In 458 BCE Artaxerxes authorized Ezra and a large number of Jews to return to Jerusalem.
No it was 455BC + 483 years = 29AD
Gabriel had told Daniel, "Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks, the street shall be built again and the wall, even in troublous times." (Daniel 9:25)
From Artaxerxes decree until Messiah the Prince was to be 483 years. 483 years minus 458 BCE brings us to 25 CE. There was no year zero so we must add one year giving 26 CE for the coming of Messiah.
Gabriel said, "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease."
Jesus' ministry was about three and one-half years so 26 CE plus three years gives 29 CE and another half year brings us to 30 CE.
Three Biblical records prove Jesus started His ministry some time after 8th September 28 AD, the first is when John the Baptist is recorded as beginning His ministry in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign:
Luke 3:1-3
1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—2 during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 3 He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Tiberius’ predecessor Augustus Caesar died on 19 August 14 AD and although Tiberius had been co-ruling for just over a year, which had been made official by Augustus on 3 April 13 AD, most historians usually quote reigns from when the predecessor has died, so the later date of 19 August 14 AD is most likely. This fact places John the Baptist as starting his ministry from some time after 19 August 28 AD; the beginning of Tiberius’ 15th year.
The second is when the Bible states that Jesus was about 30 when He began His ministry:
Luke 3:23
Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry.
It can be known that Jesus was born on 11th September 3BC because there was a specific astronomical sign given at His birth. When God made the stars it was not just some random act, the stars and constellations He made were a purposeful and deliberate heavenly pictograph displaying and foretelling what would happen to mankind, from Adam to Jesus and until the end of the age:
Psalm 19:1-4
1 The Heavens proclaim the Glory of God. The skies display His Craftsmanship. 2 Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make Him known. 3 They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. 4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world.
In Revelations 12:1-2 we read:
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.
This was fulfilled that evening when the constellation of Virgo, representing the Virgin Mary, became visible just above the horizon towards the west, as the stars began to appear it looked as if the sunset was cloaking her body and the crescent moon was positioned under her feet. Above Virgo’s head are the nine stars of Leo that represent the Lion of the tribe of Judah and that night there were three planets also in Leo; Mercury the messenger, Venus the mother and Jupiter the king planet making a total of twelve stars above Virgo’s head that represented the crown. The word planet literally means wondering star.
The best time to have witnessed this momentary display was between 5:53 p.m. and 6:35 p.m. that evening and Jesus was born at about 6:12 p.m because at that precise time the brightest star in Virgo, called Spica, that represents an ear of corn held in Virgo’s left hand, appeared to ‘touch’ the horizon, or ‘alight to the earth.’as the stars set below the horizon. The name of this star in Hebrew is Tsemech which means ‘branch,’ and is the subject of prophecy by Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Zechariah. Spica is actually Latin for ‘a kernel of wheat’ and Jesus Himself alluded to this sign:
John 12:23-24
Truly, truly I say to you, unless a kernel of wheat alights to the earth and dies, it remains a single seed. But if it dies, it bears fruit.”
This means Jesus turned thirty on the day of Trumpets which was the 8th September 28 AD that year and according to Numbers 4 Priests were only allowed to do the work of a priest once they turned thirty (God repeats this in the law 7 times) Jesus had to be thirty in order to full-fill the law and not break it:
Numbers 4
2“Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families. 3 Count all the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
22“Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans. 23 Count all the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
29“Count the Merarites by their clans and families. 30Count all the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
34Moses, Aaron and the leaders of the community counted the Kohathites by their clans and families. 35All the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
38 The Gershonites were counted by their clans and families. 39All the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
42 The Merarites were counted by their clans and families. 43All the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
46 So Moses, Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted all the Levites by their clans and families. 47 All the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the tent of meeting
Finally this date also agrees with this verse:
John 2:20
They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?”
This was said to Jesus when He cleared the temple on the first Passover of His ministry, history records Herod became king in 37 BC and Josephus records Herod began to rebuild the temple in his 18th year, which was therefore from 20 to 19 BC. Adding 46 years to this arrives at 27 to 28 AD and thus the 47th year in which this was said was from 28 to 29 AD and Passover that year began at sunset 18th April 29AD.
In the year 30 CE the 15th of Nisan was on a Thursday. (
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/SpringPhenom.php)
No it was from Friday to Saturday:
http://www.torahcalendar.com/Calendar.asp?YM=Y30M1
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=30&country=9
Jesus was crucified on Wednesday and laid in the tomb as the Sabbath began. A trumpet signaled the beginning of the holy day Sabbath.
Please realise that the pagan Roman names Monday to Sunday along with their Julian/Gregorian calendar has nothing to do with with God's ancient lunar solar Calendar:
http://theologyonline.com/showthread.php?127270-When-is-the-Sabbath&highlight=
Three days and three nights later a trumpet sounded marking the end of the Sabbath, Sunday began and Jesus was resurrected.
Jesus was only in the tomb 39 hours. The term 'Heart of the Earth' was not in reference to the tomb:
http://theologyonline.com/showthrea...3-nights-in-the-Heart-of-the-Earth&highlight=
