He has written apologetic articles and is working on a historical-adventure trilogy, set during the time of the Arian crisis. Check it out for yourselfhttp://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE0001-0100.html. He made a famous statement to explain how days were counted for certain ceremonial purposes. Your email address will not be published. "[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. GO TO Mobile Home, http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2000-May/011873.html, http://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/newton.html, http://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2004/daniel.html, http://www.neverthirsty.org/pp/historical-secular-quotes-about-jesus/phlegon.html, http://www.ichthus.info/CaseForChrist/Archeology/intro.html. Little is known about Phlegon, but he made reference to Christ. Yes, to God, nothing is impossible. Pratt, John, webpage by astronomer John Pratt on Isaac Newtons approach to determining the date of the crucifixion. and this is shown by the historical account of Tiberius Caesar. Philopon, De. Thirteen inches above the 31 B.C. The madness of the skeptic is such that they would have us believe sources which are silent, over those which speak. "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." These historians attempt to interpret the darkness as a direct effect of a solar eclipse which we know is scientifically not possible - but they wouldn't have known that in their time. 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 Historical Jesus, pp. Properly working out the Jewish calendar shows this to work for AD 33 (see C. Humphreys). subject for a long time and yours is the best Ive discovered till now. 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. Jesus Christ's crucifixion is one of the most important events in the history of the world. Peter reminds his hearers these things were done in the midst of you, as you also know. Clearly, Peter referenced an eventthe three hour darkening of the sunwhich waspreviouslywitnessed by all hearing him that day. 2. opif. To me it seems the place to start with deduction from all the available information is with John the Baptist. There is a silence of historical sources with regard to this Crucifixion darkness. On the Circumstances Connected with Our Saviours Passion and His Life-Giving Resurrection). The Bible is Gods book of love and redemption. We have already seen there is strong reason to believe a record of the Crucifixion darkness was held in the Roman archives. In 70 A.D., just forty years after the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the city of Jerusalem and the Temple were utterly destroyed by the Romans and the surviving population carried off into captivity. 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. Thus, a solar eclipse, which happens when the moon passes between the earth and sun cannot be a valid explanation for the Crucifixion darkness. Required fields are marked *. Note that I am oversimplifying a number of calendar complications that are worked out in Humphrey's book. 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? A great earthquake occurred during Christs death. The first of the two speakers stepped forward again. The facts were recorded in a historical account of Tiberius. From this brief statement, the skeptic wants to declare victory and go home. All rights reserved. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea.'"1 Evidence from Africanus This needs to be updated they just found evidence if quake from 26 to 36ad. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea.' Annular (ring) eclipse. I believe Colin Humphreys is probably correct that the date of the crucifixion of Christ was Friday April 3, A.D. 33. It does however, place Phlegons writing, transposed hundreds of years later by Christian writers, as a scientifically-accurate writing. Why has it been so difficult to determine the exact date of Jesus' death and the dates of the last week of his life? 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 . (31 B.C. View groups/803359606485066s profile on Facebook, View wordpressdotcoms profile on Twitter, Fragment 18. [citation needed]. The New Testament records the three-hour darkness during Christs crucifixion (Matthew 27:45, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:4445). It was not until the sixteenth century that the Jewish calendar was formally defined precisely. A solar eclipse can occur only at new moon, but we know that Jesus was crucified at the time of Passover (Matthew 26:2; Mark 14:12,12; Luke 22:12, 7; John 13:1), and that the Passover is at the time of full moon (Exodus 12:111; Leviticus 23:5). In his book Chronicle of the Olympiad he records a miracle mentioned in the New Testament. Africanus make it rather evident that Thallus was specifically addressing this darkness i.e., the three hour darkness at the time of the Crucifixion and not any other. I will follow the work of Cambridge professor Colin Humphreys based on his book, "The Mystery of the Last Supper," published in 2011 [1]. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. (Luke 23:44-45 ). . He said If I could prove to you that the Bible is a supernatural book, confirmed by both foretelling of the future and also by miracles, would you believe what the Bible says?. 2004. To home he may gobut, it must be with his tail between his legs. I did a search for the years 25 through 35 AD for the nation of Israel. We have already cited the Acts of the Apostles, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Tertullian, Africanus, the 1st century historian Thallus, and the 2nd century historian, Phlegon, and these sufficiently demonstrate the historicity of the Crucifixion darkness. Moon phase and solar year events are shown on the day in Athens. Also, word of it would have spread from Jerusalem to Jewish communities in Rome and throughout the empire. Bursa is approximately 600 miles from Jerusalem. 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. In reply. This information would be every unlikely to have been added at a later time due to its specificity in time. The source from Jerome above is interesting in that it dates the unusual darkening of the sky by the Olympiad numbering system. The above said, the skeptics objection appears strongest when they allege thatPliny the Elder an ancient Roman writer who penned a natural historywould surely have have mentioned the Crucifixion darkness. Archeological study of artifacts or buried structures is helpful but archeologists would often consider an ancient written source to be more important than an artifact because you need to know something to give the artifact a context. The darkness and earthquake were evident not just in Jerusalem but also in Nicea which is over 300 miles away from Jerusalem! It cannot be denied that Pliny the Elder wrote on topics like eclipses of the sun. The sedimentation rate puts this second earthquake about 65 years after the 31 B.C. 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. Z's Blog - What Does The Prayer Really Say. So a 24 hour daily cycle was from sunset to sunset. (LogOut/ 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. It also gives a link to download Lightfoot's entire New Testament commentaries in four volumes as free PDF files. 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). This eliminates most of the years in the range from AD 26 to 36, leaving primarily just AD 30 and AD 33 as candidates. While Pliny tells us there have been unusually long eclipses, he then says such asindicating he means to giveexamplesandnota comprehensive list of them. 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For example, the first year of Olympiad 140 began in the summer of 220 BC and lasted until the middle of . From Friday evening at sunset to Saturday evening at sunset was an entire 24 hour day cycle, so it also counted as a day and a night. We do however have important sections of Phelgon's work, which are critical in dating the Crucifixion. The onah concept applies to part "days" and whole "days" so that they counted the same. Thus the New Moon is not visible. A non-profit, 501(c)3 corporation. (see Figure 2 below). This darkness Thallus, in the third book of his History, calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of the sun. "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. 3) the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad; being commonly associated with the March 19, 33 CE solar eclipse. But consider how do we know anything about history? A secondline of argument for the crucifixion date comes from historical testimony and the weight of opinion of Christian scholars through history. Then from Saturday evening after sunset till early in the morning on Sunday was a portion of a 24 hour cycle so it also counted as a day and a night, even though Jesus apparently resurrected before Sunrise. 196-7, College Press Publishing Company, 1996., 4 Tertullian, Apologeticus, Chapter 21, 19 cited in Bouw, G. D. (1998, Spring). 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]. Why preach something that was manifestly untrue? There are also complicated issues about various calendar systems in use at the time of Christ that create confusion. Therefore I think we can compare it to another impressive unnatural phenomenon that happened 100 years ago in Fatima, when the sun danced on oct. 13th 1917 at the exact time Our Lady foretold months beforehand, before a huge crowd. However, Eusebius, in book 2 of Chronicle (Chronicon, quoted by Jerome), actually quotes Phlegon, with no mention of Jesus or a three hour darkness. So that means there has been at least some investigation of it by geologists though I do not know how much. Phlegon of Tralles (Ancient Greek: Flegon o Trallianos) was a Greek writer and freedman of the emperor Hadrian, who lived in the 2nd century AD. Matthew 12:40 says that as Jonah was three days and three nights in the fish, Jesus would be dead three days and three nights. Last Olympiad: Next Olympiad: 1st year: Begins 29-07-01/02: Hekatombaion 29 Metageitnion 29 Boedromion 30 Puanepsion 29 Maimakterion 30 Poseideon . The mention of three nights in this verse has prompted some to propose the crucifixion was on a Wednesday or a Thursday. Donations to this ministry aretax-deductible. How could the science not possibly confirm this level of coincidence? Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Well, Phlegon does mention this guy named Jesus. Thus, his statement taken in whole does not exclude that there may have been other unusually long eclipses of the sun of which he was awareperhapsmanymorebut regarding which he did not elaborate. The Bible is a book that is a record of facts and not myths. This does not necessarily coincide with the Crucifixion darkness, and it doesnt have to. Africanus does this by noting that the eve of Passover falls on a date of a near full moon, i.e., when the moon is opposite the sun in relation to the earth. Assume Jesus died Friday afternoon about 3 PM as we reckon time today. Another historian, Philipon (with Origen), confirms the historicity of Phlegon's statement by writing, "And about this darkness - Phlegon recalls it in the OlympiadsPhlegon mentioned the eclipse which took place during the crucifixion of the Lord Christ, and no other (eclipse), it is clear that he did not know from his sources about any (similar) eclipse in previous times and this is shown by the historical account of Tiberius Caesar.". At some time during that twelve months occurred the darkness over Asia in which lay Bithynia and Nicea to which Phlegon refers. Change). They were not myths or literary devicesas skeptics or modernist biblical scholars might now suggest. The 202nd Olympiad has been calculated to run from July AD 29 to June AD 33. In the Jewish calendar, the first month of a new year was called Nisan. . Origen, Against Celsus, Book 2.33, Phlegon mentioned the eclipse which took place during the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ, and no other (eclipse); it is clear that he did not know from his sources about any (similar) eclipse in previous times . Unfortunately, Africanus does not quote Phlegon directly. It corresponds approximately to April in our modern Gregorian calendar. Please note, I do not believe that this eclipse is connected with the crucifixion. The Romans and Jews could have falsified Peters claimhad it been false. Phlegon, born about A.D. 80, was a secular historian who lived in the second century. 1996. p. 217. Colin Humphreys estimates that Jesus' ministry began in 30 A.D. Africanus refutes the attempt of Thallus to explain away this darkness as being a regular solar eclipse. On this basis the Fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad would commence in July A.D.32 and finish in June A.D.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. 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. On the Circumstances Connected with Our Saviours Passion and His Life-Giving Resurrection). 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. The 12 Foundation Stones in New Jerusalem. "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. mund. The Crucifixion is widely reported by numerous ancient writers. There were Jewish, Christian, and Roman writers from the first and second centuries that refer to Christ and the crucifixion. This argument is sufficient to diffuse the skeptics argument with regard to Pliny. 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. Thus, if the quote is accurate, and Phlegon's eclipse has . Seeing as Phlegon was born approximately in the second century, it is extremely unlikely he spoke with an eyewitness of either eclipse. He quotes Phlegon as stating it was the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, conflicting with Africanus who quotes Phlegon as stating it was the 2nd year; He asserts this occurred at the Passover both in the 18th year of Tiberius (spring 32AD) and in Olympiad 202.4 (spring 33AD); The next piece of the puzzle is to determine if Jesus indeed was crucified on a Friday. Modern context of the calendar of ancient Olympics would put the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad at July 32-33AD. Is this a powerful confirmation of the events described in the New Testament? The young minister was painfully uncomfortable standing in front of a largely secular group of college students. He wrote extensively about natural phenomena earthquakes and such. The question is: should we accept the historicity of this Crucifixion darkness? . Suffice it to say that the Jewish Sabbath was on Saturday and remember that the Jews considered a 24 hour day cycle to begin at sunset in the evening. Is there any evidence of global or regional darkness in 36CE? So, we know that when Jesus was crucified had to be a year between AD 26 and 36 in which Nisan 14 or Nisan 15 occurred on a Friday. Luke clearly goes out of his way to be specific about when this year was, by relating it to six different important officials. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) keeps a database of what are called "significant" earthquakes. Or has it been changed and contaminated by ambitious Christian defenders? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This is a text widget. 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? [1] There are two books credited to his name:Chronicles and the Olympiads. An unknown, massive astronomical body passing through the solar system or on long period orbit, transiting between the earth and sun? Even more fascinating is the mention of an earthquake. ", 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.". The writings on the crucifixion of the historians from the first and second centuries is very interesting. Rome had a Jewish community, and it is probable that word of the darkness would have reached and been known within it. So how should we understand the statement about Jesus being dead three days and three nights? 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. 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. The above said, we may venture still further in suggesting another reason for theseemingsilence. Phlegons citation is a fragment from Olympiades he Chronika 13, ed. And upon my servants indeed, and upon my handmaids will I pour out in those days of my spirit, and they shall prophesy. He can be contacted at StevenOReilly@AOL.com. !, The audience was rowdy now. You can use a text widget to display text, links, images, HTML, or a combination of these. 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]. Well, for starters, it places a high degree of scientific precision for a writing that could considered to be hearsay or speculative because of its inference from another source. If your sunset occurs later than sunset in Athens, the event may occur on the previous day . 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. 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 Historical Jesus. What Was Achieved By Jesus At The Crucifixion? AWESOME I had read so many "time lines" and prophetic explanations. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea. What miracles!!? However, history provides a sufficient answer as to why such documentary evidence has not survived on these topics of great interest. The fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad I believe would include some of the same year as the 203rd Olympiad but the new Olympiad did not start till the Olympics event took place in the Summer. So the daylight part of a day (or any part thereof) is an onah and the evening is an onah and the entire dark period of the night is also an onah. 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 . The placement in time within the text is just too precise. The Formal Correction is on the way! event bed is another distinctive mixed layer less than one inch thick. 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. Only the Nov. 24, AD 29 eclipse over Asia Minor can match that, and Joel's prophecy (Acts 2, 14-21) that ``the sun will be turned to darkness and moon to blood." 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. Pontius Pilate (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House, 1968), p. 366. 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). this objectionis something of a fallacious argument. 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? 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). II 21 [2], 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. The Jews counted days and nights as if a portion counted like the whole, they did not think in terms of ellapsed time as we do today. This may seem hard to accept for some. The sun was darkened during Christs death from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad is from July 32 to June 33 CE, which confirms the date of 3 April 33 CE. He stated that in the 19th year of Tiberius and the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad (i.e., AD 33), a large eclipse occurred which turned day to night around the sixth hour (noon), and an earthquake destroyed many houses in the city of Nicaea. It was recorded by a Pagan author who had no desire to promote Christianity yet he confirmed the Bible record! Just for reference, Nicea is in western Turkey, approximately where the city of Bursa is. 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. The San Andreas fault is 800 miles long, running along the California coast; Israel and Turkey sit onyou guess ita major fault line! There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea." 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad. 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- . The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come. The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar and thus months start with the New Moon. Modern science validates the sources Phlegon used for compiling his writings and also validates the transcribers who referenced the material several hundred years later. Many authors have suggested various means of resolving all the mysteries about the date of the crucifixion. 26:61, Matt. I will go into more detail about this process below. And accurate. Even with the loss of the original writing, if the transposition of the original to the copy were to be altered, there would be significant doubt as to when the event occurred, or if, it even occurred. 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