Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The Romans, for example, are known to have have kept archives which included data on eclipses of the moon and sun. Edit them in the Widget section of the, Repost: The Historicity of the Crucifixion Darkness. The New Testament records the three-hour darkness during Christs crucifixion (Matthew 27:45, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:4445). The Biblical Astronomer, 8(84). The facts were recorded in a historical account of Tiberius. The Bible is indeed confirmed by science, archaeology and history. The first quote below is unique to Origen. The evidence for Christ's resurrection is also historical evidence of a miracle. source:http://www.numachi.com/~ccount/hmepa/calendars/202.html. On the subject of unusually long eclipses of the sun, Pliny states the following: Eclipses of the sun also take place which are portentous and unusually long,such asoccurred when Csar the Dictator was slain, and in the war against Antony, the sun remained dim for almost a whole year(Pliny the Elder,Natural History,II, 30) [Italics added]. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved. It is important to readThallus comments to completely understand the issue. I believe Colin Humphreys is probably correct that the date of the crucifixion of Christ was Friday April 3, A.D. 33. To home he may gobut, it must be with his tail between his legs. 12:40, Matt. The little known aspect of this is something that comes from a famous Jewish Rabbi from the first century, Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah. 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. Luke clearly goes out of his way to be specific about when this year was, by relating it to six different important officials. There is much that can be brought into the discussion here about the Jewish calendar and Sabbath. Ancient writers sometimes describe their Olympiads as lasting five years but do so by counting inclusively; in fact each comprised a four year period. XIV), wrote that Phlegon, in his Chronicles, mentions Jesus: "Now Phlegon, in the thirteenth or fourteenth book, I think, of his Chronicles, not only ascribed to Jesus a knowledge of future events (although falling into confusion about some things which refer to Peter, as if they referred to Jesus), but also testified that the result corresponded to His predictions." He was athletically built and his firm, steady voice brought the audience to a hush. It corresponds approximately to April in our modern Gregorian calendar. However, this is scientifically impossible. . Is there any evidence of global or regional darkness in 36CE? Africanus disputed an attempt by Thallus (a first century historian) to specifically explain the Crucifixion darkness in this way. The crucifixion darkness, even if a natural phenomena, would still be miraculous for its timing, ordained by God. 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. 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. 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. 776 BC = Olympiad 1, not 0. At the sixth hour the day was turned into the darkness of night, so that stars were seen in the heaven; and there was a . I will address that below as well. The 202nd Olympiad. There is a silence of historical sources with regard to this Crucifixion darkness. 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. Thus, if the quote is accurate, and Phlegon's eclipse has . Now let us consider how he might have categorized the Crucifixion darkness. 9 Of course, they only thought an eclipse had occurred. event bed is another distinctive mixed layer less than one inch thick. this objectionis something of a fallacious argument. One day it occurred to me that there were physical events that were extraordinary that WOULD most likely be preserved in historyand here are some very awesome references. Julius Africanus elsewhere makes the point that what was sometimes referred to as an eclipse of the Sun by Roman writers could not possibly be a solar eclipse because it happened at the wrong time of the month [5]. Required fields are marked *. The young minister was painfully uncomfortable standing in front of a largely secular group of college students. He made a famous statement to explain how days were counted for certain ceremonial purposes. Thus says the LORD, Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me . This year would be AD 29 from Roman historical sources. The Bible is a book that is a record of facts and not myths. It is impossible to have the Moon block the Sun at Full Moon, which is when Passover took place. GO TO creationanswers.net The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come. [3]. College Press Publishing Co. Joplin, Missouri. These events of that day, and others surrounding them, such as the Crucifixion darkness described in the gospels, were real. It was recorded by a Pagan author who had no desire to promote Christianity yet he confirmed the Bible record! Check it out for yourselfhttp://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0001-0100.html. There too, nobody could give a plausible explanation. Are you sure that you will enter heaven to be with God in the afterlife? But it is a challenging issue to unravel. 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. 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. Phlegon Darkness occurred when Christ was crucified, an eclipse of the sun cannot occur during a full moon since the moon would be on the opposite side of the earth. 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? The sun was darkened during Christs death from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The San Andreas fault is 800 miles long, running along the California coast; Israel and Turkey sit onyou guess ita major fault line! Two short works by him are extant. And calculation makes out that the period of 70 weeks, as noted in Daniel, is completed at this time." Let us, briefly, consider the case for the historicity of this event by first quoting the relevant gospel accounts. Sixty thousands people could witness with awe the sun dancing in the sky. The Historical Jesus. An earthquake occurred in Bythinia and overthrew a great part of the city of Nica. However, the sixth hour in Bithynia is also at the same time as the sixth hour in Jerusalem. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It was calculated in four-year intervals. The Crucifixion is widely reported by numerous ancient writers. Or will you go to the place of separation from God in the afterlife? 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. [1] There are two books credited to his name:Chronicles and the Olympiads. He lived up to the death of the emperor Augustus in 14CE and we know from Luke that his ministry began in the 15th year of Augustus successor, Tiberius. . We have already seen there is strong reason to believe a record of the Crucifixion darkness was held in the Roman archives. The writings on the crucifixion of the historians from the first and second centuries is very interesting. Donations to this ministry aretax-deductible. Having provided an argument for the historicity of a three hour darkness based on historical sources and reason, we may now address the objection made to it by skeptics, which may be stated as follows. Zero as a mathematical number in the Greco-Roman world was a later invention. Check Huffpost. Read more . Unfortunately, no one of those three pairs, that is, recorded event vs. eclipse, is a perfect fit or a harmonious pair. You can use a text widget to display text, links, images, HTML, or a combination of these. So, it is possible, if not probable, that Jesus was born on 31st March, 4BCE certainly in that March anyhow. 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. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea." 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. Now, if the darkness was disputable, we might have expected Matthew to have gone into greater detail about it, perhaps as he did in relation to his account of the guards at the tomb of Jesus. Even if the darkness had not been seen throughout the whole empire, word of it would have spread to Rome as the center of government and commerce. The Formal Correction is on the way! On this day, Christians recall especially that part of the Creed in which we affirm of Jesus Christ: for our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered, died and was buried. These things we affirm to be historical facts. 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad. However, these are all unlikely candidates as their timing is off from the Olympiad calendar. This may seem hard to accept for some. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Pratt, John, webpage by astronomer John Pratt on Isaac Newtons approach to determining the date of the crucifixion. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea. 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- . He lives near Atlanta with his family. It is also interesting to note that Sextus Julius Africanus (160-240 A.D.), a Christian historian who had established a library in Rome for Emperor Severus Alexander, referred to the Crucifixion darkness as a portent of the world. Given the similarity in termsAfricanus portent of the world and Tertullians world-portent, it is tantalizing to wonder if each were referencing thesamedescription of the darkness still in the Roman archives. We pass over this speculation to consider Tertullians words, quoted earlier, which suggested that there were those who attempted to explain away the Crucifixion darkness as being a normal solar eclipse. About two weeks after the New Moon is the Full Moon, which corresponds to Passover. 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. He said, "A day and a night are an Onah, and the portion of an Onah is as the whole of it." document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Age of Isaiah Scroll Scientifically Predates Jesus, Earliest Records of the Gospel Accounts of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Corroborate the Modern Text, http://www.numachi.com/~ccount/hmepa/calendars/202.html, http://www.deadseaquake.info/was-there-really-an-earthquake-on-the-day-that-jesus-died/, Mara Bar Serapion Confirms Early Reference to Jesus, Rome Confirms the Existence of Christianity, Phlegon of Tralles Scientifically Established as a Credible Source on Jesus. I have wondered if an astronomical body accounted for some aspects of the Deluge, such tidal effects on the waters. I found further confirmation of this earthquake from other sources that also dates it in the year 33 AD. Conservative Christian speakers were a rarity on their campus and they wanted to make it rarer. 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. No, but again, it doesnt have to either. Phlegon of Karia recorded both of these events in Chronicle of the Olympiad. "[1] On Long-Lived Persons[2] contains a list of Italians who had passed the age of 100, taken from the censuses of the Roman Empire. EARTHQUAKE AND DARKNESS THAT OCCURRED AT JESUS DEATH WAS RECORDED IN SECULAR HISTORY. Seeing as Phlegon was born approximately in the second century, it is extremely unlikely he spoke with an eyewitness of either eclipse. Thus, the Christian apologist Tertullian (155-240 A.D) could still say to the Romans in the late second century A.D. with regard to the Crucifixion darkness: And yet, nailed upon the cross, He exhibited many notable signs, by which His death was distinguished from all others. For example the first Olympiad happened in 776 and the second occurred in 772 BC. This sediment outcrop is a distinctive one-foot thick mixed layer of sediment that is tied strongly to the Qumran earthquakes onshore ground ruptures of 31 B.C. The darkness and earthquake were evident not just in Jerusalem but also in Nicea which is over 300 miles away from Jerusalem! To God nothing is impossible. The reality is, Plinys statement is not evidence against the Crucifixion darkness. So how should we understand the statement about Jesus being dead three days and three nights? It also gives a link to download Lightfoot's entire New Testament commentaries in four volumes as free PDF files. 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad. Properly working out the Jewish calendar shows this to work for AD 33 (see C. Humphreys). Next, let us consider the argument with regard to theGospel of Mark. The onah concept applies to part "days" and whole "days" so that they counted the same. Note that the path of this eclipse was over present-day Russia. So a 24 hour daily cycle was from sunset to sunset. Tertullians statement certainly suggests he himself had seen the account of this world-portent. Otherwise, it would have been foolhardy of him to have made such a bold challenge to such sticklers for record keeping as the Romans, who could have proven him wrong. Colin Humphreys estimates that Jesus' ministry began in 30 A.D. . Then you can go through a process of elimination to to rule out all these years except AD 33. Why has it been so difficult to determine the exact date of Jesus' death and the dates of the last week of his life? Phlegon had specifically stated in his Olympiades: "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 6th hour the day was changed into night and the stars were seen in the heavens.". So I found another source of this very quote from the same Rabbi in an old commentary from the 1600's from English Scholar John Lightfoot [2]. But why is this significant, if it doesnt even validate darkness during the Crucifixion as referenced in the Gospels? The evidence also shows it likely to have been a magnitude 5.5. While the actual words used by Thallus no longer survive, the response of Africanus (below) give us a sense of what he must have said: As to His (i.e., Jesus Christ) works severally, and His cures effected upon body and soul, and the mysteries of His doctrine, and the resurrection from the dead, these have been most authoritatively set forth by His disciples and apostles before us. The darkening of the sky I suspect was just a pure miracle, not caused by any natural phenomena. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea.'"1 Evidence from Africanus Felix Jacoby. . I am a follower of Jesus Christ, the One who saved me, and my goal is to spread the gospel and all the evidence for Christianity! We have no need to be dogmatic about precise numbers regarding His age at the time of His crucifixion. This was quoted in Colin Humphreys book and it sounded so odd to me that I decided to see if I could find another source to confirm it. He has written apologetic articles and is working on a historical-adventure trilogy, set during the time of the Arian crisis. The sedimentation rate puts this second earthquake about 65 years after the 31 B.C. 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. 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. 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. However, Eusebius, in book 2 of Chronicle (Chronicon, quoted by Jerome), actually quotes Phlegon, with no mention of Jesus or a three hour darkness. And accurate. On the Circumstances Connected with Our Saviours Passion and His Life-Giving Resurrection). Such is the difficulty of the argument from silence. But consider how do we know anything about history? (Jerome) [4]. Therefore, he relied on transcribed information; either written or oral. And with regard to the eclipse in the time of Tiberius Caesar, in whose reign Jesus appears to have been crucified, and the great earthquakes which then took place . Eusebius of Caesarea (265-340) quoted Phlegon as follows (as translated by Jerome): However in the fourth year of the 202nd olympiad, 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. These things the aforementioned man (says). (Jerome, Chronicle (2005), 256/258, as found onwww.tertullian.org) (Emphasis added). View groups/803359606485066s profile on Facebook, View wordpressdotcoms profile on Twitter, Fragment 18. Steven OReilly is a graduate of the University of Dallas and the Georgia Institute of Technology. On the Circumstances Connected with Our Saviours Passion and His Life-Giving Resurrection, The Wheels of the Formal Correction turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. The reader should note that Phlegons comment that an eclipse of the sun occurred during Jesus death was impossible (see Thallus) since the Jewish Passover occurs during a full moon. The 202nd Olympiad has been calculated to run from July AD 29 to June AD 33. Another issue to notice in Jerome's quote above is regarding an earthquake that took place at the same time as the mysterious darkening of the sky. Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be holden by it. (Acts 2: 14-24)[Emphasis and formatting added]. Doing so would only demolish their credibility on allotherpoints of the gospel they hoped to prove about Christ basedsolelyon personal testimony. He asks for your prayers for his intentions. He was, therefore, about 4 years old at the turn from BCE to CE. ? someone heckled from the back row. They were not myths or literary devicesas skeptics or modernist biblical scholars might now suggest. Christ still changes lives like he did in the first century. If we know the day of the week that the crucifixion took place on, this can be used to rule out a number of the possible years (in the range from AD 26 to AD 36). But what has an eclipse in common with an earthquake, the rending rocks, and the resurrection of the dead, and so great a perturbation throughout the universe? A few verses later in Matthew 27:51 it is recorded that there was an earthquake at the exact moment that Jesus died. However, such an explanation for the Crucifixion darkness is absurd because solar eclipses are counted in minutes, not hours. The written testimony from outside the Bible confirms some of the main events, people, and places mentioned in the New Testament. The 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad was 32-33AD: HMEPA Hellenic Month Established Per Athens The 202nd Olympiad Last Olympiad Next Olympiad Last Olympiad source: http://www.numachi.com/~ccount/hmepa/calendars/202.html Modern context of the calendar of ancient Olympics would put the 4 th year of the 202 nd Olympiad at July 32-33AD. Modern context of the calendar of ancient Olympics would put the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad at July 32-33AD. For these are not drunk, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day: But this is that which was spoken of by the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. It was recorded by a Pagan author who had no desire to promote Christianity yet he confirmed the Bible record! Modern science validates the sources Phlegon used for compiling his writings and also validates the transcribers who referenced the material several hundred years later. Christians claim this corroborates the Gospels; opponents say it has nothing to do with the events described during the Passion and only perpetuates a false conclusion. In Phlegon's Olympiades we are told it happened in the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad which is AD 33. The above said, we may venture still further in suggesting another reason for theseemingsilence. Second, though the Passover week celebrations of the Jews are well understood, no written records exist regarding the calendar and New Moon from the time of Christ, as the Jews used them. Within each olympiad, time was reckoned by referring to its 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year. Passover occurred on either Nisan 14 or 15 about two weeks after the New Moon. Thus geological data seem to confirm the 33 AD date. Phlegon's ``Olympiads" (2nd century) says that Christ's crucifixion was in the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad (AD 29-33), when a total solar eclipse occurred in the 6th hour. Thesestatements reveal several key things: 1. He referred to a description by Phlegon of an eclipse accompanied by earthquakes during the reign of Tiberius: that 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. This information was considered reliable at the time because Origen (in 248 CE) quoted it to refute Celsus (Against Celsus II:14,33,59), a Greek philosopher very critical of Christianity but familiar with history. 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