What time did Jesus die on the cross?

Answer 1

The death of Jesus Christ took place in the spring, on the Passover Day, Nisan (or Abib) 14, according to the Jewish calendar.

(Matthew 26:2) YOU know that two days from now the passover occurs, and the Son of man is to be delivered up to be impaled.

That year the Passover occurred on the sixth day of the week (counted by the Jews as from sundown on Thursday to sundown on Friday). This is evident from John 19:31, which shows that the following day was "a great" sabbath.

(John 19:31) Then the Jews, since it was Preparation, in order that the bodies might not remain upon the torture stakes on the Sabbath, (for the day of that Sabbath was a great one,) requested Pilate to have their legs broken and the [bodies] taken away.

The day after Passover was always a sabbath, no matter on what day of the week it came. (Le 23:5-7) But when this special Sabbath coincided with the regular Sabbath (the seventh day of the week), it became "a great one." So Jesus' death took place on Friday, Nisan 14, by about 3:00 p.m

(Luke 23:44-46) Well, by now it was about the sixth hour, and yet a darkness fell over all the earth until the ninth hour, 45 because the sunlight failed; then the curtain of the sanctuary was rent down the middle. 46 And Jesus called with a loud voice and said: "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit." When he had said this, he expired.

Answer 2

A:We know more about the last twenty four hours in the life of Jesus than any other period, becauseMark's Gospel organised the first narrative account of the death of Jesus in a twenty four hour cycle, neatly divided into eight three-hour segments:

• "When it was evening" (14:17), or approximately 6 pm, Jesus and the disciples began the Last Supper.
• The duration of the Passover meal was three hours and it concluded with the singing of a hymn. So at the end of his segment Mark noted, "And when they had sung a hymn they went out to the Mount of Olives". It was about 9 p.m.
• Jesus and the disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where his closest disciples, Peter, James and John, were not able to remain awake. "Could you not watch one hour?" Jesus asked. The process was repeated two more times. The disciples could not watch one, two or three hours. It was now midnight.
• The act of betrayal, the darkest deed in human history, came next, occurring at the stroke of midnight.
• Jesus was led away for a trial before the Sanhedrin. This governing body then judged him, on the basis of his messianic claim, to be worthy of death. It was 3:00 a.m.
• The watch of the night between 3 am and 6 am was called cockcrow. Mark now inserted his account of Peter's threefold denial of Jesus, once each hour until the cock crowed, marking the end of that phase of the night. That makes it 6 a.m.
• "As soon as it was morning", which would be 6 o'clock, Jesus was led by the chief priests, scribes and elders to Pontius Pilate for judgement.
• "It was the third hour", or 9 o'clock "when they crucified him".
• When "the sixth hour had come" (12 noon), as if on cue, darkness covered the whole earth for three hours, a counterpoint to the midnight betrayal.
• At the end of the three hours, at 3 p.m., Jesus said "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
• Jesus was buried in the final period from 3 to 6 p.m., before the sun went down and the holy sabbath arrived.

Thus we can see that he was placed on the cross at 9 o'clock and died just 12 hours later, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Answer 3

Other answers from our community:There is conflicting evidence in the New Testament with regard to the time of death of Jesus. The synoptic Gospels (Matthew Mark Luke) imply that it was after the Passover, while the Gospel of John suggests that he was crucified just prior to the Jewish Passover and gave up his spirit approximately at the time the Passover lamb was to be slaughtered. Therefore we can conclude that while the Gospels may disagree on an exact time for Jesus' death, it is reasonably discernible that the purpose of the Gospel writers was to emphasize the significance of Passover observance. For it is their mention of the Paschal feast where they ultimately find common ground.

Answer:

Jesus died on the cross before evening on the Friday before Passover (now known as Good Friday).

Sometime between 26 AD and 36 AD.

Jesus died when he was about 40 years old. The exact month and year are uncertain, but it was shortly after the change from BC (or BCE) time to AD (or CE) time. As for the time and day it was about 3 o' clock in the afternoon on a Friday.

Answer:

Jesus was crucified during the Hebrew passover that was in Spring. As the Passover is always related to the Lunar calendar the Christian Easter is celebrated as follows. The first Sunday after the first full moon after the 21 of March. As the Western Catholic Church is using for Church celebrations the Gregorian calendar and the Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate Easter by using the old Julian calendar, there is a difference of 13 days between the two calendars so depending on the date of the full moon sometimes the two churches celebrate on the same day or with a difference of one calendar month. Sometimes due to tradition if the Greek Orthodox Easter coincides with the Jewish Passover then the church may move Easter to the following Sunday. As for the rest of the Church Anniversaries like Christmas some Churches the follow the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem (Russia) that they always use the Julian calendar and some like Greece and Cyprus (for commercial reasons) they use the Gregorian calendar.

Answer 4

Jesus died in AD 33 on the 14th day of Abib, (April) ,at about 3:00 pm, on Wednesday evening.Additional Info

Most scholars place Jesus death around AD 33, and in the month of April. The exact date and time cannot be fixed, but some astronomical calculations and computer analysis assign the date as Friday, April 3, 33 AD.

Answer 5

Physical bodies have a physical beginning and end - nothing lives on forever as it is appointed for all to die. There are several proofs to show that Jesus started His 3 1/2 year ministry in 27 AD. Looking at biblical prophecy in Daniel 9:25, we have the 70 weeks Prophecy - 7 weeks of years + 62 weeks of years = 69 weeks of years, using the day for a year principle found in Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:4-6. Many biblical scholars apply this prophecy to Jesus' birth and ministry. The rebuilding of the Temple decreed by Artaxerxes in 458-457 BC - 7 years after his father Xerxes dies - which Ezra takes the decree to rebuild. If we take this as the starting year and subtract 69*7 (weeks of years) or 483 years, we come to 25-26 AD. Again, adding 1 year for the crossing into AD we now have 26-27 AD the year in which Jesus begins His 3 1/2 ministry (being cutoff in the middle of the last week of years). We know His public ministry is 3.5 years long ending in the Spring with His crucifixion, His ministry must have begun in the fall (probably at the Feast of Trumpets or Tabernacles in late September or mid October 27 AD). The fall of 457 to 27 A.D. is 483 years.

When considering the above starting date in the fall of 27 AD and adding 3.5 years, brings us to the spring of 31 AD (April). Considering Jesus began His ministry about 30 years of age would put Him at 33 1/2 years old at His death and resurrection. Further, in 31 AD, the Passover death of Jesus occurred during the daylight portion (Hebrew days begin and end at sunset) of Wednesday, April
25, 31 AD: see timeline below:

Luke 3:23New King James Version (NKJV)The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
23 Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as
was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Last Supper - Passover night, 25 April 31 AD, 4th Passover as Sir Isaac newton
first postulated

Crucifixion - Passover day 25 April 31 AD, just before sunset and start of High
Annual Sabbath of the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Resurrection - Saturday Sabbath, 28 April 31 AD, just before sunset and start of
first day - Sunday. Jesus ascends to the Father as the 'wave sheaf' offering for
mankinds' sins


Ascension - Thursday, 07 June 31 AD or 40 days after the Resurrection awaiting
Holy Spirit

NT Church - Pentecost Sunday (50 days after resurrection Saturday), 17 Jun 31 AD
and release of God's Holy Spirit to all He chooses (see John 6:44; 65).

Answer 6

There is good reason for confusion as to whether Jesus died after the Passover feast or before the Passover, and whether he was crucified at 9:00 in the morning (the third hour) or only sent to Golgotha at 12 noon (the sixth hour), but at least all the New Testament gospels agree that the crucifixion took place on Friday and that Jesus died at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Mark's Gospel explains the case for the crucifixion taking place after the Passover celebration and why Jesus had to die at exactly 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and is followed more or less closely by Matthew and Luke. There were eight intervals of three hours each, from the beginning of the Jewish Friday at 6:00 pm and the beginning of the Sabbath at 6:00 pm the next day:

1. We start with the celebration of the Passover Feast, which becomes the Last Supper. It began "when it was evening" (Mark 14:17), or when the sun went down: approximately 6 pm. Mark knew that the duration of the Passover meal was three hours and that it concluded with the singing of a hymn, so the first thing Jesus did was to sing a hymn with his disciples. Then Mark says, "And when they had sung a hymn they went out to the Mount of Olives". It was about 9 p.m.
   
2. Mark then has Jesus and the disciples go to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus went to pray. He suffered alone and in agony, asking God that, if possible, he take this cup (his destiny to be crucified) away from Jesus. Meanwhile his disciples, Peter, James and John, were not able to remain awake. "Could you not watch one hour?" Jesus asked. The process was repeated two more times. The disciples could not watch one, two or three hours. It was now midnight.
3. The betrayal of Jesus, the darkest deed in human history, came next, occurring at the stroke of midnight.
4. At 3:00 a.m., Jesus was led away for a trial before the high priest and other senior priests and elders. It was on the basis of his messianic claim that he was judged to be worthy of death.
   
   Peter's threefold denial of Jesus, once each hour until the cock crowed, marked the end of that phase of the night, the watch between 3 am and 6 am being known as cockcrow. It was 6 o'clock.
5. "As soon as it was morning", which would be 6 am, Jesus was led by the chief priests, scribes and elders to Pontius Pilate for judgement.
6. "It was the third hour when they crucified him," that is, 9 o'clock.
7. When "the sixth hour had come" (12 noon), darkness covered the whole earth, reflecting the betrayal at 12 midnight. After three hours of darkness, at 3 p.m., Jesus cried out and gave up the ghost.
8. Joseph of Arimathea then asked Pilate for the body of Jesus, so that he could be buried before the Sabbath began. Jesus was buried in the final period from 3 to 6 pm, before the sun went down.

The account in John's Gospel has Christ's crucifixion takes place on the day before the Passover celebration (John 19:14). There is no trial before the Sanhedrin, with Jesus simply taken separately to the homes of Annas and then Caiaphas. The trial before Pontius Pilate takes place later in the day, and Jesus is sent for crucifixion at the sixth hour, or 12 noon, and died after less than three hours, not needing the soldiers to break his legs to hasten death before the start of the Sabbath.

Answer 7

I am not sure if anyone knows the exact date, but it was on a Friday at 3 0'clock in the afternoon.

Answer 8

Jesus died on the cross before evening on Good Friday.

Answer 9

According to the chronology of The Bible, @ 30 AD

Answer 10

Some have calculated this date to be during the daylight portion of Passover, Wednesday, April 25, 31AD, in the 9th hour (3 PM our time).