THE DAY YESHUA HAMESHIACH (Jesus Christ) WAS CRUCIFIED AND DIED

 

This is NOT my opinion. THIS is proof.

The Day Yeshua HaMashiach Was Crucified, Died, and Rose Again

When we look at the crucifixion of Yeshua, the Bible itself gives us the clearest picture. The Gospels all agree that from the sixth hour until the ninth, which is about noon to three in the afternoon, darkness covered the land. At the ninth hour Yeshua cried out, gave up His spirit, and in that exact moment the veil in the Temple tore from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split, and even tombs opened. That earthquake was so real that the Roman centurion, a hardened soldier, declared, “Truly this was the Son of God.” That is what Scripture tells us, and it is already enough, but when we look deeper we see that heaven and earth themselves, and even the rabbis in later writings, all bore witness to the same day.

The Hebrew calendar fixes this to the fourteenth day of Nisan, the very day the Passover lambs were killed according to the Torah in Exodus 12. That day began at sundown and carried through until the next sundown, and Yeshua was crucified and died in the daylight portion of it, in mid-afternoon, right as the lambs were being slain for the feast. The timing is no accident. He is the Lamb of God, and His death fulfilled the Torah to the very hour.

Now the earthquake—this is not just a story. Geologists digging in the Dead Sea basin have found sediment records that show a real quake struck between 26 and 36 AD. That is the very decade of Pontius Pilate, the very decade of Yeshua’s crucifixion. The land of Israel itself shook and recorded the moment. And the sky agreed with it. Astronomers reconstructing the Jewish calendar show that Nisan 14 fell on a Wednesday in AD 31. That Wednesday aligns perfectly with the literal “three days and three nights” Yeshua prophesied. That evening, after sunset, Yeshua was buried. He remained in the tomb Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, rising early Sunday morning. Peter later quoted Joel in Acts 2:20: “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.” Imagine it; darkness at noon on Wednesday, and the moon rising that evening in a blood-red eclipse over Jerusalem.

But what really makes this remarkable is that the Jewish writings themselves, the Mishnah and Talmud, speak of strange signs beginning exactly in that same year range. In Yoma 39b, it is written that for forty years before the destruction of the Temple, which was in 70 AD, four things changed. The lot for the Lord never came up in the High Priest’s right hand anymore. The crimson strap tied at Yom Kippur never turned white again. The western lamp of the menorah refused to stay burning. And the great doors of the Temple opened by themselves. Over and over again those doors swung open until Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai rebuked them and said, “Temple, Temple, why do you open yourself? I know you are destined for destruction, as the prophet Zechariah said.” That was no casual statement. He was thinking of Zechariah 11:1, “Open your doors, O Lebanon, that fire may devour your cedars.” The rabbis knew that was a prophecy of judgment on the House of God, and they admitted the doors themselves were crying out the warning.

Do you see how perfectly this aligns? The veil tore from the top, the earthquake shook the ground, the sun went dark, the moon turned blood red, and from that year on the Temple gave no more witness of God’s approval. Even the scarlet thread would not turn white any longer. The menorah lamp would not burn. The doors of the House opened as if the Holy One Himself had departed. The very things recorded in rabbinic tradition line up with what the Gospels say happened that day.

Now, why do so many churches claim Yeshua was crucified on Friday and rose early Sunday morning? That tradition grew largely from attempts to align the crucifixion with a simple “Good Friday” and Easter Sunday formula. But the Bible is clear: Yeshua said He would be in the tomb three days and three nights (Matthew 12:40). Friday afternoon to Sunday morning is not three full days and three nights; it is one full day and part of two nights. That timing does not fulfill His prophecy. It is a false belief. The actual timeline shows a Wednesday crucifixion, burial that evening, three full days and nights in the tomb, and resurrection early Sunday morning, exactly as Scripture, the Torah, and prophecy confirm.

So when did it happen? The Bible, the earth, the heavens, and even the rabbis all say the same thing. Yeshua died on the 14th of Nisan, in the year we would call 31 AD, on a Wednesday afternoon around three o’clock, which on the Hebrew calendar was about the ninth hour of that day. In Hebrew time, it was 14 Nisan, year 3791 Anno Mundi. In our civil calendar, it was Wednesday, April 27, 31 Anno Domini, about 3 pm in the afternoon. At that moment, the curtain tore from top to bottom, the earthquake struck, the doors of the Temple were left to open by themselves, and the whole created order testified that the Lamb of God had been slain. 

And on the third day, very early Sunday morning, Yeshua rose from the dead, just as He said He would. The tomb could not hold Him. He conquered death, fulfilled the Passover lamb typology, and inaugurated the new covenant. The resurrection confirmed everything Scripture promised, showing the power of the Holy One and the fulfillment of prophecy, down to the hour.

 Matt 28:2: “And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.”