▁hour ▁( F rid ay ▁ 3 pm ) ▁on ▁ 3 ▁April ▁AD   3 3 ▁that ▁the ▁Pass over ▁l amb s ▁were ▁sla ugh tered . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁Hum ph re ys ' ▁book , ▁the olog ian ▁William ▁R ▁T elf ord ▁coun ters ▁that ▁the ▁separate ▁day ▁schema ▁of ▁the ▁G ospel ' s ▁Holy ▁Week ▁" is ▁an ▁artificial ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁an ▁incons istent ▁construction ". ▁ ▁As ▁T elf ord ▁had ▁pointed ▁out ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁book ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁" the ▁initial ▁three - day ▁structure ▁found ▁in ▁[ Mark ▁ 1 1 ] ▁is ▁occasion ed ▁by ▁the ▁purely ▁re da ction al ▁link age ▁of ▁the ▁extr aneous ▁fig - tree ▁story ▁with ▁the ▁tri um phal ▁entry ▁and ▁cle ans ing ▁of ▁the ▁temple ▁trad itions , ▁and ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁chron ology ▁upon ▁which ▁one ▁can ▁base ▁any ▁historical ▁reconst ru ctions ." ▁ ▁Sch olar ly ▁debate ▁on ▁the ▁hour , ▁day , ▁and ▁year ▁of ▁death ▁ ▁The ▁estimation ▁of ▁the ▁hour ▁of ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Jesus ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁accounts ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁debate ▁among ▁sch ol ars ▁for ▁centuries . ▁Some ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁unlikely ▁that ▁the ▁many ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁Pass ion ▁could ▁have ▁taken ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁span ▁from ▁mid night ▁to ▁about ▁ 9 ▁o ' clock ▁in ▁the ▁morning . ▁ ▁The ▁cons ensus ▁of ▁modern