▁Matthew ' s ▁statement ▁that ▁Jesus ▁died ▁at ▁the ▁nin th ▁hour . ▁He ▁also ▁alleg es ▁that ▁Hum ph re ys ▁uses ▁two ▁very ▁dub ious ▁sources , ▁namely ▁Pil ate ' s ▁alleg ed ▁letter ▁to ▁T iber ius ▁and ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁the ▁fifth - century ▁Bishop ▁Cy ril ▁of ▁Alexand ria , ▁which ▁Hum ph re ys ▁however ▁class ifies ▁as ▁forg ery ▁or ▁contemporary ▁interpretation ▁indic ative ▁of ▁a ▁tradition ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Double ▁Pass over ▁method ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁cru c if ix ion ▁narr ative , ▁the ▁syn opt ic ▁g osp els ▁stress ▁that ▁Jesus ▁celebrated ▁a ▁Pass over ▁me al ▁( Mark ▁ 1 4 : 1 2 ff , ▁Luke ▁ 2 2 : 1 5 ) ▁before ▁his ▁cru c if ix ion , ▁which ▁contrast s ▁sharp ly ▁with ▁the ▁independent ▁g ospel ▁of ▁John ▁who ▁is ▁explicit ▁that ▁the ▁official ▁" J ew ish " ▁Pass over ▁( John ▁ 1 1 : 5 5 ) ▁started ▁at ▁night fall ▁after ▁Jesus ' ▁death . ▁In ▁his ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁book , ▁Col in ▁Hum ph re ys ▁propos es ▁a ▁resolution ▁to ▁this ▁apparent ▁dis cre p ancy ▁by ▁pos iting ▁that ▁Jesus ' ▁" syn opt ic " ▁Pass over ▁me al ▁in ▁fact ▁took ▁place ▁two ▁days ▁before ▁John ' s ▁" J ew ish " ▁Pass over ▁because ▁the ▁former ▁is ▁calculated ▁by ▁the ▁put ative ▁original ▁Jewish ▁lun ar ▁calendar