490

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 165, p. 78. It has ever been the custom of the 

Jews to count partial years as full years, or part of a day as a whole day, in numbering lengths of time. 

491

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 165, p. 78. The lengths of the reigns of kings 

were numbered with any partial year, however brief, numbered just as a full year would be numbered, and 

with the year beginning on Nisan 1. 

492

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 29, 32; The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, 

p. 134. 

493

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, p. 138. 

494

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, p. 135. Here she describes a metaphor, used 

by the angel when speaking to Joachim, of a shining sphere which remained clear even though Joachim 

breathed on it. This metaphor refers to the virginal aspect of the Immaculate Conception. 

495

 Conte, the Virginity of Jesus and Mary. 

496

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 33. 

497

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 32. 

498

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 72. 

499

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 71 72. 

500

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, p. 134, 138. 

501

 Dates for the start of each month were determined using lunar cycle data from RedShift 3 software, and the 

calculation based calendar system. See chapter 17, for my detailed argument that the start of the Jewish 

calendar months during this time period were determined by calculation, not by mere observation. 

502

 For details on the determination of dates in the ancient Jewish calendar, see chapter 17. 

503

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.421 423. 

504

 As explained in chapter 17, at this early date (43 

B.C.

), the Jewish calendar was still based on observation of 

the crescent new moon, rather than on calculation of the astronomical new moon. The astronomical new 

moon of March 9 at 08:38 hours JST would not be visible as a crescent until the evening of March 10, after 

sunset, at the earliest. Thus, Nisan 1 would coincide with March 11 and Nisan 14 would coincide with March 

24, not long after the Spring Equinox of March 23 at 07:59 hours JST. This early date for Passover leads to an 

early date for the start of Tishri in the following autumn. The new moon of September 2 at 06:21 hours JST 

would be visible by the evening of September 3, after sunset. This makes Thursday, Sept. 4 the first day of 

Tishri. The Day of Atonement on Tishri 10 would then coincide with Saturday, September 13 in 43 

B.C. 

New 

moon and Spring Equinox data from RedShift 3 software. Days of the week from Universal Calendar Calculator 

software. 

505

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.421 422. 

506

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, p. 187. 

507

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, p. 195. 

508

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 66. 

509

 The Visions of the Children, p. 89. Cf. Facts, Documents and Theology, p. 42 

510

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 74. 

511

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.423. 

512

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 227, p. 122. See also: Josephus, The Antiquities 

of the Jews, 14.487. 

513

 These dates were determined by the calculation method, with new moons on Oct. 19 at 04:10 and Nov. 17 

at 18:39, making Oct. 19 the first day of Heshvan, and Nov. 18 the first day of Kislev. Not long after Herod 

captured Jerusalem, the Jewish calendar system made its transition from the observation based calendar to the 

calculation based calendar. See chapter 17 for details. 

514

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 133. 

515

 Days of the week determined using Universal Calendar Calculator software. 

516

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 71. 

517

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 33. 

518

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, p. 134. 

519

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Vol. 1, p. 138. 

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