The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ 

    Thus the dates of April 7, 

A.D.

 19, and April 7, 

A.D.

 30, agree with the three conditions for the date of 

Christ's death revealed by Sacred Scripture and Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich. These are the two possible 

dates for the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ which must be considered based on Sacred Scripture and the visions of 

Blessed Anne Catherine. (For details on the probability that Passover began on April 7 in 

A.D.

 19, or on April 

7 in 30 

A.D.

, see chapter 17.) 

First Conclusion 

    The words of Sacred Scripture, together with the visions of Blessed Anne Catherine, lead us to the 

conclusion that Jesus was about 33 years old at the time of His Crucifixion. More specifically, Jesus completed 

33 years and 6 weeks of life from His Incarnation to His Crucifixion, (counting from His Birth it would be 32 

years and 19 weeks). If the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred in 

A.D.

 19, then the Incarnation would have 

occurred 33 years earlier, in 15 

B.C.

 But if the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred in 

A.D.

 30, then the 

Incarnation would have occurred 33 years earlier, in 4 

B.C.

 (By comparison, a date of 

A.D.

 33 for the 

Crucifixion would place the Incarnation and Birth of Jesus in 1 

B.C.

, a year which in no way fits the 

information on the Birth of Christ presented later this book.) 

    As chapter 4 relates in detail, the chronological information given by Blessed Anne Catherine confirms the 

year 15 

B.C.

 as the year of Christ's Birth. This supports the conclusion that the Crucifixion and Resurrection of 

Jesus Christ occurred in 

A.D.

 19. 

A Variation on the First Conclusion 

    The conclusion that Christ was crucified in 

A.D.

 19 does not necessarily depend on the idea that Christ died 

on April 7, exactly 6 weeks after the date Blessed Anne Catherine gives for the Incarnation (Feb. 25). We 

could consider every year within a range of dates approximately 33 years after the year of Christ's Incarnation 

and Birth (15 

B.C.

). Then, we can choose between the years in that range based on which years had a Nisan 14 

coinciding with a Friday. 

    The only year which fits the information given by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich for the year of Christ's 

Birth is 15 

B.C.

 (see chapter 4). If Christ was about 30 years old when He began His Ministry, and His Ministry 

lasted about 3  years, then the Crucifixion occurred about 33 years after the year of the Incarnation and Birth 

of Christ. Counting forward 33 years from 15 

B.C.

 brings us to 

A.D.

 19. A reasonable range of dates would be 

plus or minus 2 years, which allows for one year error in either direction for both the age of Christ and the 

length of His Ministry. The range of dates is then 

A.D.

 17 to 

A.D.

 21, inclusive. 

    The Jewish calendar adds a leap year, containing 13 months rather than the usual 12 months, every 2 or 3 

years, to prevent the Passover and the month of Nisan from occurring too early in the year (i.e. too long before 

the Spring Equinox). In ancient times, the decision to add a leap year (which adds the 13th month of AdarII 

just prior to Nisan) was also based partly on whether or not the crops were ready to be harvested and presented 

to God as the first fruits of the field.

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 In a typical year, the crops would be ready as early as mid to late March. 

However, if the weather was unfavorable, being too dry or too cold, and the Passover that year fell in mid to 

late March, then the crops would not be ready and a leap year would be declared (adding the month AdarII 

before Nisan). The addition of the leap month of AdarII would then delay the start of Nisan by one lunar 

month. In some cases, a delay of this kind in the start of the month of Nisan would affect whether or not Nisan 

14 will coincide with a Friday. 

    In 

A.D.

 21 and 

A.D.

 18, Nisan 14 could not have fallen on a Friday and the date for Passover is late enough 

to preclude a delay due to the addition of a leap year. In 

A.D.

 17, Nisan 14 would not have fallen on a Friday, 

unless the Passover and the month of Nisan were delayed due to immaturity of the crops and the start of the 

month of Nisan was determined by observation, rather than calculation (see Appendix I, Chart 1). This book, 

however, concludes that calculation, not observation, was used to determine the calendar months during this 

time period (see chapter 17). In 

A.D.

 20, the Passover would have fallen on a Friday, only if the Passover was 

not delayed and the months were determined by observation, or, if the Passover was delayed due to 

immaturity of the crops. Thus, even if we place the Crucifixion within a range of dates approximately 33 years 

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