It is not known with certainty when the precise date of this event was however:
The only certainty that surrounds the crucifixion of Christ, which is commemorated at Easter, is that it was “a Roman operation”
The death of Jesus on the cross, which is commemorated in Holy Week, belongs to the most important events in history. Yet we barely understand anything about him. Almost no researcher denies that the founder of Christianity was a historical figure, crucified by Rome in Jerusalem. The rest moves in a monumental space in which faith, history and mystery converge. Each new archaeological discovery relating to that moment is thoroughly examined. The discovery in a tomb of that period of the corpse of a crucified convict, which was buried instead of being left to rot in full view as was usual, makes the burial of Jesus plausible. An inscription found in Caesarea Maritima assures the life of Pontius Pilate as a Roman governor in the stage of Tiberius. However, the biblical account is still far removed from any historical statement. As the journalist from the Territory Juan Arias wrote, one of the enormous connoisseurs of the figure of Christ, creator of the book Jesus. That enormous stranger, “we still do not understand who or why they killed Jesus.”
Asked about the historical certainties surrounding the death of Jesus, Douglas Boin, a researcher at the University of Saint Louis (United States), who has just released an analysis of Christians under the Roman Empire, Coming Out Christian in the Roman World: How the Followers of Jesus Made a Place in Caesar’s Empire, replies: “Not many. Jesus has been executed in the Roman province of Judea by the prefect of the province, Pontius Pilate. That is all. Including the date, possibly around 28 then of Christ, is an informed guess.” Several scholars consider the date of Nisan 14, in other words, Friday, April 3. However, not even the Gospels reach a consensus: Mark, Luke and Matthew speak of one day and John of another. In his book on Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI supports John’s thesis, which would one day bring forward his conviction and death.