* When was Jesus of Nazareth killed?

For centuries to this day, large numbers of people have attempted to date the death of Jesus of Nazareth from some eclipse that occurred around Passover Week. Hence, various days with different years have come out. However, none of the four Gospels describes the occurrence of an eclipse of any kind at any point in the biography of Jesus of Nazareth. The closest is the account of the darkening of the sky for several hours during the Passion: “Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.” (Ref. 9); “Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.” (Ref. 10); “It was about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, because the sun’s light failed.” (Ref. 11), which does not correspond in any way to a solar eclipse, among other astronomical reasons, for its much exaggerated duration. So if we want to date the death of Jesus of Nazareth by some biblical account, we are not going to find it in the Gospels. It is, however, possible to search elsewhere in the Bible.

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