cl ay ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁port ray al ▁of ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Jesus ▁in ▁the ▁John ▁G ospel ▁is ▁a ▁literary ▁construct , ▁present ing ▁the ▁cru c if ix ion ▁as ▁taking ▁place ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁on ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁Pass over ▁when ▁the ▁sacrific ial ▁l amb ▁would ▁be ▁killed , ▁and ▁thus ▁port ray ing ▁Jesus ▁as ▁the ▁Lamb ▁of ▁God . ▁This ▁understanding ▁fits ▁with ▁Old ▁Testament ▁typ ology , ▁in ▁which ▁Jesus ▁entered ▁Jerusalem ▁to ▁identify ▁himself ▁as ▁the ▁Pas ch al ▁l amb ▁on ▁N isan ▁ 1 0 ▁was ▁cru c ified ▁and ▁died ▁at ▁ 3 : 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁afternoon ▁of ▁N isan ▁ 1 4 , ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁the ▁High ▁Pri est ▁would ▁have ▁sacrific ed ▁the ▁Pas ch al ▁l amb , ▁and ▁rose ▁before ▁dawn ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁N isan ▁ 1 6 , ▁as ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁offering ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁F ruits . ▁ ▁Col in ▁Hum ph re ys ' ▁widely ▁public ised ▁" double ▁pass over " ▁astronom ical ▁analysis , ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁and ▁out lined ▁above , ▁places ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁death ▁of ▁Jesus ▁at ▁ 3 pm ▁on ▁ 3 ▁April ▁AD   3 3 ▁and ▁claims ▁to ▁recon cile ▁the ▁G ospel ▁accounts ▁for ▁the ▁" six ▁days " ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁cru c if ix ion . ▁His ▁solution ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁syn opt ic ▁g osp els ▁and ▁John ' s ▁g