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The Bible Tells Me So 87

Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem and was
proclaimed King by the Jews. This is given in Zech.
9:9.
John the Baptist and Jesus began their ministries during
the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar (Luke
3:1, 3, 21) whom we know began his reign in A.D. 14.
Thus, our Lord started His ministry A.D. 29 and con-
tinued, as we know, for 3 years before His triumphal
entry: thus A.D. 32 was the year.
We have it from John 12:1 that the Lord went to
Bethany, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, "six days before
the Passover," and from John 12:12 that the triumphal
entry was the "next day."
Passover is always celebrated on 14 Nisan, which was
Thursday, April 10, in A.D. 32 (Royal Observatory).
So the Lord came to Bethany April 4 (6 days before
Passover) which was a Friday. The meal with Lazarus
at Bethany must have been a Sabbath dinner. The
"next day" could not have been Saturday (the Sabbath
still in effect, Jesus and the Jews would have rested) so
the Lord made His triumphal entry on Sunday, April
6, A.D. 32.

To recap all that, Anderson says (1) that Daniel fore-
saw that there would be 173,880 days between the issuing
of Artaxerxes' decree and the coming of the Messiah; (2)
that the decree was issued March 14, 445 B.C.; (3) that the
Messiah came officially on April 6, A.D. 32.
If Daniel is correct to the exact day, there should have
been 173,880 days between those two dates. Anderson
works it out this way: From March 14, 445 B.C. to April 6,
A.D. 32 is 477 years and 24 days. But we must deduct one