Alternative Dates

There may have been a sun miracle to begin John the Baptist's ministry. In 29 AD "Empeor Guangwu of Han, 5th year of the Jianwu reign period. A guest star trespassed against YUZUO extremely closely." East Asian Archaeology, p.130. Yuzuo is the imperial throne. A sun miracle then would be seen as a threat to the imperial throne, an occassion for a revolution. Guangwu became emperor in 25 AD and from 27 AD to 36 AD - the period looked at here - he waged war with various warlords. So he would be sensitive to a sign from heaven that could cause rebellion against him. Such as this one very nearly did.

John 1:5 "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe."

Possibly the beginning of Jesus' ministry was the passover on the lunar eclipse April 25 31 AD. More likely the passover was March 27 31 AD and a second month of Adar was added the following year making the passover in 32 AD on April 14. Perhaps that March 27 passover night the sun and moon stood still for 12 or 36 hours and earth flowed out of a reverse orbit of the sun. Then there may have been a sun miracle six months earlier at the feast of tabernacles Saturday September 30 30 AD to March 27 31 AD, and this be the sun miracle in China in 30 AD rather than 29 AD. A long night of 36 more hours on the passover and some may have understood this could be the three days, 3 X 12 hours. The passover at the lunar eclipse the night Jesus' was crucified may have been the same 36 more hours long. Then this +36 hours may have been understood at the time, March 27 31 AD to mean this three days. Then the sun would flow out of the reverse orbit of September 30 30 AD - March 27 31 AD. Then we have one stand alone winter reverse orbit to account for one of two missing 30 minutes for the one hour of darkness when Jesus was on the cross.

John 2:18 "Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
2:22 "When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did."

Then Jesus fasted three sets of 40 days for 120 days fasting like Moses from the third month seventh day, June 16, to the day of Atonement, Saturday September 15 31 AD. The jubile may have been counted from 520 BC at the return of the Captivity. Thus September/October 31 AD would be the jubile because there is no year 0. This could be when Jesus stood up to read from Isaiah 61 in Nazareth in Luke 4. Then a few days later he left for Capernaum just near the entrance of the River Jordan into the sea of Galilee. Then in September/October 31 AD:

Matthew 4:14 "That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Possibly this is Sunday September 16 31 AD and a sudden sunrise after the sunset that Saturday Sabbath jubile September 15 31 AD. Or this could be at the feast of tabernacles and be Friday night September 19 and the sun suddenly set then rose in the east. Peter would find himself fishing on the Sabbath! Then that sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue at Capernaum. The sun miracle may have occurred about September 17 31 AD. Then the sun would need to be sevenfold in brightness travelling west to leave the same daily coral line. Then this brilliant sudden sunrise could be very like the sun miracle of the sudden sunrise of Gideon September 1 1238 BC. These verses in Matthew 4:14 then would describe the sudden sunrise before Gideon returned in victory as prophesied in Isaiah 9. This could be the second of two half winter orbits. Two stand alone winter half orbits without summer reverse orbits would give 30 minutes and 30 minutes = 60 minutes missing time to be countered by the hour of darkness when Jesus was on the cross. However, this year appears to have both a summer and a winter reverse orbit. So one more stand alone winter half reverse orbit would need to occur before or after these years. This may be the return of the sun on the night after the end of the month of easter in 34 AD.
Gideon's war was won before the sun rose. Jesus won the war over death and was resurrected before the sun rose. The real light is Jesus' life and example. Sunday September 16 31 AD could be when Jesus called Andrew and Peter on a work day when they were fishing:

Matthew 4:18 "And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him."

Mark 1:21 "And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught."

2 Peter 1:19 "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

The next sun miracle may be on the feast of Purim on the 14th of the second month of Adar or on the passover on the 14th of Nisan. The second month of Adar may have been added in 32 AD or 33 AD. When there was a second month of Adar, Purim was held on the second month. Then this would be 179 days after a sun miracle at the September 16 31 AD. Then the day of the jubile may have been Saturday September 15 31 AD. Then this feast day of Purim could be February 15 32 AD and passover March 17 32 AD 179 days later and earth flow out of the reverse orbit of the sun. The sun could move to the other side of the earth and back. There could be a long day/night of 12 more hours then a short day/night of -12 hours. So if the earth flowed out of a reverse orbit of the sun after sunset, then 12 more hours of night, then a sudden sunrise in the east and no one would be the wiser. 179 days 6 hours from noon September 17 is 6 PM March 15 32 AD. 32 AD is leap year. And possibly the passover be April 14 32 AD. Probably the passover was March 17 32 AD. Perhaps there was healing in Old Testament times from sun miracles. The verses that say an angel troubled the water were added by later scribes and do not appear in the codex sinaiticus.

John 5:1 "After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."
John 5:8 "Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk."

Joh 5:14 "Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee."

Jesus may have healed the man on March 15 32 AD on the sabbath. Then the sun must return March 15 and there be a short day/night or long day/night and earth flow out of the reverse orbit of the sun. Then the sun again move to the other side of the earth perhaps on the passover March 17 32 AD and there be a short day/night or long day/night. Then the sun must return 186 days later perhaps Saturday September 20 32 AD from March 17 32 AD. Or September 17 from March 15 32 AD.
The last day of the feast of tabernacles in September 17 32 AD is called the great day of the feast, the 21st of the lunar month, and is one year after the first sun miracle September 16 31 AD. The sun may return a few days after the September 17 date if it moved to the other side of the earth a few days after March 15 32 AD. There would need to be a sun miracle also on October 7 32 AD, perhaps a sunset followed by a sunrise. Then the sun must stand still for 36 hours at the lunar eclipse April 3 33 AD 179 days later. Then there would need to be a sun miracle on the fifteenth day of the lunar month at the lunar eclipse October 7 32 AD and earth flow into a reverse orbit of the sun to April 3 33 AD and earth flow out of the reverse orbit of the sun.

Perhaps September 17 32 AD:

John 7:37 "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
7:40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

Perhaps Saturday September 20 32 AD:

John 8:12 "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 7:51 is followed immediately by John 8:12 in the codex sinaiticus. Then perhaps the sun returned the next day on the sabbath September 20 32 AD, and spoke these words while the sun stood still for 12 or 36 hours. The first day of the seventh lunar month may have started a day or more late because clouds may have obscurred the new moon. Or the long day was so long it spanned a few days. Then perhaps on the same day on the sabbath:

John 9:1 "And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
9:3 "Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

John 7 - 9 may have been one very long day, 48 hours of daylight. If there was -12 hours September 17 31 AD, +12 hours March 15 32 AD and then -12 hours March 15 32 AD there should be 60 hours of daylight September 17 32 AD for the year to add up to a net of +48 hours long days. If the second half reverse orbit started 6 AM March 17 the sun must flow out of the reverse orbit of the sun 186 days 10 hours later 4 PM September 20 on the sabbath. Perhaps the sun stood still for 60 hours at the 4 PM position. The Koreans have a festival Chu Suk meaning big center from a book written in 32 AD by Kim Bu Sik. It is a festival of the night that lasts three days that falls about August 15.

There must be a sun miracle a few weeks later at the lunar eclipse October 7 32 AD which occurred at sunset.
It was about this day in the middle of the month of Bul in 1033 BC that the first temple was finished. The sun must suddenly rise after sunset October 7 32 AD in any case.

1 Kings 6:38 "And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it."

Perhaps Wednesday October 8, after the sun had set, the sun rose in the east at sevenfold brightness immediately. The brightness with the sun at sevenfold at sunrise October 8 32 AD, best I can determine, may have blinded some if they stared at the sun. However, his disciples were looking to Jesus not the sun.

An example of how half orbits work may be seen in the 179 days between a lunar eclipse on the first day of the feast of tabernacles and the following passover. Two of these half orbits adds up to about one hour of net missing time. There were lunar eclipses October 19 31 AD and April 14 32 AD, October 7 32 AD and April 3 33 AD. It takes the sun 52 minutes to revolve around the earth at the speed of light. The sun would become dark. If it took one hour, the sun would travel at 80% of the speed of light and there would be a 60% time difference. 60% of 52 minutes is 30 minutes missing time. Then the sun would be darkened about 60%. I saw a 40% solar eclipse several years ago. The daylight seemed 100% normal. 30 minutes missing time on earth against 30 minutes missing time on the sun. Thus there could be no net missing time. However, the sun would not become darkened at all. Far more likely, the sun travelled 99% the speed of light and the sun was totally darkened. CERN has accelerated neutrinos faster than the speed of light. Thus it is not impossible for God to move the sun at the speed of light without major consequences. Then this took 52 minutes. Then the difference between 30 minutes and 30 minutes, 60 minutes, missing time from the two half reverse orbits is 8 minutes. The sun must travel the speed of light for 60 minutes. Then if the sun travelled west 360° in 60 minutes, it must travel an additional 1/24 or 15° west to be in the 1PM position one hour later. Now, if the sun continued at the speed of light for 3/24, 45°, for three hours worth of earth's rotation, the sun could travel at the speed of light for 60 minutes. Then there would be no net missing time and there would only be three hours left till sunset. Thus the sun would be darkened from noon for one hour and appear at the 3PM position. Then an observer would say the darkness was so great it seemed like three hours and there also were only three hours left in the day as if the sun were darkened from noon till 3PM. The sixth hour is the sixth hour since sunrise, 12PM, and the ninth hour is the ninth hour since sinrise, 3PM.

Matthew 27:45 "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour."

This may describe one complete hour of darkness at noon April 3 33 AD. One hour of missing time to counter one hour of elapsed time in darkness. This leaves no net missing time.

Moreover, at 6:20 PM when the moon rose that night there was a lunar eclipse of the moon. Perhaps the sun moved with earth's rotation 180° and earth flowed out of the winter half reverse orbit at the time of the lunar eclipse. The moon was at the horizon, thus the moon may have been red like blood only hours after Jesus' crucifixion. Thus also the sun and moon should stand still in the sky for 12 hours. The setting sun would be over the Americas where there were no written records. And records of the lunar eclipse to start and end the reverse orbit, exactly half an orbit apart, would not divulge the fact the lunar eclipse lasted more than 12 hours rather than one hour.

Then the sun must travel east. Then also, if the sun (and moon) travelled east the same 45° it travelled west past 360° the sun would be right back were it was originally. And there would be no net missing time. This would mean the sun and moon would stand still in the Americas and Israel for 15 hours instead of 12 hours. This would also mean there were 12 more hours to Jesus' resurrection. Then there had to be more than 48 hours from Jesus' crucifixion at noon Friday to early morning Sunday. Thus also in the proper way we speak of 24 hours in a day/night Jesus must have rose after 48 hours on the third day. Also, there is the possibility the sun and moon revolved around the earth one and a half times, 36 hours, and the lunar eclipse lasted 36 hours, and earth flowed out of the reverse orbit of the sun.
In a letter from Pontius Pilate to Tiberius he stated: "And the moon, which was like blood, did not shine all night long, although it was at the full, and the stars and Orion made lamentation over the Jews, because of the transgression committed by them."

Then Jesus' resurrection would be after three times 24 hours, 72 hours, after - three whole days from noon Friday to midnight Saturday.

Matthew 12:40 "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

John 2:19 "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

Acts 2:19 "And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Acts 2:37 "Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

Acts 2:42 "And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers."

Hoseah 6, Malachi 4:2 and Isaiah 30:26 connect the sun with healing. There is the possibility the sun rose for a short bright day on the day of the resurrection Sunday, that being the "great and notable day".

Isaiah 30:26 "Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound."

The moon would be visible at the same time as the sun that Sunday morning. The model above of Joshua's long day and Gideon's night, then the moon stood still as bright as the sun for 36 hours because the sun was sevenfold on the other side of the earth, night then Gideon's sunrise are very similar. Particularily, the red sun that rose for a short day after Gideon returned could be like the resurrection morning.

The sabbath ended at sunset. Then perhaps the sun rose soon after sunset:

Psalm 50:1 "The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof."
Psa 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined."

Matthew 28:1 "In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre."

"began to dawn" in the Greek means to begin to grow light from a root meaning to illuminate. That sunrise may not have been like a normal sunrise. The sun may have been bright, so that even though the sunrise may have been sudden, there would have been also a bright twilight before the sunrise. Moreover, the end of the sabbath was Saturday at sunset. Then the account in Pilate's letter to Tiberius may be correct in stating the sun came out at the third hour of the night. A short day may occur 12 hours early to fit the calendar. Also, Gideon's short day when the sun suddenly rose may occur right while the moon was 12 or 36 hours later still in the 10 PM position. Then the sun would suddenly rise to the noon position from the midnight position. Likewise, at the sudden sunrise at 8 PM at the end of the sabbath the sun would suddenly rise to the 8 AM position Sunday morning April 5 33 AD. Then the time of Jesus' resurrection may have occurred at the beginning of the second watch, just like Gideon attacked at the beginning of the second watch. The sun would appear to rise through the zodiac through the year in the reverse orbit. If the zodiac was pictured as the sky, the sun would rise in spring in the east like the sun rises each day that year. In our normal zodiac the sun does not rise but falls further and further back.

Isaiah 53:11 "Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light, and find satisfaction."

Isaiah 62:1 "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth."

Mark 16:2 "And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun."

The Greek word for up-rising is alternatively used for the passover. The sun suddenly rising up would be very symbolic of up-rising = the resurrection. This month was called the beginning of months of the Exodus. This also was the beginning of the New Testament marked by the sun rising through the zodiac from this day. This was called Easter, the rising of the sun in the sky after the spring equinox. The vernal equinox began on the new moon March 21, 33 AD. Thus by the resurrection April 5 33 AD, the sun was rising higher and the days lengthening.
Moreover, if the sun travelled west 180° 9 PM Saturday April 4 33 AD the sun would rise suddenly to the 9 AM position Sunday April 5 33 AD, completing the 180°. Then the rest of Sunday from the 9 AM position on would be a normal day. Then the sun must return 186 days 10 hours later - half an orbit later, the sun rose at 6 PM October 9 33 AD to the 6 AM position and stood still now at the 6 AM position for 12 hours. Thus the sun would travel 180° west at sunset and rise suddenly in the east. Then the sun would travel 180° with earth's rotation to stand still in the morning position for 12 hours.
The following may be 6 AM October 10 33 AD:

Acts 5:19 "But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught."
Acts 5:29 "Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him."

Then 179 days later the sun stood still for 12 hours April 7 34 AD and earth flowed out of the reverse orbit. The moon passed by the sun April 7 34 AD. So, a sun miracle then could be mistaken for an eclipse. 178 days 20 hours after 6 AM October 10 33 AD would be 3 AM April 7 34 AD. Then the night just before the new Hebrew new moon may have been 12 hours longer. The passover would have been on the 14th day of the lunar month, March 24, then the week of unleavened bread to April 2. Then still in the Passover month on the 29th day, the last day of the lunar month, April 6 34 AD ended the passover month of Easter. Thus Herod expected to bring Peter out the day after Easter, then the sun would return and earth flow out of the reverse orbit. Peter had 12 extra hours at 3 AM for the soldiers to fall asleep and for the angel lead him out and to find a place to stay.

Acts 12:1 "Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter."