The Resurrection Earthquake and Day of Christ's death

Timeline

The following timeline basically follows Mark's Gospel which has the most detailed itinerary of Christ's last week. Each day starts at sundown-- according to Jewish time.

- - - - - Friday Nisan 8 - - - -

• Jesus arrives in Bethany to visit Lazarus, Mary and Martha.
• A dinner is served in his honor
• Jesus' feet anointed with Nard by Mary
• Chief priests and Pharisees plotting to arrest Jesus
  - - - - - Saturday Nisan 9 - - - -Sabbath
   
• A day of rest still in Bethany
  - - - - -Sunday Nisan 10 - - - -Triumphal Entry
   
• Spent the night in Bethany
• AM-on the way to Jerusalem
• Triumphal Entry
• People cutting palm branches
• Jesus riding the donkey
• Hallelujah to the King
• Passover lambs selected
• Jesus weeps over Jerusalem and curses it and the temple
• Jesus cleanses the Temple (could have happened on Mon.)
• Chief priests plotting to kill Jesus
  - - - - -Monday Nisan 11 - - - -
   
• Back to Mt. of Olives and Bethany for the night
• AM--on the way to Jerusalem
• Jesus curses the fig tree
• Jesus teaching at Temple early morning
• Jesus cleanses the temple (could have happened on Sun.)
• Chief priests wanting to kill Jesus
• Passover lambs checked for faults
  - - - - -Tuesday, Nisan 12 - - - - -
   
• Back to Mt. of Olives and Bethany for the night
• AM--on the way to Jerusalem
• Fig tree has withered
• Jesus teaches at Temple early morning
• Chief priests question his authority
• Passover lambs checked for faults
• Jesus speaks in parables to the Chief priests
• Chief priests make further plans to arrest Jesus.
• Pharisees, Herodians and Sadducees question Jesus
• No more questions
• Olivet Discourse upon leaving temple
  - - - - Wednesday Nisan 13
   
• Back to Mt. of Olives and Bethany for the night
• A woman anoints Jesus' head with pure nard
• 2 days before Passover and Unleavened Bread
• AM--Jesus teaching at the temple early morning
• Chief priests desiring to arrest Jesus & kill him before Feast
• Passover lambs checked for faults
• Judas meets with the chief priests
• Jesus makes plans for an early Passover feast
  - - - - -Thursday Nisan 14--Preparation day
• Jesus stays in Jerusalem
• Eats the Passover Feast and the Last Supper around sundown
• Jesus retires to Mt. of Olives and Gethsemane to pray after dinner
• Judas brings soldiers and betrays Jesus with a kiss
• Jesus arrested and taken to the Sanhedrin
• False witnesses
• Jesus is condemned to death by Sanhedrin and beaten
• Judas returns the 30 pieces of Silver and kills himself
• Peter disowns Jesus at cockcrow watch--2:30 am
• Early AM Chief Priests take Jesus to Pilate
• Pilate sends Jesus to Herod
• Herod's soldiers ridiculed and mocked him
• Herod sends Jesus back to Pilate
• Pilate wants to release him
• The crowd shouts--Crucify him!!
• Pilate has Jesus flogged and hands him over to be crucified
• Soldiers beat Jesus
• Simon of Cyrene carries Jesus' cross (beam) to Golgotha
• Christ is Crucified at 9 AM
• From Noon to 3 PM the sky is dark
• Jesus dies at 3 PM
• Between 3-5 PM thousands of lambs are being slain for Passover
• Joseph of Arimathea requests Jesus' body from Pilate
• Joseph and Nicodemus prepare his body for burial
• 2 Marys watch his burial.
  - - - - - -Friday Nisan 15 - - - - -Passover day
   
• Passover feast shortly after sundown
• Chief priests and Pharisees ask Pilate to put a guard on tomb
  - - - - - Saturday Nisan 16 - - - - Sabbath
   
• Day of rest
  - - - - - -Sunday Nisan 17 - - - -Resurrection Day
   
• Shortly after sundown (at beginning of the day) the women buy spices
• Jesus is resurrected between sundown and sunrise
• Shortly after sunrise the women find the tomb empty
• Jesus meets with his disciples in Galilee that same day
• Praise the Lord! He is risen.

You mentioned a couple of earthquakes occurring. The quake that occurred on the afternoon of Jesus' death happened when Jesus took his last breath Matthew 27:51-54. Also, rock-masses were split which threw dead bodies from the tombs. A heavy curtain was also split in two also showing God's wrath against the killer of His Son and signifying that now heaven was opened to a select few (few because not all are invited). These miracles made the people scared. The officer in charge of the execution was convinced that this was God's Son! Many onlookers beat their chest in grief because they also were overcome by what just happened and they felt shame. Part 2: Matthew 28:1, 2 another quake took place on the day of Jesus' resurrection when the angel descended from heaven and rolled the stone away from the tomb. The death of Jesus was 33 C.E., evidence: Law of Moses states that Nisan 15 was a special Sabbath regardless of what day it fell on. If it coincided with an ordinary Sabbath, the day was known as a "great" Sabbath. John 19:31 shows that such a Sabbath followed the day of Jesus' death which was therefore on a Friday. Only in 33CE did Nisan 14 fall on a Friday. Matthew doesn't really list events surrounding his death in order but Mark, Luke and John does. Hope this helps.

LANETTE HENDERSON; nice post but slightly an eror in the time of the earth quak, please look in Matthews :27 :51 and when Jesus Gave up the Ghost the temple shroud was rent in two, torn in half, before this no man except for a levitt priest could enter the temple; but now that Christ had taken on all of man kinds sins God seen fit to tear the  temple and say come boldly to me through My Son Jesus in to my temple and throw your cares upon me! need I go further? I will be Happy too. 

Now Lenett; a little help for the day of His rise from the tomb: a Day is counted from evening to themorning chapter 28 1: In the end of the sabbath as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, now this was the appearing of an angel of the Lord and the earth did quake from his arrival,however the Angel removed the stone. now back to the first day of the week, which is Sunday, so go back wards and you will see the DAY OF HIS CRUCIFICTION AND HIS RESURECTION.   OK now bear this one thing in mind, He arose on the third day not the fourth day, not the ending of the third day but on the third Day, then you will know the day of His crucifiction as well as His resurrection, so lets count it, and we will count it this way according to how God calls a day " The evening and the morning are a day" ok now from Thursday evening to Friday evening is a day, and Friday evening to and Saturday evening to Sunday evening is a day Saturday evening is a day, count them three days from Thursday till Sunday eve and He arose on the first day of the week and Sunday IS THE FIRST DAY, not Monday as the world would lie to you so as not to keep to Keep Gods sabbath,being Saturday,I fypu are not aware of this it can be showed also, even your preacher man at your church should be able to answer truthfully this as it was the Holy Roman empire who changed the days and the times.