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Why does Good Friday move so much?

Question

Jesus apparently died on Good Friday and rose on Easter Monday. So why does Easter move around so much?
Karen, Mortimer

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Alan, Camberley
Qualification: I’m a Jehovah’s Witness, who celebrate Easter differently
Answer: According to the Hebrew calendar, Jesus died on Nisan 14th on the lunar calendar, where months are only 28 days long. They know it was a Friday and there was a full moon on the day he died. The reason Easter moves about is because of the lunar calendar – it’s a Friday immediately after the spring equinox.

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