Passover Was the 14th

A Visualization of the Abib 15 Crucifixion Position
ABIB 14
PASSOVER
Exodus 12:6
Passover lambs are killed between the evenings.
Leviticus 23:5
"The LORD'S Passover" occurs on the 14th.
Numbers 28:16
"In the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover."
Mark 14:12
"When they killed the Passover."
ABIB 15
FEAST DAY / HIGH SABBATH
After Sunset
Passover meal is eaten.
Leviticus 23:6-7
First day of Unleavened Bread.
Holy Convocation
Annual High Sabbath.
Your Position
Jesus is crucified on Abib 15.
John 19:31
"That Sabbath day was a high day."
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Numbers 33:3

"On the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the Passover..."

The 15th is distinguished from Passover itself.

Leviticus 23

14th = Passover
15th = Feast of Unleavened Bread

Two separate calendar designations.

Numbers 28

14th = Passover
15th = Feast

The Torah consistently distinguishes the Passover sacrifice from the feast day.

John 19:31

"For that Sabbath day was an high day."

Read as describing the day itself rather than necessarily the following day.

Summary of the Position:

• Passover = Abib 14 (the killing of the lamb).

• Feast of Unleavened Bread begins on Abib 15.

• The Passover meal is eaten after sunset at the beginning of Abib 15.

• Numbers 33:3 calls the 15th "the morrow after the Passover."

• John 19:31 identifies the day as a High Sabbath.

• Therefore Jesus was crucified on Abib 15, the Feast Day and High Sabbath.