22:16; Zechariah 12:10]. Isaiah, chapter 53, describes major scenes of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus with total accuracy. Nine- hundred years before Christ was born, the Bible also prophesied that Jesus would be raised back to life following His death [Psalm 16:10; cf., Acts 2:22-36]. The Bible is so accurate in its predictions, that almost 600 years before Christ was born, in Daniel 9:24-27, it was prophesied the exact week that the Messiah (Jesus) would die. Daniel wrote that the Messiah would die 483 years after the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. The Jewish calendar operated on a calendar year of 360 days. Starting at the exact day the Persian king, Artaxerxes, issued this decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem [March 14, 445 B.C.], and counting forward 483 years, we arrive at the exact week Jesus was crucified, April 3rd, 33A.D. [To better understand Daniel’s prophecy, get a copy of the small book:
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