{"id":80893,"date":"2026-02-26T18:06:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=80893"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:06:45","slug":"geological-evidence-for-quake-at-time-of-crucifixion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/geological-evidence-for-quake-at-time-of-crucifixion\/","title":{"rendered":"Geological Evidence For Quake At Time Of Crucifixion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the London Mail <\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[caution lewd tabloid]<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-15379701\/Lost-books-Bible-secrets-Church-Jesus.html\" target=\"_self\">The Gospel of Matthew\u00a0<\/a><\/span>says &#8216;the earth shook&#8217; moments after Jesus cried out before dying on the cross, and researchers in 2012 reported evidence that could support the verse.\u00a0A team of geologists examined sediment layers near the Dead Sea, about 25 miles from where many scholars believe the crucifixion took place. Their analysis revealed signs of at least two significant earthquakes affecting the region.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbances in the sediment pointed to a major quake around 31 BC and a smaller seismic event sometime between 26 and 36 AD. Researchers noted that this period aligns with the years Pontius Pilate served as procurator of Judea, the timeframe in which the Gospel of Matthew describes an earthquake\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-14897659\/Knights-Templar-Jesus-bones-hidden-US.html\" target=\"_self\">following Jesus&#8217; death<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1772129205\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Geological Evidence For Quake At Time Of Crucifixion\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the London Mail [caution lewd tabloid]: The Gospel of Matthew\u00a0says &#8216;the earth shook&#8217; moments after Jesus cried out before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-80893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}