Cambridge University professor Colin Humphreys says Jesus' final meal with his disciples actually was eaten on the Wednesday before the crucifixion - one day earlier than has been traditionally accepted.
The mix-up, Humphreys concludes in his book, The Mystery of the Last Supper, might be because Jesus and disciples Matthew, Mark and Luke used one calendar and disciple John used another.
Humphreys notes that the Gospels attributed to the first three said the last meal coincided with the Jewish Passover, whereas John's Gospel said the meal took place before Passover.
Humphreys thinks Jesus used an older Hebrew calendar rather than the official lunar calendar of the time.
That, Humphreys said, would put the Last Supper on the Wednesday, and means Jesus' arrest, interrogation and trials were not all crammed into a single night but were instead spread over a longer period.
Humphreys based his findings on research that established the date of the crucifixion as Friday morning, April 3, 33 A.D.
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