594

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 18:89. 

595

 Pliny, Natural History, books I   II, ed. G. P. Goold, trans. H. Rackham, Pliny, Volume I, Loeb Classical 

Library, (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1991), 2.47. Pliny states that the spring 

weather opened the seas to travel beginning on Feb. 8. 

596

 Such trips were certainly made during wintertime as is clear from Josephus, where Petronius sent word to 

Rome, and Rome replied twice (by ship), all during the winter time. Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 2.199 203. 

597

 Eusebius,  The History of the Church, ed. Andrew Louth, trans. G. A. Williamson, (London, England: 

Penguin Books, 1989), 2.1.1, p. 35. 

598

 Finegan,  Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 635, p. 370. Josephus,  The Antiquities of the 

Jews, 19.351. 

599

 Finegan,  Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 635, p. 370. Josephus,  The Antiquities of the 

Jews, 19.351. 

600

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 19.350 351. 

601

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 19.284 285. 

602

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 19.287 291. 

603

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 19.287. 

604

 Dio, Roman History, Volume VII, Loeb Classical Library, 60.1.4 and 60.10.1. 

605

 Dio, Roman History, Volume VII, Loeb Classical Library, 60.10.1. 

606

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 19.274 275, 292. 

607

 Pliny, Natural History, 2.47. 

608

 The new moon was on Mar. 26 at 20:03 hours, placing Nisan 1 on March 27 by calculation, and Nisan 14 

on April 9. See Appendix I, Chart 1. New moon data from RedShift 3 software. 

609

 Nisan 1 began that year on March 27, so that Nisan 14 coincided with April 9. The new moon for Nisan 

was March 26 at 20:03 hours JST. New moon data from RedShift 3 software. 

610

 Saint Jerome,  Lives  of Illustrious Men, chapter 1, Christian Classics Ethereal Library, (Wheaton, Illinois: 

Wheaton College, 1998), CD ROM, . 

611

 Once the Sabbatical year ended, in mid September, they would have planted crops as soon as possible, 

because of their lack of food. Most ancient varieties of grains take 4 to 5 months to reach maturity. 

612

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 675, p. 391. 

613

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 674 678, p. 391 393. 

614

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 346. 

615

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 346 347. 

616

 Pliny, Natural History, 2.47. 

617

 Venerable Mary of Agreda,  A Popular Abridgement of The Mystical City of God, trans. Fiscar Marison, 

(Washington, New Jersey: Ave Maria Institute, 1978), p. 688. Venerable Mary is good source for devout 

meditation on heavenly things, but a very poor source for chronological information. Nevertheless, her 

conclusion that the Virgin Mary and John left for Ephesus before Paul arrived is based on sound reasoning. 

618

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 2.181 183; The Antiquities of the Jews, 20:351. 

619

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 2.184ff. 

620

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 352. 

621

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 20:351. 

622

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 635, p. 370 371. 

623

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 1. 

624

 Finegan,  Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 663 667, p. 384 386. Finegan quotes the 

Liberian Catalog (Catalogus Liberianus) and the Book of the Popes (Liber pontificalis), as well as Saint Jerome, Lives 

of Illustrious Men, chapter 1. 

625

 Finegan,  Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 663 667, p. 384 386. Finegan quotes the 

Liberian Catalog (Catalogus Liberianus) and the Book of the Popes (Liber pontificalis), as well as Saint Jerome. 

626

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 663, 666, p. 384 385. 

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