According to John 12:1, it was “six days before the Passover” when Jesus arrived in Bethany and attended the dinner given in his honor (John 12:2).23 Since the first High Festival Day of Passover (Nisan 15) was on a Saturday (Sabbath) in this particular year, according to the official calendar, Jesus’ dinner in Bethany took place on Nisan 9 of the previous week, presumably Saturday evening after sunset on April 2, AD 30.24 Sunset in Jerusalem in early April
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