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Calendar of Events

Covering

the Feast of Tabernacles in 18 CE

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A Study in Progress:

(Therefore, please forgive me for any errors, whether words remaining from past thinking and not yet corrected or thoughts of mine that are still suffering from being in error until somehow I am given additional rays of light!)

Abstract:

The table below is being created as an expansion of a detail within my table entitled ‘Scripture Feasts of the Years of Yeshua’s Ministry.’ That is, the fall events tied to the Feast of Tabernacles in 18 CE.

Although my prior version seemed viable with a squeak, I find this version fitting the known facts much more smoothly. Among the nice fits that I perceive are the following:

1) The Aramaic language of the Syriac Peshitta makes it quite clear to me that John 7:37 could well be understood as giving reference to the Eighth Day, and not necessarily to the Seventh Day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Let’s take a look at the Younan interlinear translation the Aramaic Peshitta version of John 7:37, while providing also some alternative TLT translations:

Notice that the third Aramaic word (counting from the right) in this sentence, while certainly being translatable as ‘great’, is actually based upon a word meaning ‘head,’ that is, as in ‘first’ or as in ‘beginning.’ Likewise, the fifth word could also be translated either as ‘the last’ or as ‘after, afterwards,’ while the genitive form of the sixth and last word could supply the word ‘following,’ that is, as in ‘out of, from.’

Considering, however, the most likely Hebrew words from which these Aramaic/Syriac words are derived, to begin with, I find it more than likely that the Hebrew word behind the Aramaic word which is translated “great” is none other than ‘rishon,’ that is, the Hebrew word meaning ‘foremost’ though commonly translated ‘first.’ Recognizing that, as we have learnt elsewhere, the foremost day of the Feast of Unleavened bread is indicated in the Greek by the term “mia ton sabbaton” etc. while pointing, not to the first, but to the seventh Day of the Feast, I do find also a most likely translation of John 7:37 in terms of the Seventh Day of the Feast of Tabernacles being also the ‘foremost’ day of the Feast of Tabernacles.

My optional/alternate literal translation of the Syriac Peshitta follows [The first six words (in Hebrew letters) below correspond exactly to the six words (in Aramaic letters) above:]

John 7:37 Syriac Peshitta

@ED M@W @CRCRC @IXG@ IDEZI@C @AX OIC @NEIA

:@ZYPE IZEL @Z@P @DV YP@ O@ XN@E @RWE REYI

John 7:37 TLT In the Day of Beginning that follows after the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

John 7:37 KJV 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.

2) Regardless of which of the above translations that is preferred, per the below scenario, the Eighth Day of the Jews fell on the Seventh Day Shabbat, which agrees perfectly with John’s record re Yeshua’s healing of the blind man (John 9:1-14…) The only real time difference, between the optional translations above, and per the real time scenario below, is that the events recorded in John 7:37-53 are either 1) placed during the Sixth Day, as translated for instance by Younan, [i.e. before sunset on Friday,] or else 2) those events of John 7:37-53 are being placed between the first beginnings of Sabbath [as the shadows began to rise on Friday at sunset] and bed time [later on Friday night.]

3) My impression has been that the travelers from Galilee had a tendency to leave for (or from) Jerusalem early on the First Day of the week, thus it only makes sense for Yeshua’ brothers to plan their departure on Day One, which day per the commonly used Jewish calendar was Tishri 9, which day for Yeshua was one of God’s most sacred annual feast days, the Day of At-One-Meant…

The Feast of Tabernacles A Calendar of Events in 18 CE covering 1) the events recorded in John 7:1 – John 10:21
1^st Day	2^nd Day	3^rd Day	4^th Day	5^th Day	6^th Day	Shabbat
					Scriptural Tishri 1 Began sunset Thu Sep 29, 18 CE[1]	Scriptural Tishri 2
						The Jews’ Tishri 1 Began sunset Fri Sep 30, 18 CE[2]
Scriptural Tishri 3	Scriptural Tishri 4	Scriptural Tishri 5	Scriptural Tishri 6	Scriptural Tishri 7	Scriptural Tishri 8	Scriptural Tishri 9 Began sunset Fri Oct 7, 18 CE
The Jews’ Tishri 2	The Jews’ Tishri 3	The Jews’ Tishri 4	The Jews’ Tishri 5	The Jews’ Tishri 6	The Jews’ Tishri 7	The Jews’ Tishri 8
Scriptural Tishri 10 Began sunset Sat Oct 8, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 11 Began sunset Sun Oct 9, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 12 Began sunset Mon Oct 10, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 13 Began sunset Tue Oct 11, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 14 Began sunset Wed Oct 12, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 15 The First Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Began sunset Thu Oct 13, 18 CE[3]	Scriptural Tishri 16 The Second Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Began sunset Fri Oct 14, 18 CE
John 7:3,6: “His brethren therefore said unto him… [but Yeshua] said unto them, My time is not yet come…”[4]	Yeshua leaving			Yeshua’s due date
Yeshua’s brothers leaving for Jerusalem	The Jews’ Tishri 10 Began sunset Sun Oct 9, 18 CE				Yeshua’s brothers’ due date	The Jews’ First Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Tishri 15 Began sunset Fri Oct 14, 18 CE[5]
Scriptural Tishri 17 The Third Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Began sunset Sat Oct 15, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 18 The Fourth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Began sunset Sun Oct 16, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 19 The Fifth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Began sunset Mon Oct 17, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 20 The Sixth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Began sunset Tue Oct 18, 18 CE	Scriptural The Seventh Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Tishri 21 Began sunset Wed Oct 19, 18 CE	Scriptural The Eighth Day Tishri 22 Began sunset Thu Oct 20, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 23 Began sunset Fri Oct 21, 18 CE
		John 7:14: “[In] the midst of the feast… .. Jesus went up into the temple and taught…:”[6]			Option I John 7:37: “In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried…” [7]	John 7:37 – Option II	John 9:14: “It was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes…:” [8]
The Jews’ Second Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Tishri 16 Began sunset Sat Oct 15, 18 CE	The Jews’ Third Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Tishri 17 began sunset Sun Oct 16, 18 CE	The Jews’ Fourth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Tishri 18 Began sunset Mon Oct 17, 18 CE	The Jews’ Fifth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Tishri 19 Began sunset Tue Oct 18, 18 CE	The Jews’ Sixth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Tishri 20 Began sunset Wed Oct 19, 18 CE	The Jews’ Seventh Day of the Feast of Tabernacles Tishri 21 Began sunset Thu Oct 20, 18 CE	The Jews’ Eighth Day Tishri 22 Began sunset Fri Oct 21, 18 CE
Scriptural Tishri 24 Began sunset Tue Oct 22, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 25 Began sunset Sun Oct 23, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 26 Began sunset Mon Oct 24, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 27 Began sunset Tue Oct 25, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 28 Began sunset Wed Oct 26, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 29 Began sunset Thu Oct 27, 18 CE	Scriptural Tishri 30 Began sunset Fri Oct 28, 18 CE
					The Jews’ Tishri 28 Began sunset Thu Oct 27, 18 CE	The Jews’ Tishri 29 Began sunset Fri Oct 28, 18 CE

Additional considerations:

Luke, along with Matthew, Mark, Acts, Revelation, and probably at least some of Paul’s epistles were almost certainly written in Hebrew before being translated first to Aramaic, and then from Aramaic to Greek. Learn more re this very valuable info, towards the end of this video (Although you’ll find this info towards the end of the video, but you’ll most definitely be blessed by watching it all!,) by Nehemiah Gordon, a Dead Sea Scrolls scholar and researcher from Jerusalem. Also please consider the diagram below:

Diagram showing the languages of the manuscripts from which the KJV Gospel of Matthew is derived

Chart of HRV [Hebraic Roots Version] Source Texts (From: Nazarene Space)

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[1] SNB Sep 29, 18 CE sunset: 17:31:15; moonset: 18:07:15; lag: 36 min 00 sec; illum.: 3.72% è Tishri 1 began Thu Sep 29 (or 30 if bad weather) è Tishri 22 began on Thu Oct 20 or Fri Oct 21, 18 CE, or else...

SNB Oct 28, 18 CE sunset: 16:58:11; moonset: 17:18:47; lag: 20 min 36 sec; illumination: 1.47% (This would be a most unusually early observation of the New Moon crescent and would require quite clear atmosphere indeed, but it is certainly not impossible!) è Tishri 22 began Fri Nov 18 or Sat 19, 18 CE.

[2] The Nisan, 18 CE, astronomical full moon Apr 18, 18 CE 21:33 è Nisan 13 began Apr 18 & Nisan 15 began Wed Apr 20, 18 CE è No postponement rules è +163 days è Tishri 1 began Fri Sep 30, 18 CE; Tishri 15 began Fri Oct 14, 18 CE; & Tishri 22 began Fri Oct 21, 18 CE è & +50 days è Began Thu Jun 9, 18 CE.

[3] Cf. footnote #2

[4] Yeshua and his brethren conversing re when it is time to leave for the Feast of Tabernacles:

John 7:2-6:

2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.

3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.

6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

It becomes obvious that Yeshua is giving reference to distinct and separate means of reckoning time, that is, his own vs. that of his brothers.

[5] Re the basics of the timing of John 7:2 “Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand,” please cf. footnote #2 above!

[6] Re John 7:14 “the midst of the feast… Jesus went up into the temple and taught…:” The 4^th day of the seven day “feast of the Jews” is Tishri 18 “of the Jews,” beginning at sunset Mon Oct 17, 18 CE. Thus, this 4^th day of “the feast of the Jews” fell on Day Three of the week.

[7] Please cf. my Abstract discussion above re optional rendering/time placemen of John 7:37-53!

Re either option: Please notice that the Feast of Tabernacles is a seven, not an eight, day long feast.

Please also notice that, per John 7:2, John is referencing this Feast of Tabernacles in terms of a feast “of the Jews!” It only makes sense to conclude that each subsequent reference (John 7:14, 37) by John to the same feast is likewise a reference to the Jews calendar reckoning. It would make no sense to assume that, without saying so, John would mix two separate references to the same feast by using two distinct and separate calendar reckonings!

[8]

John 9:14 TLT “it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes…:”

John 9:14 KJV “it was the [a] Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes…:”

There is no definite article in the Greek before ‘Sabbath day,’ thus a more correct translation is:

John 9:14 TLT “it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes…”

Neither do I see anything contrary in the language of the Syriac Peshitta:

:IDEPIR DL GZTE REYI @PIH CAR CK @ZAY OIC ZED DIZI@ John 9:14

Thus, I see nothing in the language of John 9:14 pointing specifically to the Eighth Day Sabbath “of the Jews” (cf. Leviticus 23:36, 39!,) only to the Seventh Day Sabbath. Although I do not know what words John would have used for designating the Eighth Day Feast, I do notice that by his choice of referencing this particular Eight Day of the Jews rather in terms of the [weekly Seventh Day] Sabbath he is, by so doing, emphasizing the fact that this particular year the Eighth Day Feast [that is, the light portion of the day following either Option 1) the 7^th Day of the Feast of Tabernacles, or Option 2) the evening hours of the Eighth Day] did fall on the Seventh Day of the week! That is, he was making a point of providing the necessary means for making this dating of his useful for maintaining, or reestablishing, a correct chronology.

That is, in different years the Eight Day Feast of the Jews can fall out on most any day of the week, the exception being only such as follows in consequence of the Jews own calendar rules, which prohibits two consecutive Sabbaths (cf. this link.) It would seem to me that said Rabbinic rule might well also be a reason for the common Jewish practice of making the First, rather than the Seventh [and “foremost,”] Day of the Feast of Tabernacles one of the seven special annual Sabbaths… Even so, John may also be making a special point by labeling the Seventh Day of the Feast of Tabernacles not merely the Seventh, or the Last, Day of the Feast, but also “that Great [or Foremost Day!]”

Please notice also that John 7:37-53 are events associated with Friday (whether before or after sunset,) whereas John 8:1-9:14 (or even – John 10:18) is a record of events associated with that Eighth Day Feast which, in that year, fell out on the Seventh Day Sabbath.