Crucifixion before or after Passover

Jesus was crucified the day after the Passover meal was eaten (Mark 14:12, 15:25) Jesus was crucified around 9 in the morning (Mark 15:25)

Jesus died the day before it was eaten (John 19:14). Jesus was crucified around noon (John 19:14).

[Mark 14:12] On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”

[Mark 15:25] It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.

[John 19:14] It was the day of Preparation of the Passover; it was about noon. “Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.


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