Part II: The Role of the Church, Roma Locuta Est Considers: Benepapism and the Munus vs. Ministerium (EpisodeV), Is the Culture of Death creating the Remnant: Part 1 Declining births and life expectancy, Roma Locuta Est Considers: Benepapism and the Munus vs. Ministerium (EpisodeIV), Roma Locuta Est Considers: Benepapism and the Munus vs. Ministerium (EpisodeIII), 10th Anniversary of Benedict XVIs Renunciation of the Papacy, A Rebuttal of Dr. Mazzas book on Pope Benedicts Resignation, Valid? !, The audience was rowdy now. We believe that the event referred to by Phlegon is the same event that is recorded in the New Testament. Jeremiah 9:23-24. And upon my servants indeed, and upon my handmaids will I pour out in those days of my spirit, and they shall prophesy. Historical Testimony I speak of the midday or Crucifixion darkness which the gospel accounts assert fell over the earth between noon and 3 pm. This one too is during the 202ndOlympiad, although in the first year, not the fourth. Is it accurate? Yet there has not been a good consensus among scholars about the exact date of the crucifixion. earthquake! "In the fourth year, however, of Olympiad 202, an eclipse of the sun happened, greater and more excellent than any that had happened before it; at the sixth hour, day turned into dark night, so that the stars were seen in the sky, and an earthquake in Bithynia toppled many buildings of the city of Nicaea." 196-7, College Press Publishing Company, 1996., 4 Tertullian, Apologeticus, Chapter 21, 19 cited in Bouw, G. D. (1998, Spring). It was calculated in four-year intervals. The diagram below will help to clarify this. Are you positive in regards to the source? Last month: Next month: new 18:49 33/01/19 UTC : 1: 33-01-20/21: Noumenia kata Selene : 2: 33-01-21/22: Agathos Daimon : 3: 33-01-22/23: Athene : 4: 33- . So the daylight part of a day (or any part thereof) is an onah and the evening is an onah and the entire dark period of the night is also an onah. I wonder too, hypothetically, what might a natural cause include. Thesestatements reveal several key things: 1. Now before the accusations fly about me ascribing random astronomical events to this writing, consider this: these are the only two solar eclipses that occur within the time frame reference by Phlegon, and from 20-40AD there are only 3 other eclipses that could even possibly have been seen by Rome or the Persian Gulf; one in 20AD and the other two occur after 36AD. Rome had a Jewish community, and it is probable that word of the darkness would have reached and been known within it. Passover occurred on either Nisan 14 or 15 about two weeks after the New Moon. Then from Saturday evening after sunset till early in the morning on Sunday was a portion of a 24 hour cycle so it also counted as a day and a night, even though Jesus apparently resurrected before Sunrise. On this basis the Fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad would commence in July A.D.32 and finish in June A.D.33. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. This is the first of the gospels, written some time between38 and 45 A.D. Also, word of it would have spread from Jerusalem to Jewish communities in Rome and throughout the empire. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea. Key to this text though, is that it has never been found in an original form. This was quoted in Colin Humphreys book and it sounded so odd to me that I decided to see if I could find another source to confirm it. The San Andreas fault is 800 miles long, running along the California coast; Israel and Turkey sit onyou guess ita major fault line! In light of themassobservation and notoriety of a three hour darkness, it would not have made any sense for the Apostlesin preaching or writing about the truth of Christ to believers and nonbelievers aliketo have mentioned this darkness if it had notreallyhappened. The Bible is indeed confirmed by science, archaeology and history. On the subject of unusually long eclipses of the sun, Pliny states the following: Eclipses of the sun also take place which are portentous and unusually long,such asoccurred when Csar the Dictator was slain, and in the war against Antony, the sun remained dim for almost a whole year(Pliny the Elder,Natural History,II, 30) [Italics added]. But what has an eclipse in common with an earthquake, the rending rocks, and the resurrection of the dead, and so great a perturbation throughout the universe? The young minister was painfully uncomfortable standing in front of a largely secular group of college students. source:http://www.numachi.com/~ccount/hmepa/calendars/202.html. What miracles!!? I will not go through all the information in Colin Humphrey's book but I will try to summarize the evidence as I see it. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This is a text widget. 9 Of course, they only thought an eclipse had occurred. An earthquake occurred in Bythinia and overthrew a great part of the city of Nica. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come. For the Hebrews celebrate the passover on the 14th day according to the moon, and the passion of our Saviour fails on the day before the passover; but an eclipse of the sun takes place only when the moon comes under the sun. (Julius Africanus, Chronography, 18.1) [4]. 27:39-40, Matt. The above said, the skeptics objection appears strongest when they allege thatPliny the Elder an ancient Roman writer who penned a natural historywould surely have have mentioned the Crucifixion darkness. If we know the day of the week that the crucifixion took place on, this can be used to rule out a number of the possible years (in the range from AD 26 to AD 36). On the Circumstances Connected with Our Saviours Passion and His Life-Giving Resurrection, The Wheels of the Formal Correction turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. One day it occurred to me that there were physical events that were extraordinary that WOULD most likely be preserved in historyand here are some very awesome references. However, if the crucifixion were on a Wednesday or Thursday this does not seem to fit the proper timing in the Jewish Passover week. Thus, a solar eclipse, which happens when the moon passes between the earth and sun cannot be a valid explanation for the Crucifixion darkness. Updated May 2013 Tradition informs us that Marks gospel derives directly from Peters oral preaching in Rome (seehere). All Rights Reserved. This darkness Thallus, in the third book of his History, calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of the sun. Thank you, Ive just been looking for information about this This information was considered reliable at the time because Origen (in 248 CE) quoted it to refute Celsus (Against Celsus II:14,33,59), a Greek philosopher very critical of Christianity but familiar with history. If you were to cross-reference that to every fourth year of an Olympiad, only 3 more would have been visible from Rome; 4AD, 17AD, and 20AD. Those who were not aware that this had been predicted about Christ, no doubt thought it an eclipse. This is especially significant I think because no other significant earthquakes turned up in Israel for the entire range of years from 25 to 35 AD. ? someone heckled from the back row. The skeptics objection is an argument from silencethat other writerswouldhave said something if the darkness had really happened. Felix Jacoby. He quotes Phlegon as stating it was the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, conflicting with Africanus who quotes Phlegon as stating it was the 2nd year; He asserts this occurred at the Passover both in the 18th year of Tiberius (spring 32AD) and in Olympiad 202.4 (spring 33AD); The 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad is from July 32 to June 33 CE, which confirms the date of 3 April 33 CE. Next, let us consider the argument with regard to theGospel of Mark. This would include the April 33 AD date I have used above for the crucifixion. At Fatima, the miracle was localized though still within many miles of the town. Little is known about Phlegon, but he made reference to Christ. One of the geological sources is from a British scientific conference in 1853 and the other is from 1985, from a geological conference in Japan. Note that I am oversimplifying a number of calendar complications that are worked out in Humphrey's book. How could the science not possibly confirm this level of coincidence? 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, in the 18th year of Tiberius. 12:40 mention three nights. Suffice it to say that the Jewish Sabbath was on Saturday and remember that the Jews considered a 24 hour day cycle to begin at sunset in the evening. [The word Christ in Hebrew is Messiah.] Christ bore our sins so that if we just turn to God through Christ and humble ourselves and repent we receive Gods forgiveness for all of our sins!! Phlegon had specifically stated in his Olympiades: "In the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, there was a great eclipse of the Sun, greater than had ever been known before, for at the 6th hour the day was changed into night and the stars were seen in the heavens.". This blatantly religious appeal seemed odd and out of place. When they could see the new crescent Moon in the evening (only visible for a short time in the early evening) they would send runners to announce that the new month had begun. Let us, briefly, consider the case for the historicity of this event by first quoting the relevant gospel accounts. Last month: Next month: new 11:37 32/06/26 UTC : 1: 32-06-27/28: Noumenia kata Selene : 2: 32-06-28/29: Agathos Daimon : 3: 32-06-29/30: Athene : 4: 32- . The fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad was in 33 A.D.!!! However, these are all unlikely candidates as their timing is off from the Olympiad calendar. I would not always agree with him on some interpretational points but he does well in analyzing the crucifixion date question. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things were overturned in Nicaea." Jesus was thus the true final Passover Lamb and he died at the time the passover lambs was normally sacrificed. He inadvertently dated the darkness at noon on the day of Crucifixion in his work, The Olympiades. Ancient writers sometimes describe their Olympiads as lasting five years but do so by counting inclusively; in fact each comprised a four year period. GO TO Mobile Home, http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2000-May/011873.html, http://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/newton.html, http://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2004/daniel.html, http://www.neverthirsty.org/pp/historical-secular-quotes-about-jesus/phlegon.html, http://www.ichthus.info/CaseForChrist/Archeology/intro.html. From this brief statement, the skeptic wants to declare victory and go home. The onah concept applies to part "days" and whole "days" so that they counted the same. If your sunset occurs later than sunset in Athens, the event may occur on . Is there historical evidence for the darkness & earthquake at the crucifixion? While the actual words used by Thallus no longer survive, the response of Africanus (below) give us a sense of what he must have said: As to His (i.e., Jesus Christ) works severally, and His cures effected upon body and soul, and the mysteries of His doctrine, and the resurrection from the dead, these have been most authoritatively set forth by His disciples and apostles before us. In the Jewish calendar, the first month of a new year was called Nisan. Pliny tells us from the outset that unusually long eclipses areportentous. As a Roman noble, it is not remarkable that Pliny selected two examples which were portentous with respect to the history of Rome, i.e., the eclipses at the times of Caesars death and the war against Antony. TheActs of the Apostlesrecounts Peters words on Pentecost. The ancient Olympic Games were held every four years for almost 1,100 years. The audience was quieter now and gave the speakers the respectful hearing that they deserved. This is writing from an early Christian apologist named Jerome. Now you may be asking yourself, why is this even relevant? Nisan was the month the Passover was celebrated, a very important time for the Jews commemorating their deliverance out of slavery in Egypt. An earthquake occurred in Bythinia and overthrew a great part of the city of Nica. Astronomical calculation will help with this, but we first need to answer the day of the week question. Even if the darkness had not been seen throughout the whole empire, word of it would have spread to Rome as the center of government and commerce. [3]. source:http://earthquaketrack.com/il-06-jerusalem/recent. Bugnolan Conclave in surprise move, elects Bergoglio! He stated that in the 19th year of Tiberius and the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad (i.e., AD 33), a large eclipse occurred which turned day to night around the sixth hour (noon), and an earthquake destroyed many houses in the city of Nicaea. 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad. Jerusalem is another place where we might have expected there to be records of the events of Matthew 27, and to hope that individual residents of Jerusalemcontemporaneous to the eventsmight have commented on these wondrous happenings in personal records, etc. On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness; and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down. (LogOut/ He asks for your prayers for his intentions. There is more historical evidence to support the three hour period of darkness, and therefore of the Crucifixion, in 33 AD than almost any other ancient event in history! You can use a text widget to display text, links, images, HTML, or a combination of these. Other works ascribed to Phlegon in the Suda are a description of Sicily, a work on the Roman festivals in three books, and a topography of Rome: Origen of Alexandria (182-254 AD), in Against Celsus (Book II, Chap. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. It even mentions buildings collapsing in Nicea, which would be over 1,000 miles Northwest from Jerusalem by land. this objectionis something of a fallacious argument. In Phlegon's Olympiades we are told it happened in the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad which is AD 33. I will also point out that the Roman historian Thallius also recorded these events. opif. The dramatic story recorded above is fictional but the facts presented, namely Bible prophecy, Phlegon and Thallius writings, etc., are very true. There are a variety of opinions on this question. The earthquake on the other hand was a natural process miraculously timed to occur at the crucifixion. This comes from how Jewish scholars would interpret passages such as in Jonah where Jonah was in the belly of the fish for 3 days and also in Esther where Esther prayed and fasted for 3 days when she went to speak with King Xerxes. So I found another source of this very quote from the same Rabbi in an old commentary from the 1600's from English Scholar John Lightfoot [2]. To me it seems the place to start with deduction from all the available information is with John the Baptist. 1 Maier, Paul. And I will shew wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood and fire, and vapour of smoke. Second, though the Passover week celebrations of the Jews are well understood, no written records exist regarding the calendar and New Moon from the time of Christ, as the Jews used them. 27:63, Mark 8:31, Mark 9:31, Mark 10:33-34, and John 2:19. Steven OReilly is a graduate of the University of Dallas and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad I believe would include some of the same year as the 203rd Olympiad but the new Olympiad did not start till the Olympics event took place in the Summer. Thus, in their mindset, Jesus could say "three days and three nights" and the Jews would not have understood that this had to be a full 72 hours. He takes the Bible at face value rather than questioning the details in Scripture in some way, which I believe is the right approach. Thankfully we have a more detailed fragment from Phlegon's Olympiades: We know from the Bible that on the day of Crucifixion the Sun was darkened for three hours, and there was a great earthquake. The second quote is recorded by Philopon. Here, the skeptics case isseeminglymore plausible on first glance. The sun was darkened during Christs death from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. So, it is possible, if not probable, that Jesus was born on 31st March, 4BCE certainly in that March anyhow. Unfortunately, no one of those three pairs, that is, recorded event vs. eclipse, is a perfect fit or a harmonious pair. In fact, PlinysNatural Historyincludes a chapter entitled Of Unusual Long Eclipses of the Sun. Therefore, it seems atfirst glancethatthe skeptic is on to something when he points out that a three hour long darkness is nowhere to be found in this chapter. An earthquake occurred in Bythinia and overthrew a great part of the city of Nicaea" Are you sure that you will enter heaven to be with God in the afterlife? One such quotation is as follows, "In the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad, there was a great eclipse of the Sun, greater than had ever been known before, for at the sixth hour the day was changed into night, and the stars were seen in the heavens. Christ still changes lives like he did in the first century. It is impossible to have the Moon block the Sun at Full Moon, which is when Passover took place. The difficulty in this is that it mentions three nights as well as three days. One of the strengths of Humphrey's book is the way it clarifies calendar issues and the way the Jews counted months, days, and nights. Thepoint is that thedestruction of the discovered earthquake had to be catastrophic in order to destroy buildings there, which leads to the conclusion that the big one that hit Jerusalem also hit Turkey along the fault line at the same time. In the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad (i.e., AD 33), there was 'the greatest eclipse of the sun' and that it became night in the sixth hour of the day [i.e., noon] so that stars even appeared in the heavens. Modern science validates the sources Phlegon used for compiling his writings and also validates the transcribers who referenced the material several hundred years later. Some events regarding the life of Christ and the life of Paul the Apostle, which are mentioned in the New Testament can be dated. Archeological study of artifacts or buried structures is helpful but archeologists would often consider an ancient written source to be more important than an artifact because you need to know something to give the artifact a context. (LogOut/ We also know from the New Testament that at that time Caiaphas was the Jewish High Priest (Caiaphas is mentioned in Jewish writings) and Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea. Moon phase and solar year events are shown on the day in Athens. 776 BC = Olympiad 1, not 0. The 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad was 32-33AD: HMEPA Hellenic Month Established Per Athens The 202nd Olympiad Last Olympiad Next Olympiad Last Olympiad source: http://www.numachi.com/~ccount/hmepa/calendars/202.html Modern context of the calendar of ancient Olympics would put the 4 th year of the 202 nd Olympiad at July 32-33AD. You yourselves have the account of the world-portent still in your archives. (Tertullian, Apologia 21) (Emphasis added). Bursa is approximately 600 miles from Jerusalem. Just for reference, Nicea is in western Turkey, approximately where the city of Bursa is. According to NASA, there WAS an actual solar eclipse in the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCSEmap/0001-0100/33-09-12.gif. Why would the Apostles allude to a darkness their hearers and readersknewdid not happen? He was, therefore, about 4 years old at the turn from BCE to CE. Thus says the LORD, Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me . Thus the darkening of the sky at the crucifixion is very extraordinary. Africanus refutes the attempt of Thallus to explain away this darkness as being a regular solar eclipse. Zero as a mathematical number in the Greco-Roman world was a later invention. Created With Love By Bright Mark Media LLC. Modern context of the calendar of ancient Olympics would put the 4th year of the 202nd Olympiad at July 32-33AD. In chapter 28, Matthew provides an accountprobably sourced to either one of the guards and or a Jewish elderof how the guards were bribed, and the lie was spread that the disciples had stolen the body of Jesus (cf Matthew 28:1-15). "In the fourth year, however, of Olympiad 202, an eclipse of the sun happened, greater and more excellent than any that had happened before it; at the sixth hour, day turned into dark night, so that the stars were seen in the sky, and an earthquake in Bithynia toppled many buildings of the city of Nicaea." Pliny then proceeds and gives only two examples. ", Africanus quoted a section of Phlegon's work as follows: "During the time of Tiberius Csar an eclipse of the sun occurred during the Full Moon.". We believe that the period of darkness referred to by Phlegon is the same period of darkness referred to in the New Testament, since the event is unique. . AD 33 is too early for his crucifixion, surely. In fact, it is also quite impossible for a solar eclipse to last for 3 hours. April 13, 2017 (Steven OReilly) Good Friday approaches. We have already cited the Acts of the Apostles, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Tertullian, Africanus, the 1st century historian Thallus, and the 2nd century historian, Phlegon, and these sufficiently demonstrate the historicity of the Crucifixion darkness. Having provided an argument for the historicity of a three hour darkness based on historical sources and reason, we may now address the objection made to it by skeptics, which may be stated as follows. He was smartly dressed, flamboyant and gregarious. These aspects of the problem are critical and it shows the Jewish mindset about the calendar and counting days was quite different than our modern mindset. This is what Colin Humphrey's does well in his book, considering a variety of types of information. Phlegon of Tralles, a Greek historian who lived in the second century, has been referenced by Christian apologists for over a thousand years now as confirmation of the events surrounding the Crucifixion. The fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad was in 33 A.D.!!! II 21 [2], Phlegon records that, in the time of Tiberius Csar, at full moon, there was a full eclipse of the sun from the sixth hour to the ninth manifestly that one of which we speak. It corresponds approximately to April in our modern Gregorian calendar. Does this necessarily mean that Phlegon was referencing the seismic activity, if you dare to call it that, that occurred during the Crucifixion in the Gospel accounts? mund. 2. The Crucifixion darknesswould have been observable to many hundreds of thousands of peopleif not millions. Though it is almost impossible to deny that this strange event truly happened, on the same day our Lord died on the Cross, I strived for years to find a natural astronomical explanation about it but in vain. An unknown, massive astronomical body passing through the solar system or on long period orbit, transiting between the earth and sun? Those who heard Peter preach in Rome would have previously known about this darkness in several ways, including: (1) having witnessed it firsthand in Rome if it had been a universal darkness; (2) hearing of it from travelers to Rome; and or (3) through letters or official reports received from the provinces, the latter of which were kept in the Roman archives. On this day, Christians recall especially that part of the Creed in which we affirm of Jesus Christ: for our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered, died and was buried. These things we affirm to be historical facts. In the verses above, Peter cites a scripture which speaks of various signs which God did by Him, inclusive of thesun being darkenedand the moon turning red. Dont believe me? The terms "day" and "night" sort of overlapped in their way of thinking. (LogOut/ Since Passover took place in the Spring before the Olympics, I think the fourth year of the 202nd Olympiad would be Summer 32 AD to Summer 33 AD. It cannot be denied that Pliny the Elder wrote on topics like eclipses of the sun. The dates of the Olympic Games, recorded in Phlegon's Olympiad In ancient Greece the Olympic Games were held in the July of the first year of each Olympiad, which was a 4 year period running from July to June of each succeeding year. But consider how do we know anything about history? Only the Nov. 24, AD 29 eclipse over Asia Minor can match that, and Joel's prophecy (Acts 2, 14-21) that ``the sun will be turned to darkness and moon to blood." Well, Phlegon does mention this guy named Jesus. 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