Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-05-28
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TIME OF THE CRUCIFIMOy

TIME OF THE RUCIFIMON.
| Mr.. BLISS In discussing this question.
we compelled, also. to discusshe time
of the Passover (Which did, to ,ome ex-
tent, in the Herald of Oct 81 tie cruel
fixion being at the Passover. 1t night not
be improper, in the first place, TO inau re
what the Passover was instituted for. 1t
Is my opinion that the passover Was rvpi-
cal of the crucifx on ef Christ, as was the
Institution of the Sabbath en- the seventh
day of the week, ore month afterwards
typical of his rest In the grave on that dav
of the week H then the shedding of the
blood of the gaschal lamb was a type of
the sheddirg of the blood Of the Lamb of
God. and the blood of the paschal lamb
was first shed on the fourteenth dav OF the
lunar month, and at the time of the vernal
equinox, as we are warranted in saying it
was from the testimony of .josephus, Fer
guSon, and Akers; and if he Bible re-
quires that it ever afterwards should be
done F." in its season. . in the month of
Abib," and further saws Thou sha 1t keep
this service in this month"; Ex l3.4-lO,
are not warranted in saying that the cru
cifxion took place ut the time of the full
moon next after the vernal equinox? ? |
think we surely are Prideaux argues to
the same effect, V. |, PIP. 81, 81
But the editor of the Herald seems to
think otherwise In the Herald: of-June
4th, 80, gave Ferguson's opinion about
the time of the cruci6xion, to which the
editor replies Ferguson is IN error re
specting the month of the crucitixion,-
the passover being always held at the
ripening of the barley harvest, which was
never ripe at Jerusalem by the Sd Of
April, which was one month too carly
The paschal moon in A d 33, therefore
was the second moon after the verual eaui-
nox, which did not fall on Friday,-so
that not 33 but probably 81, was the year
OF the cr cifxion As much as to say
that the paschal full moon in 8 did fall
on Friday. And in the Herald of Sep
tenn er Both, 81, we have the following
from the same pen The Jews began
their year with the first appearance of
the new nuoIr ncdrcst Uue rip.iIIns OF the
barley harvest, which ripens in Jerusalem
some time in the month of our April
And on the l4th day from the appearance
of the new, which corresponds 10 our full
of the moon, they kept the passover,-the
barley harvest having been begun TO ri
day, = and a. it was the day of the
Jewish passover, the crucifxion must
have occurred in some year when the full
moon fell on Friday.
In other places he writes to the same
effect, but we will only notice one more
passage, which may be found in his sacred
chronology, p Al. In hi. list of eclipses
ne says the moon was eclipsed in a d.
81, April 25th month ter the cru
On the same PAGE. as if to
prove that the crucifxion was in that year
and for which he still contends as before
shown, he says; Says Furguson, In
chronology, both solar and lunar eclipses
serve to determine exactly the time of any
past event F." Thus pinning down the
crucif> ion to the year 81 and the crlci
fxion and passover both to the full moon
next preceding the 25th of April, which
of course fell on the 9th of March. O. $.
or the 22nd \. s. the very day on which
Ferguson says the equinox fell in the
days of our Saviour p. 800
But now let US tiee some Of the incon
gruities of these extracts. In the first
place he proves, or attempts to prove, the
passover 10 have been held on the 9th of
March, A. d. 81, and on Friday Was
the 9th OF March. A d. 81 Friday p
Those who understand the Dominica let
ters can eas y ascertain that the 25th OF
April, the time of the aforesaid eclipse
fell cp Wednesday. Then, AS the previ-
Gus full moon, which fell thirty days
sooner, could not possibly fall more than
two days earlier il the week. the conclu
sion is irresistible that it fell, not on Fri
day, but on Monday or Tuesday and if
on the 9th of March. the time when it
did occur, it was on Tuesday, as far from
Friday as it could be Is not this selEev
ident 10 the editor, or to any learned
man E?
Again. After proving the crucifxion
and passover to have been on the 9th of
March, he then says, /" Ferguson was in
error when he said the passover was on
the 81 of April, for that was too early
the barley was not then ripe it must have
been at the next full moon; but that did
not fall on Friday. so the year 33 could
not be the year,-it must have been in a
d. 81"
Well. Mr. Editor, in what month in A.
D. 81 did the moon full on Friday As
YOU contend for Friday paschal full
moon, and as late rs the barley harvest.
YOU will surely not contend for one earli-
er than the vernal equinox; nd by calcu-
lation think you will find that there was
not Friday full moon in A. u. 81 after
the euuinox and prior to Nav 10Th, W which