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John 2:20 Proof Scripture - By: Don Roth |
JOHN 2:20 Proof Scripture
(Scripture verses are NKJV; words in brackets [ ] were added by the
translators; underlining is my emphasis.)
John 2:20
is a proof scripture for establishing Christ’s baptism, as well as the
establishing the year of His crucifixion.
To make this determination it is necessary to know the length of His
ministry, which is found in
Daniel 9:27
“Then He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle
of the week He shall bring an end to the sacrifice and offering...”
He is to confirm the covenant for one week, a period of seven years; but in
the middle of the week He causes the sacrifice and oblation to cease. Once
He was sacrificed, the temple and its
sacrifices and offerings for sin comes to an end, and is pictured in
Matthew 27:51
“Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom;
...”
By Christ paying the death penaltythe Holy of Holies was opened up to the
whole world.
The Bible is a book of truth, which is confirmed in
II Timothy 3:16-17
“All scripture
[is]
given by inspiration of God, and
[is]
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for
every good work.”
John 2:13
places the time of the year as just before the Passover which takes place on
the 14th
day of the first month, and would be at the beginning of the year.
“Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”
Verse 20
continues,
“Then
the Jews said, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will
You raise It up in three days?”
The statement in
John 2:20
of “forty-six years” by the Jews” is part of scripture, and will be shown to
be a proof scripture for the crucifixion year of 30 AD, and the baptism year
of Christ as 26 AD. Prior to this statement the following event takes place
in the last half of the year before the statement in
John 2:20
is made. First there was Christ’s baptism given in
Mark 1: 9-13
“It came to pass in those days
[that]
Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and
the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven,
‘You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’ Immediately the Spirit
drove Him into the wilderness. And He was there in the wilderness forty
days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels
ministered to Him.
Jesus then spent forty days fasting in the wilderness of Judea. After
fasting Christ returned to where John was now baptizing at Bethabara, an
area southeast of Jericho on a tributary of the Jordan River. This was
closer to Jerusalem, allowing the authorities to question John which is
recorded
John 1:19
“Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levities
from Jerusalem to ask him, ‘Who are you?’”
At this time Christ called five of His disciples: John, Andrew, Peter,
Phillip and Nathanial as recorded in
John 1:36-51.
In
John 1:43
Christ says that He desired to go to Galilee.
“The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Phillip and
said to him, ‘Follow Me.’”
The reason for this is found in
John 2:1-2
“On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of
Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the
wedding.”
These were the five disciples mentioned in the previous verses. The Bible
does not give a detailed account of this time in months and days, other than
the length of His ministry being three and one half years.
The half year is what is going to be looked at here. The half year would put
Christ’s baptism about the seventh Hebrew month, followed by the forty days
of fasting, and time to recover, bringing the date to the later part of the
ninth Hebrew month, (Kislev or Chislev).
John 2:12
says
“After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His
disciples; and they did not stay there many days.”
In the Book of John the last four months of AD 26 are not addressed. The
account is picked up at the beginning of AD 27, using the Passover as a
marker.
John 2:13
“Now
the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”
The proof scripture is found in
John 2:20
“Then the Jews said, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and
will You raise it up in three days?’”
Secular history gives the date BC 2020-2019 as Herod the Great began to
replace, section by section of the old temple with the new temple. The
sanctuary of the temple was the first to be completed. The work started at
the beginning of BC 2019, and this gradual project was not completed until
AD 74 when all of the secondary area was finished. The statement is given in
BC years, making it a Gregorian time element set against the sacred
calendar.
This math gives nineteen BC years as the starting date, leaving 27 AD as the
beginning of the 47th
year, and correlates to the Jewish statement of forty-six years. At this
point three years are left in Christ’s ministry, bringing it to the
crucifixion year at the start of 30 AD, with a Wednesday Passover, thus
making
John 2:20
a proof scripture, as the year for the crucifixion must have, and which 30
AD does have!
For confirmation see the Calendar Generator at
https://bit.ly/33Tmh9C
for the year 30 AD.
Additionally, read the article THE GOOD FRIDAY MYTH at
https://bit.ly/31zF78u
With this information, the following is based on the irrefutable statement
of
John 2:20
“The Jews said, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will
You raise it up in three days?’”
AD 26 was Christ’s baptism year and was followed by the next three years of
His ministry. AD 27, 28 and 29 result in His crucifixion being on Passover,
at the start of 30 AD.
This accurately accounts for Christ’s ministry of three and one half years.
Don Roth 12-06-21