The crucifixion

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

AD 30–33

Traditional reckoning

AD 30

How it's dated

Roman governors + Passover dates

Under Pontius Pilate (AD 26–36); a Friday Passover fits AD 30 and AD 33.

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Sources: Theographic event 459; Hoehner (1977): AD 33; Finegan (1998).

Where is it in the Bible?

• Matthew 27:35–66
• Mark 15:24–47
• Luke 23:33–56
• John 19:18–42

Who was there, and where?

• Jesus Christ
• Mary (wife of Cleophas)
• Mary Magdalene
• Mother of Zebedees children
• Joseph (of Arimathea)
• Pontius Pilate
• Salome

Where: Golgotha.

Promises kept

• The wood on the son's back: Abraham offers Isaac on Moriah → The crucifixion, ~2,060–2,100 years (Modern).
• Not one bone broken: The Passover and the Exodus → The crucifixion, ~1,480 years (Modern).
• Once for all: The Day of Atonement given → The crucifixion, ~1,470–1,480 years (Modern).
• The first promise: Genesis written → The crucifixion, ~1,440–1,480 years (Modern).
• By His stripes: Isaiah written → The crucifixion, ~710–770 years (Modern).

Which verses connect to John 19:30?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. John 17:4100 votes

   I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

2. Philippians 2:858 votes

   And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

3. Colossians 2:14–1749 votes

   having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. …

4. John 10:1137 votes

   I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

5. Hebrews 12:236 votes

   Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

6. Daniel 9:2432 votes

   Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.