When Memorial is? It The Watchtower claims, that 24 March. But Jewish calendars pass date 24 April.
One month of error. Do this some mistake?
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Memorial 2005
by Haelcer 4 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Pole
Hey dude. Nice to see a compatriot here.
I don't give a rat's ass about the date exact of the memorial anymore, but I'm sure someone here can answer this question.
I hope you stick around.
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gdt
Purim Mar 25 is reference Esther out of Persia; Pesach is April 24 passover out of Egypt;
Nisan 1st is April 10th; Nisan 14th is April 23 (year 2765).
Is there an answer, please? gdt as well, asking.
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moshe
Since the Jews use a lunar calendar it gets out of sync with the solar calendar by about 11 days a year. Every 2 or 3 years an extra month is added. Last year Hannukah was early December, for this year it is December 26th due to the extra added month. I guess the WTBS doesn't use our Jewish calendar.
Moshe
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Haelcer
Is the Date for Celebrating Passover Important to Christians?
JESUS CHRIST, the founder of Christianity, instituted the memorial of his death (the Lord?s Evening Meal) on a day marked by an annual observance, the Jewish Passover. This being the case, reasonably the Lord?s Evening Meal would also be an annual celebration. Hence the date on which the Passover was held would determine when the memorial of Jesus? death should be commemorated. Christians therefore find it of more than passing interest to ascertain when Passover was observed. It is important, for they are under command to keep the memorial of Jesus? death.?Luke 22:19.
According to the Jewish calendar, the anniversary date for the celebration of Passover falls in the month of Nisan. (...)
Viewing the Biblical evidence as a whole, we can see that the Passover victim was slaughtered at sunset, at the start of Nisan 14, and the meal itself was eaten later that evening. Whereas the Jews of today, in keeping with tradition, eat the Passover meal on Nisan 15, their practice is not supported by the Holy Scriptures. The correct anniversary date is Nisan 14.
Thus Jesus Christ must have eaten the Passover with his disciples on Nisan 14 ?after evening had fallen? and thereafter instituted the Lord?s Evening Meal. (Mark 14:17; Matt. 26:20-28) Jehovah?s Christian witnesses therefore observe the memorial of Christ?s death on its anniversary date after sundown on Nisan 14.
(The Watchtower 1973 3/15, p.175)
Yet in current year Passover falls on day 24 April, not in March.