41

 Emmerich, The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, p. 99. Passover always begins about the time of the 

full moon, because the Jewish calendar is based on the cycles of the moon. Moonrise will occur about the 

same time as sunset when the moon is full, since at that time the moon is on the opposite side of the earth from 

the sun. 

42

 Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich,  The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, ed. Carl E. Schmoger, 

C.SS.R (Rockford, Illinois: TAN Books and Publishers, Inc., 1986), vol. 4, p. 396. 

43

 Emmerich, The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, p. 304. 

44

 Emmerich, The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, p. 304. 

45

 Sun times from RedShift 3, astronomy software, (Kingston, UK: Maris Multimedia Ltd., Maris.com, 1998). 

Jerusalem standard time is according to the modern time zone for Jerusalem, which is GMT + 2:00. 

46

 Emmerich, The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, p. 305. 

47

 The famine had to have lasted 3  years, rather than 3 years, because the rains in Israel occur only in winter. 

There is no appreciable rain, sufficient to end a famine by providing water for crops, in Israel, anytime other 

than in winter. That is why crops are planted in Israel in late fall/early winter, and harvested in early spring. 

For this reason, any dry spell would be counted as beginning in spring, after the last rainy season, and ending 

in fall, before the next rainy season. So every drought in Israel must be counted as some number of years plus 

one half year. 

48

 Conte,  The Bible and the Future of the World, see especially chapters 5 and 10. This book contains many 

explanations of the 3  years of the Church's greatest suffering. 

49

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 169, 177. 

50

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations , vol. 1, p. 469. 

51

 Emmerich, The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations , vol. 1, p. 469. 

52

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 169, see also chapter 7. 

53

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 145. 

54

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 144. 

55

 Further proof that the age of Christ, as shown to Blessed Anne Catherine, must be counted from the 

Incarnation, rather than the Birth of Christ, is found in the date she herself gives for Christ's Birth. She states 

that Christ was born on a Sunday, Nov. 25. But none of the dates when Nov. 25 fell on a Sunday fall 33 years 

and 18 weeks prior to a year when Nisan 14 was a Friday. The years when Nov. 25 was a Sunday are 15 

B.C.

, 

4 

B.C.

, and 

A.D.

 3. Counting forward 33 full years plus about 18 weeks from those years brings us to 

A.D.

 20, 

A.D.

 31 and 

A.D.

 37. (You cannot calculate this by simply adding 33, because Christ was born near the end of 

the calendar year, and was crucified near the beginning of the calendar year. In other words, the extra 18 or so 

weeks pushes the date into the next calendar year.) 

A.D.

 37 is too late a date for the Crucifixion, since, 

according to Josephus, Pilate left his position as ruler of Judea before Tiberius died. And Nisan 14 did not fall 

on a Friday in 

A.D.

 31 (see Appendix I, Chart 1). 

A.D.

 20 could have had a Nisan 14 Passover only if the 

calendar was determined by observation, not calculation, but chapter 17 concludes that the calendar was 

determined by calculation. So, none of these could be the year of Christ's death. Thus, the age of Christ as 

revealed to Blessed Anne Catherine cannot be counted from Christ's Birth, but from the Incarnation of Jesus 

Christ, which was certainly the beginning of Christ's human life. 

56

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 129 130. 

57

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 140. The words in brackets are from the original text; they 

were not added by the author of this book. 

58

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 144. 

59

 Six weeks is 42 days (6 x 7 = 42). According to Blessed Anne Catherine, the Incarnation occurred on Feb. 25 

at the beginning of that day, about midnight. So, the first whole day of Christ's human life was Feb. 25. So, 

there are 4 days at the end of February, plus 31 days in March, plus 7 more days in April, making 42 days total 

(4 + 31 + 7 = 42). Therefore, there are exactly 6 weeks from Feb. 25, the day of the Incarnation, to April 7, the 

day of the Crucifixion. 

60

 Nikos Kokkinos,  Crucifixion in 

A.D.

 36,   Chronos, Kairos, Christos, p. 149. He cites U. Holzmeister, 

 Neuere Arbeiten  ber das Datum der Kreuzigung Christi,  Bib 13 (1932) 99. 

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