A Question About Resurrection Morning

You stated that it begins on the first Sunday after Passover. If I understand it correctly, on a Jewish calendar Passover will end when the sun sets on Saturday April 26th, correct? Does that mean that Resurrection Morning will begin at that time?

Q. I have a question about Resurrection Morning. You stated that it begins on the first Sunday after Passover. If I understand it correctly, on a Jewish calendar Passover will end when the sun sets on Saturday April 26th, correct? Does that mean that Resurrection Morning will begin at that time?

Also, I was wondering what leads you to believe that Jesus was born in late-September during Rosh Hashanah? Thank you for answering my questions!

A. Since Judaism follows the Creation model, their evening precedes the day. Therefore at sundown Saturday it becomes Sunday evening. Then at sunrise it’s Sunday Morning. That’s when the women went to the tomb and discovered that the Lord wasn’t there. It was Resurrection Morning.

By the way the information you have about Passover dates includes the Feast of Unleavened Bread which makes it a week long event. Passover is actually just the first day, which is Sunday April 20. Therefore, this year the first Sunday after Passover is a week later on April 27.

In Luke 1:26 we’re told that Elizabeth was 6 months pregnant with John the Baptist when Mary visited her to announce her own pregnancy. There’s pretty good evidence in the Bible to show that John was born in the spring of the year, probably around Passover. The fall feasts come six months later, and of those, I believe that Rosh Hashanah is the Lord’s most likely birthday.