Is there any other proof that Nisan 14 was on Friday other than that the next day was a Sabbath. I believe the Jews have weekly Sabbaths and also annual Sabbaths which can fall on any day of the week. Do you believe Jonah was in the fish for three days and three nights?
When Nisan 14 (Jewish calendar) was observed as Passover day, rather than always holding to Friday because that was the weekday on which Jesus died, it was an anniversary, meaning that the
date was more important than the
day. So for Christians observing Christ’s Memorial supper, the observance is not always on a Friday. There is no Easter. (a totally pagan adoption with a thin veneer of Christianity)
Nisan 1 is determined by when the new moon nearest the spring equinox can likely be observed at sunset in Jerusalem. Counting 14 days from that occurrence brings one to Nisan 14, which usually corresponds to the day of the full moon.
Late on that Friday afternoon, the Sabbath of Nisan 15 began at sundown. Jesus’ body was hanging on the stauros, but the two robbers alongside him were still alive. The Romans broke their legs to hasten death. Jesus body was taken down and washed and wrapped, but there is no time for the customary burial practices, so the women determine that they will return after the Sabbath to prepare Jesus’ body properly.
Friday afternoon is called Preparation because this is when people prepare meals and complete any other pressing work that cannot wait until after the Sabbath. So they prepared Jesus’ body as best they could in the time they had. They never got to finish the job....
The Sabbath that was soon to begin was not only a regular Sabbath (the seventh day of the week) but also a double, or “great,” Sabbath. It is called this because Nisan 15, which is the first day of the seven-day Festival of Unfermented Cakes (and is always a Sabbath, no matter on what day of the week it comes), that year, it fell on the same day as the regular Sabbath.
