1050

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.654. 

1051

 Tacitus, The Histories, Penguin Books, p. 192 206. See also: Tacitus, The Histories, Loeb Classical Library, 

3.67 86. 

1052

 Tacitus, The Histories, Penguin Books, p. 203, n. 1. 

1053

 Dec. 7 by observation method, Dec. 5 by calculation. This would assume that the month of Apelleus fell 

within Dec. that year. 

1054

 This date in the Jewish/Macedonian calendar is determined by calculation. 

1055

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, table 25, p. 58. 

1056

 Tacitus, The Histories, Penguin Books, p. 192 206. See also: Tacitus, The Histories, Loeb Classical Library, 

3.67 86. 

1057

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 4.656. 

1058

 See chapter 13, section 12, for a detailed discussion of this point. 

1059

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 4.656. 

1060

 Tacitus, The Histories, Penguin Books, p. 272. See also: Tacitus, The Histories, Loeb Classical Library, 4.81. 

1061

 Dio, Roman History, Volume VIII, Loeb Classical Library, 65.9.2a. 

1062

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.2. 

1063

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 4.658. 

1064

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 4.659 661. 

1065

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 4.662 663. See also: Macmillan Bible Atlas, map 265, p. 194. 

1066

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 4.663. 

1067

 Several different maps were compared to arrive at this conclusion. 

1068

 Tacitus, The Histories, Penguin Books, p. 279. See also: Tacitus, The Histories, Loeb Classical Library, 5.1. 

1069

 Tacitus, The Histories, Penguin Books, p. 279. See also: Tacitus, The Histories, Loeb Classical Library, 5.1.  

1070

 Tacitus, The Histories, Penguin Books, p. 279. See also: Tacitus, The Histories, Loeb Classical Library, 5.1. 

1071

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.47 49. 

1072

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.48. 

1073

 Tacitus, The Histories, Penguin Books, p. 279. See also: Tacitus, The Histories, Loeb Classical Library, 5.1. 

1074

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.98. 

1075

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.98 99. 

1076

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.54 97. 

1077

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.98. 

1078

 Dio, Roman History, Volume VIII, Loeb Classical Library, 65.4.1 4. 

1079

 Dio, Roman History, Volume VIII, Loeb Classical Library, 65.4.1. 

1080

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.47 97. 

1081

 This date for the Passover is by calculation; the date by observation would be only a day or two later. 

1082

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.2 98. 

1083

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.title. 

1084

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.2 98. 

1085

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.2 98. 

1086

 There would have been 30 days in the previous AdarI, delaying the start of Nisan one day, so as to prevent 

Nisan 15 (a day of rest) from coinciding with Friday, the Preparation Day of the Sabbath (a day of work). 

1087

 March 22, at 07:37 hours Jerusalem Standard Time, according to RedShift 3 astronomy software. 

1088

 Herod the great also waited until the end of winter before besieging Jerusalem. Josephus, The Antiquities of 

the Jews, 14.465. 

1089

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.24. The word `corn' is often used, in ancient writings, to refer to grain. 

There was no corn (maize) in the Middle East and Europe during this time frame because corn (maize) 

originated in the Americas. 

1090

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.98. 

1091

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.54 97. 

1092

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 5.302. 

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