francisco in 1900, as I was born approximately 80 years later and have no direct source, but would I be inaccurate in claiming that? The young minister was painfully uncomfortable standing in front of a largely secular group of college students. The darkness and earthquake were evident not just in Jerusalem but also in Nicea which is over 300 miles away from Jerusalem! So that means there has been at least some investigation of it by geologists though I do not know how much. Unfortunately, Africanus does not quote Phlegon directly. The Crucifixion is widely reported by numerous ancient writers. Created With Love By Bright Mark Media LLC. This comes from how Jewish scholars would interpret passages such as in Jonah where Jonah was in the belly of the fish for 3 days and also in Esther where Esther prayed and fasted for 3 days when she went to speak with King Xerxes. The darkness and earthquake were evident not just in Jerusalem but also in Nicea which is over 300 miles away from Jerusalem! Originally written in Aramaic, it was intended for a Jewish audience. The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar and thus months start with the New Moon. If his ministry was for 3 years, then he was crucified aged 36, and the darkness and earthquake would have occurred in that year of 36CE. 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, in the 18th year of Tiberius. It is an important event to all Christians. Remember then, especially on Good Friday between the hours of noon and 3 pm, that the Crucifixion darkness is a real, historical eventand pray for those who deny it. I speak of the midday or Crucifixion darkness which the gospel accounts assert fell over the earth between noon and 3 pm. Passover occurred on either Nisan 14 or 15 about two weeks after the New Moon. At His own free-will, He with a word dismissed from Him His spirit, anticipating the executioners work. When the Moon "lines up" with the Sun it is referred to by astronomers as being at conjunction (which is the New Moon). Trallianus, Olympiades: In the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad, [AD 32-33] a failure of the Sun took place greater than any previously known, and night came on at the sixth hour of the day [noon], so that stars actually appeared in the sky; and a great earthquake took place in Bithynia and overthrew the greater part of Niceaea," The last known Olympic celebration was held in the year 261 CE ( Common Era, also known as "AD" from the Latin Anno Domini which means In the Year of the Lord in English). Some Christian scholars argue Jesus was crucified on Thursday and some even hold to a Wednesday crucifixion. But why is this significant, if it doesnt even validate darkness during the Crucifixion as referenced in the Gospels? One such quotation is as follows, "In the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, there was a great eclipse of the Sun, greater than had ever been known before, for at the sixth hour the day was changed into night, and the stars were seen in the heavens. However, this is scientifically impossible. Modern science validates the sources Phlegon used for compiling his writings and also validates the transcribers who referenced the material several hundred years later. In chapter 28, Matthew provides an accountprobably sourced to either one of the guards and or a Jewish elderof how the guards were bribed, and the lie was spread that the disciples had stolen the body of Jesus (cf Matthew 28:1-15). From the direct quote above, it is clear Phlegons source is an observer in Bithynia (in modern day Turkey), which is well over 500 miles away from Jerusalem. This argument is sufficient to diffuse the skeptics argument with regard to Pliny. This is done carefully in Humphreys book [1]. The fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad was in 33 A.D.!!! While Pliny tells us there have been unusually long eclipses, he then says such asindicating he means to giveexamplesandnota comprehensive list of them. Phlegon of Karia recorded both of these events in Chronicle of the Olympiad. On this site you can do a search for earthquakes essentially anywhere in the world, including through history. Sure, there is a degree of speculation as to whether this actually was an occurrence during the Crucifixion (I fully realize there a 10-year swing is 3650-ish days according to modern calendar, which means a .0274% chance that it was on the actual day), but here again is evidence that the transcription from ancient origins thatPhlegon relied on and passed to writers who referenced his collected materials is scientifically plausible. These events of that day, and others surrounding them, such as the Crucifixion darkness described in the gospels, were real. 26:61, Matt. Now consider if this were either all fake or unauthentic; Christian historians have used this writing to cite as an extra-biblical account of the Gospel accounts and opponents have used the writing to discredit the theory as contrived. The Bible is indeed confirmed by science, archaeology and history. Nisan was the month the Passover was celebrated, a very important time for the Jews commemorating their deliverance out of slavery in Egypt. Regarding thissame2nd century historian, Africanus also wrote: Phlegon records that, in the time of Tiberius Caesar, at full moon, there was a full eclipse of the sun from the sixth hour to the ninth manifestly that one of which we speak(Sextus Africanus,Fragment 18. (LogOut/ It does however, place Phlegons writing, transposed hundreds of years later by Christian writers, as a scientifically-accurate writing. Between 3 PM and sunset the Jews had to prepare the body and get it into the tomb, because the Sabbath started Friday evening around sunset. They were not myths or literary devicesas skeptics or modernist biblical scholars might now suggest. In Phlegon's Olympiades we are told it happened in the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad which is AD 33. Unfortunately for the skepticand a sign of his desperation as wellthe argument from silence is, perhaps, one of the most difficult types of arguments to make. Though historical data may be sketchy on some issues sometimes, regarding Christ's crucifixion, the evidence we have confirming the New Testament is I think very persuasive. 27:39-40, Matt. This research again confirms Phlegons writing. . All Rights Reserved. Bursa is approximately 600 miles from Jerusalem. Thus, upon closer examination, theforce of the skeptics objection inevitably dissolves away into nothingness as we examine the works of other ancient writers who the skeptic would cite as asilentwitness for their case. Properly working out the Jewish calendar shows this to work for AD 33 (see C. Humphreys). What constitutes good historical evidence? Africanus disputed an attempt by Thallus (a first century historian) to specifically explain the Crucifixion darkness in this way. At some time during that twelve months occurred the darkness over Asia in which lay Bithynia and Nicea to which Phlegon refers. He was smartly dressed, flamboyant and gregarious. 1 Maier, Paul. He dabbed the sweat from his pallid face and intoned Are you at peace with God? The Biblical Astronomer, 8(84). 9 Of course, they only thought an eclipse had occurred. source:http://www.numachi.com/~ccount/hmepa/calendars/202.html. (Mark 15: 33), And it was almost the sixth hour; and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. In the fourth year, however, of Olympiad 202, an eclipse of the sun happened, greater and more excellent than any that had happened before it; at the sixth hour, day turned into dark night, so that the stars were seen in the sky, and an earthquake in Bithynia toppled many buildings of the city of Nicaea. Phlegons 13th book quoted in Jeromes translation of Eusebius Chronicle, 202 Olympad. The written testimony from outside the Bible confirms some of the main events, people, and places mentioned in the New Testament. Your email address will not be published. Phlegons citation is a fragment from Olympiades he Chronika 13, ed. I will address that below as well. In fact, PlinysNatural Historyincludes a chapter entitled Of Unusual Long Eclipses of the Sun. Therefore, it seems atfirst glancethatthe skeptic is on to something when he points out that a three hour long darkness is nowhere to be found in this chapter. [citation needed]. Elsewhere in this same work, Origen wrote in relation to the Crucifixion darkness: And with regard to the eclipse in the time ofTiberius Csar, in whose reign Jesus appears to have been crucified, and the great earthquakes which then took place, Phlegon too, I think, has written in the thirteenth or fourteenth book of his Chronicles (Contra Celsus II, 33). Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole earth, until the ninth hour. (Matthew 27: 45), And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour. (Jerome) [4]. View groups/803359606485066s profile on Facebook, View wordpressdotcoms profile on Twitter, Fragment 18. The fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad was in 33 A.D.!!! The diagram below will help to clarify this. . I will go into more detail about this process below. Rome had a Jewish community, and it is probable that word of the darkness would have reached and been known within it. With this principle in mind, let us now consider the evidence. The Bible is a book that is a record of facts and not myths. The expression "three days and three nights" then becomes a special idiom that had a different meaning to the Jews than the way we would use it today. It would be absurd to think that Peter would have asserted that his hearers had witnessed the darkening of the sun if they in fact had not. I did a search for the years 25 through 35 AD for the nation of Israel. Be that as it may, and even if the dating of Phlegon is not correct, this does not diminish the case made thus far for the historicity of the Crucifixion darkness. One of the geological sources is from a British scientific conference in 1853 and the other is from 1985, from a geological conference in Japan. A great earthquake occurred during Christs death. The astronomical science tells us there was no solar eclipse over Bithynia in that year. Another writer, a Christian historian named Sextus Julius Africanus, also commented about Phlegon's writings which connect the above event to the the crucifixion: "Phlegon records that, in the time of Tiberius Csar, at full moon, there was a full eclipse of the sun from the sixth hour to the ninth - manifestly that one of which we speak. Some of the students had come just to harass the speakers. An earthquake occurred in Bythinia and overthrew a great part of the city of Nicaea" In his book Chronicle of the Olympiad he records a miracle mentioned in the New Testament. I wonder too, hypothetically, what might a natural cause include. Of all these verses, only Matt. 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad. He takes the Bible at face value rather than questioning the details in Scripture in some way, which I believe is the right approach. There are also complicated issues about various calendar systems in use at the time of Christ that create confusion. Remember that Jesus' baptism was shortly after the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry, which began in AD 29. The dates of the Olympic Games, recorded in Phlegon's Olympiad In ancient Greece the Olympic Games were held in the July of the first year of each Olympiad, which was a 4 year period running from July to June of each succeeding year. You can use a text widget to display text, links, images, HTML, or a combination of these. In the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad (i.e., AD 33), there was 'the greatest eclipse of the sun' and that it became night in the sixth hour of the day [i.e., noon] so that stars even appeared in the heavens. 12:40, Matt. The writings on the crucifixion of the historians from the first and second centuries is very interesting. Change). Therefore the year of the crucifixion is A.D 33. Have you ever heard of Phlegon of Karia? Are you positive in regards to the source? The year given by Phlegon for this eclipse is the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad (i.e., 33 A.D.), which is consistent with one of the possible dates of the Crucifixion (i.e., April 3, 33 A.D.). The dramatic story recorded above is fictional but the facts presented, namely Bible prophecy, Phlegon and Thallius writings, etc., are very true. GO TO creationanswers.net Little is known about Phlegon, but he made reference to Christ. 2. Thepoint is that thedestruction of the discovered earthquake had to be catastrophic in order to destroy buildings there, which leads to the conclusion that the big one that hit Jerusalem also hit Turkey along the fault line at the same time. For from Nehemiah, who was sent by Artaxerxes to resettle Jerusalem in the 115 th year of the Persian empire, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, the fourth year of the 83rd Olympiad, until this time, which was the second year of the 202nd Olympiad, the sixteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, there is a total of 475 years. And just for fun, who could possibly falsely place this earthquake during the time of Tiberius Caesar and roughly the time period of the 202nd Olympiad (and I fully grasp the weight of the word roughly)? Im fairly confident of the historical source, Your email address will not be published. The Romans, for example, are known to have have kept archives which included data on eclipses of the moon and sun. and this is shown by the historical account of Tiberius Caesar. Philopon, De. Indeed Phlegon, who is an excellent calculator of olympiads, also writes about this, in his 13th book writing thus: "However in the fourth year of the 202nd olympiad [32 CE], an eclipse of the sun happened, greater and more excellent than any that had happened before it; at the sixth hour [around noon] day turned into dark night, so that the . In the same hour, too, the light of day was withdrawn, when the sun at the very time was in his meridian blaze. The San Andreas fault is 800 miles long, running along the California coast; Israel and Turkey sit onyou guess ita major fault line! There are no surviving records after this date. However, the sixth hour in Bithynia is also at the same time as the sixth hour in Jerusalem. Last month: Next month: new 18:49 33/01/19 UTC : 1: 33-01-20/21: Noumenia kata Selene : 2: 33-01-21/22: Agathos Daimon : 3: 33-01-22/23: Athene : 4: 33- . Historical Testimony 196-7, College Press Publishing Company, 1996., 4 Tertullian, Apologeticus, Chapter 21, 19 cited in Bouw, G. D. (1998, Spring). The ancient world still has historical buildings standing to this day built two millennium ago; wouldnt it be logical to build an extremely strong building that could withstand an earthquake in an earthquake-prone location? Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker. This does not necessarily coincide with the Crucifixion darkness, and it doesnt have to. The former says: "In the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad, there was an extraordinary eclipse of the sun: at the sixth hour, the day was turned into dark night, so that the stars in heaven were seen; and there was an earthquake in Bithynia, which overthrew many houses in the city of Nice." This blatantly religious appeal seemed odd and out of place. Your email address will not be published. It should then not come as a surprise to us that Pliny, who scorned the idea of God and religion (cfNatural HistoryI, 5), would pass over in silence this world-portent now claimed by and associated with the Christian religion, which wasat that time he wrotea portent of a persecuted, criminal and maligned sect. Otto Keller, Rerum Naturalium Scriptores Graeci Minores, 1 (Leipzig Teurber, 1877), p. 101., 2 Julius Africanus, Extant Writings, XVIII in The AnteNicene Fathers, ed. [The word Christ in Hebrew is Messiah.] Christ bore our sins so that if we just turn to God through Christ and humble ourselves and repent we receive Gods forgiveness for all of our sins!! Key to this text though, is that it has never been found in an original form. You can be sure that faith in God is not blind faith. Colin Humphreys estimates that Jesus' ministry began in 30 A.D. The evidence also shows it likely to have been a magnitude 5.5. Since Marks written gospel contains an account of the Crucifixion darkness, it follows that Peter included this event in his oral preaching. ", Africanus quoted a section of Phlegon's work as follows: "During the time of Tiberius Csar an eclipse of the sun occurred during the Full Moon.". He was a Greek historian who lived in Asia Minor during the first century. Now you may be asking yourself, why is this even relevant? At Fatima, the miracle was localized though still within many miles of the town. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea.'"1 Evidence from Africanus The Crucifixion darknesswould have been observable to many hundreds of thousands of peopleif not millions. But in the Jewish calendar the Jews would recognize the start of the new month by watching for when the new crescent Moon appeared in the evening, which would be after the conjunction. The mention of three nights in this verse has prompted some to propose the crucifixion was on a Wednesday or a Thursday. He lives near Atlanta with his family. It is important to readThallus comments to completely understand the issue. (LogOut/ He inadvertently dated the darkness at noon on the day of Crucifixion in his work, The Olympiades. If your sunset occurs later than sunset in Athens, the event may occur on the previous day . Even if there was an issue of corruption or inaccuratetranslation of the Phlegon writing, how could the science possibly have been faked when there would have been no way of faking it hundreds of years later without it being obviously exposed? The speaker continued The 53rd chapter of Isaiah, written over 700 years before the birth of Christ, describes the most important aspect of the ministry of Jesus Christ!! I found further confirmation of this earthquake from other sources that also dates it in the year 33 AD. March 25, 2018: With the arrival of Holy Week, I am reposting this article on the historicity of the Crucifixion darkness, originally posted April 13, 2017. Though it is almost impossible to deny that this strange event truly happened, on the same day our Lord died on the Cross, I strived for years to find a natural astronomical explanation about it but in vain. Edit them in the Widget section of the, Repost: The Historicity of the Crucifixion Darkness. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come. Last month: Next month: new 02:44 32/07/26 UTC : 1: 32-07-26/27: Noumenia : 2: 32-07-27/28: Noumenia kata Selene Agathos Daimon: Herakleia? Jesus baptism was apparently not long after the beginning of John the Baptist's ministry. In fact, it is also quite impossible for a solar eclipse to last for 3 hours. In addition, he writes of an earthquake accompanying the darkness, which is specifically recorded in Matthews Gospel (Matthew 27:51): Secular Geologist, Jefferson Williams of Supersonic Geophysical, and colleagues Markus Schwab and Achim Brauer of the German Research Center for Geosciences, researched the Dead Sea and revealed that at least two major earthquakes occurred: A widespread earthquake in 31 B.C. He wrote that during the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad there was a period of unexplained darkness and there was an earthquake that collapsed buildings in Nicea in northern Asia Minor. There were Jewish, Christian, and Roman writers from the first and second centuries that refer to Christ and the crucifixion. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) keeps a database of what are called "significant" earthquakes. We do however have important sections of Phelgon's work, which are critical in dating the Crucifixion. He said, "A day and a night are an Onah, and the portion of an Onah is as the whole of it." This darkness Thallus, in the third book of his History, calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of the sun. The 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad is from July 32 to June 33 CE, which confirms the date of 3 April 33 CE. The sun was darkened during Christs death from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. However, unlike the New Testament, of which there are 25,366 early copies, many of these ancient writer's manuscripts are fragmented. Phlegon of Tralles, a Greek historian who lived in the second century, has been referenced by Christian apologists for over a thousand years now as confirmation of the events surrounding the Crucifixion. In Rome,Peter spokeas he had to the Jews of Jerusalem (cf Acts 2:14-24)to an audience that hadpriorknowledge of the three hour darkness. 2004. I believe Colin Humphreys is probably correct that the date of the crucifixion of Christ was Friday April 3, A.D. 33. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. He made a famous statement to explain how days were counted for certain ceremonial purposes. This information would be every unlikely to have been added at a later time due to its specificity in time. this objectionis something of a fallacious argument. On Marvels consists of "anecdotes culled from sources as diverse as the Greek poet Hesiod and the Roman natural historian Pliny the Elder. Furthermore, the greatest number of Christian scholars through history have held to AD 33 as the year of the crucifixion, though they may have had various views on the exact date and day of week on which it happened. Someone shouted Show me a Bible miracle thats recorded in SECULAR history!!. 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