Adventistische Schriften über: "When was Jesus baptized in the Jordan? Can this be determined based on the Hebrew calendar? Was it before the Passover feast?"

Based on Adventist writings, Jesus' baptism can be dated to the autumn of the year AD 27. This chronological placement results from the prophetic time span of 69 weeks (483 years), which began in 457 BC.

Since Christ's crucifixion took place in the spring of AD 31 (at the time of the Passover) and his ministry lasted three and a half years, his baptism must have occurred three and a half years earlier, i.e., in the autumn. Accordingly, his baptism was chronologically after a Passover and marked the beginning of the final prophetic year‑week in the Jewish calendar system.

The Baptism of Christ in the Autumn of AD 27

»All evidence on this point also tends to set the date of Christ's baptism in the autumn of AD 27; for according to prophecy the Messiah was to be eradicated three and a half years after his appearance; and according to the evangelists his ministry lasted exactly that period, three and a half years. So if he was crucified in the spring of AD 31, he was baptized three and a half years earlier, in the autumn of AD 27, and began to preach. And precisely at this point the sixty‑nine weeks, counted from 457 BC, ended.«

1 - Uriah Smith, Looking Unto Jesus (LUJ 193.2)

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Chronological Placement of the 70 Weeks

»Sixty‑nine of the 70 weeks from the decree in 457 BC ended in AD 27, when our Lord was baptized and began to preach... Three and a half years from that point bring us to the middle of the week in AD 31... To be more precise: The first three and a half years of the seventieth week ended in the first Jewish month (April) in the spring of AD 31. The remaining three and a half years would therefore end in the seventh month, in the autumn of AD 34.«

2 - John Nevins Andrews, The Sanctuary and Twenty-three Hundred Days (S23D 27.1)

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Fulfillment of the Time at the Baptism

»From a point in 457 BC, the sixty‑nine weeks or 483 years would lead us to the Messiah, the Prince, at a corresponding point in AD 27... This must mark the fulfillment of a specific period... The time fulfilled here can be none other than that given in Daniel 9:25: 'From the issuing of the decree to the Messiah, the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty‑two weeks,' 483 years. Therefore we are correct in saying that this is the period that extends to his baptism.«

3 - Uriah Smith, The Sanctuary and the Twenty-three Hundred Days of Daniel 8:14 (STTHD 84.2)

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