Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Foreword by I. Howard Marshall
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Four mysteries of the last week of Jesus
- 2 Dating the crucifixion – the first clues
- 3 The problem of the last supper
- 4 Can we reconstruct the Jewish calendar at the time of Christ?
- 5 The date of the crucifixion
- 6 The moon will be turned to blood
- 7 Did Jesus use the solar calendar of Qumran for his last supper Passover?
- 8 Does ancient Egypt hold a key to unlocking the problem of the last supper?
- 9 Discovering the lost calendar of ancient Israel
- 10 Was the lost ancient Jewish calendar used in Israel at the time of Jesus?
- 11 The date of the last supper: the hidden clues in the gospels
- 12 From the last supper to the crucifixion: a new analysis of the gospel accounts
- 13 A new reconstruction of the final days of Jesus
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of biblical and other ancient sources
- General index
6 - The moon will be turned to blood
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Foreword by I. Howard Marshall
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Four mysteries of the last week of Jesus
- 2 Dating the crucifixion – the first clues
- 3 The problem of the last supper
- 4 Can we reconstruct the Jewish calendar at the time of Christ?
- 5 The date of the crucifixion
- 6 The moon will be turned to blood
- 7 Did Jesus use the solar calendar of Qumran for his last supper Passover?
- 8 Does ancient Egypt hold a key to unlocking the problem of the last supper?
- 9 Discovering the lost calendar of ancient Israel
- 10 Was the lost ancient Jewish calendar used in Israel at the time of Jesus?
- 11 The date of the last supper: the hidden clues in the gospels
- 12 From the last supper to the crucifixion: a new analysis of the gospel accounts
- 13 A new reconstruction of the final days of Jesus
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of biblical and other ancient sources
- General index
Summary
When the day of Pentecost came, they [the apostles] were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven … All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: ‘Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my spirit on all people … I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”’
(Acts 2:1–2, 4, 14–17, 19–21)Picture the dramatic scene. Peter spoke the above words on the day of Pentecost, to the crowds who had gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate this feast, the second of the three great Jewish feasts.
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- The Mystery of the Last SupperReconstructing the Final Days of Jesus, pp. 80 - 94Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011