Quake reveals day of Jesus' crucifixion

[Okie_Apparition]

Quake reveals day of Jesus' crucifixion, researchers believe
They say analysis of Dead Sea seismic activity points to Friday, April 3, in year 33

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47555983...ience-science/

By Jennifer Viegas

updated 5/24/2012 3:58:32 PM ET 2012-05-

Geologists say Jesus, as described in the New Testament, was most likely crucified on Friday, April 3, in the year 33.

The latest investigation, reported in 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:
“And 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.”

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.

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 a seismic event that happened sometime between the years 26 and 36.

The latter period occurred during “the years when Pontius Pilate was procurator of Judea and when the earthquake of the Gospel of Matthew is historically constrained,” Williams said.

"The day and date of the crucifixion (Good Friday) are known with a fair degree of precision," he said. But the year has been in question.

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:

All four gospels and Tacitus in Annals (XV, 44) agree that the crucifixion occurred when Pontius Pilate was procurator of Judea from A.D. 26 to 36.

All four gospels say the crucifixion occurred on a Friday.

All four gospels agree that Jesus died a few hours before the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath (nightfall on a Friday).

The synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) indicate that Jesus died before nightfall on the 14th day of Nisan, right before the start of the Passover meal.

John’s gospel differs from the synoptics, apparently indicating that Jesus died before nightfall on the 15th day of Nisan.

When data about the Jewish calendar and astronomical calculations are factored in, a handful of possible dates result, with Friday, April 3, 33, being the best match, according to the researchers.

In terms of the earthquake data alone, Williams and his team acknowledge that the seismic activity associated with the crucifixion could refer to “an earthquake that occurred sometime before or after the crucifixion and was in effect ‘borrowed’ by the author of the Gospel of Matthew, and a local earthquake between 26 and 36 A.D. that was sufficiently energetic to deform the sediments of Ein Gedi but not energetic enough to produce a still extant and extra-biblical historical record.”

“If the last possibility is true, this would mean that the report of an earthquake in the Gospel of Matthew is a type of allegory,” they write.

Williams is studying yet another possible natural happening associated with the crucifixion — darkness.

Three of the four canonical gospels report darkness from noon to 3 p.m. after the crucifixion. Such darkness could have been caused by a duststorm, he believes.

Williams is investigating if there are dust storm deposits in the sediments coincident with the earthquake that took place in the Jerusalem region during the early first century.

[KurtCobain]

I feel very strongly that this shocks me and it cannot be real and this appalls me.

[Cave Johnson]

I FOUND ICE CUBES ‘GOOD DAY’
CLUE 1:
** * “went to short dogs house,
** * * they was watching Yo MTV
** * * RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
** * * * * * * Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
** * * * * * * Feb 23*1993
CLUE 3:
** * *”The Lakers beat the Super*
** * * Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6*1988 and the release of the single FEBRUARY 23*1993 where the Lakers beat the Super Sonics:
** * *Nov 11*1988 * *114-103
** * *Nov 30*1988 * *110-106
** * *Apr * *4*1989 * *115-97
** * *Apr *23*1989 * *121-117
** * *Jan *17*1990 * *100-90
** * *Feb *28*1990 * *112-107
** * *Mar *25*1990 * *116-94
** * *Apr *17 *1990 * *102-101
** * *Jan *18 *1991 * *105-96
** * *Mar *24 *1991 * *113-96
** * *Apr *21**1991 * *103-100
** * *Jan *20 *1992 * *116-110
CLUE 4:
Dates of those Laker wins over SuperSonics where it was a clear day with no Smog:
** * * * * * * *Nov 30*1988
** * * * * * * *Apr * 4 *1989
** * * * * * * *Jan 18 *1991
** * * * * * * *Jan 20 *1992
CLUE 5:
** * “Got a beep from Kim,*and
** * * * she can **** all night”
beepers weren’t adopted by mobile phone companies until the 1990s.*Dates left where mobile beepers were availible to public:
** * * * * * * * Jan 18*1991
** * * * * * * * Jan 20*1992
CLUE 6:
Ice Cube starred in the film “Boyz in the hood” that released late Summer of 1991, but was being filmed mid-late 1990 early 1991 and Ice Cube was busy on set filming the movie Jan 18*1991 too busy to be lounging around the streets with no plans. Ladies and Gentlemen..

The ONLY day where:
Yo MTV Raps was on air
It was a clear and smogless day
Beepers were commercially sold
Lakers beat the SuperSonics
and Ice Cube had no events to attend was…
** * * **
** * * * *JANUARY 20*1992
** * *National Good Day Day

[AustinChief]

my favorite part of this nonsense is the ALL FOUR GOSPELS SAY IT!!!

Well no shit. That tends to happen when you all(well, at least 3 of the 4) copy your material from the same source.

[La literatura]

Well, that was a disappointing article. I went from "Wow, I didn't know they could be that precise" to "Yeah, I suspected they couldn't be that precise."

[Bump]

so.......

[HolyHandgernade]

Why don't they just continue that Matthew passage where it goes on to report all the dead saints rising from their grave. Surely an event like that would have been recorded since it was "seen by many".

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade

Why don't they just continue that Matthew passage where it goes on to report all the dead saints rising from their grave. Surely an event like that would have been recorded since it was "seen by many".

Matthew's Zombies bitches!!!

[Dave Lane]

[Dave Lane]

From the Book of Matthew, chapter 27:

27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
----
Now, I've never seen dead people rise from their graves, but I have seen a lot of zombie movies. And when dead corpses walk around a city, it tends to be very memorable for those involved. My question is why didn't any contemporary historians write about something as important as the events described above, if the account is literally true?

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

From the Book of Matthew, chapter 27:

27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
----
Now, I've never seen dead people rise from their graves, but I have seen a lot of zombie movies. And when dead corpses walk around a city, it tends to be very memorable for those involved. My question is why didn't any contemporary historians write about something as important as the events described above, if the account is literally true?

Easy. They didn't have cars so the ones who did see were most likely eaten by the zombies. After which, God got sick of them and moved them to limbo. That is where they lay until recently when they were released and formed the modern day Republican party.

[RNR]

If could locate the wandering Jew, he could clear this up~

[Thig Lyfe]

Gay.

[Okie_Apparition]

He's not the reason you feel guilty for touching yourself