> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> > > From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > At 07:02 AM 1/27/02 -0600 The Fool wrote:
> > > > Furthermore the Christ commanded ALL to observe
> > > >the lords evening meal (which no one does), but not his
ressurection.
> > >
> > > Come again?
> > >
> > > I have celebrated the Lord's Evening Meal (Holy Thursday) for as
long
> > as I
> > > can remember.
> > >
> > > Indeed, I consider it themost beautiful Church Service of the year.
> >
> > Most people do not.  Besides the day is same as the passover (N14),
not
> > 'thursday'.
> >
> 
> I think one should not worry tremendously about the exact relationship
> between Passover and the day of the last supper.  For one thing, the
> synoptic gospels and John don't agree on the day.  For another, the
time
> that month that Passover is in (Nissian (sp)) was variable.

And 'Easter' isn't?

> The high
> priests would check the road conditions and determine if that month was
> next, or if another month needed to be stuck in to allow the roads to
> improve.  This factored into the outrage at the killing of the leader
of the
> Essenes written in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

It was my understanding that the Jewish calendar (which is lunar) added a
thirteenth month every couple of years in a periodic fashion.

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