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For in the thirty-third year of his incarnate presence, the only-begotten suffered, being from above the impassible God the Word, but having taken on flesh and having undertaken to suffer for us, so that he might cancel the bond of death against us. For after that consulate which is signified in his thirtieth year, another consulate occurred, called that of the two Gemini; then another consulate of Rufus and Rubellius, and so during the current consulate after the consulate of Rufus and Rubellius, which later came to be called that of Vinicius and Longinus Cassius, in his thirty-third year, which was the eighteenth of Tiberius Caesar, the savior suffered on the thirteenth day before the Kalends of April. And the error of all these has been refuted, as the teaching according to the truth is clearly found, that not only two yearly periods of the feast of Passover are mentioned in the gospels, but even three. 24. For he was born in the month of January, that is, 2.293 eight days before the Ides of January—which is according to the Romans the fifth of January in the evening dawning into the sixth, according to the Egyptians the eleventh of Tybi, according to the Syrians or rather Greeks the sixth of Audynaios, according to the Cyprians or rather Salaminians the fifth of the fifth, according to the Paphians the fourteenth of Julius, according to the Arabs the twenty-first of Aleom, according to the Cappadocians the thirteenth of Atarta, according to the Athenians the fifth of Maimakterion, according to the Hebrews the fifth of Tebeth; for it was necessary here also to be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet “the ark of God came to us”—and it speaks of the perfect incarnation of Christ—“on the fifth of the fifth month,” as it was then observed among the Hebrews; which first had to be fulfilled by the calculation of the Hebrews, which also many of the nations followed, I mean the Romans, who celebrate it on the fifth in the evening dawning into the sixth, but the Cyprians observe the fifth day of the month itself, and the Egyptians by nature and the Salaminians also observe the fifth month itself, just as the Hebrews also reckon it the fifth from their own new year—He passed, therefore, through the aforementioned twenty-nine full consulates, and in the thirtieth consulate, I mean *, around the eleventh month he came to John and was baptized in the Jordan river in the thirtieth year of his incarnate birth, six days before the Ides of November, that is, according to the Egyptians the twelfth of Athyr, according to the Greeks 2.294 the eighth of Dios, according to the Salaminians, also known as Constantians, the sixth of the third Choiak, according to the Paphians the sixteenth of Apogonikos, according to the Arabs the twenty-second of Angathalbaeith, according to the Macedonians the sixteenth of Apellaios, according to the Cappadocians the fifteenth of Aratata, according to the Athenians the seventh of Metageitnion, according to the Hebrews the seventh of Marchesvan, as the holy gospel according to Luke bears witness to my word, as I have often said, saying thus: “And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph”; and from then, from the twelfth of Athyr, “when he proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord” according to what was foretold in the prophet Isaiah that “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense.” 25. For truly he preached an acceptable year of the Lord, that is, one not spoken against. For the first year after the thirtieth year of his incarnate presence he preached and all received it, and neither Jews nor Gentiles nor Samaritans contradicted, but all heard him gladly. In which year he goes up to Jerusalem, after being baptized and passing through the forty days of temptation and the twenty we mentioned before up to the first sign and choosing his disciples;

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γὰρ ἐν τῷ τριακοστῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας πάσχων ὁ μονογενὴς ἀπαθὴς ὢν ἄνωθεν θεὸς Λόγος, σάρκα δὲ προσλαβὼν καὶ ἀναδεξάμενος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν παθεῖν, ἵνα τὸ τοῦ θανάτου καθ' ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον λύσῃ. μετ' ἐκείνην γὰρ τὴν ὑπατείαν τὴν ἐν τῷ τριακοστῷ ἔτει αὐτοῦ σημαινομένην ἄλλη ὑπατεία γέγονεν, λεγομένη τῶν δύο Γεμινῶν· εἶτα ἄλλη ὑπατεία Ῥούφου καὶ Ῥουβελλίωνος, καὶ οὕτως ἐνεστώσης τῆς ὑπατείας τῆς μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Ῥούφου καὶ Ῥουβελλίωνος, ἥτις ὕστερον ἦλθεν Οὐιννικίου καλεῖσθαι καὶ Λογγίνου Κασσίου, ἐν τῷ τριακοστῷ τρίτῳ αὐτοῦ ἔτει ὅπερ ἦν ὀκτωκαιδέκατον Τιβερίου Καίσαρος, πάσχει ὁ σωτὴρ ἐν τῇ πρὸ δεκατριῶν καλανδῶν Ἀπριλλίων. καὶ ἐλήλεγκται τούτων ἁπάντων ἡ πλάνη, εὑρισκομένης σαφῶς τῆς κατὰ τὴν ἀλήθειαν διδασκαλίας, ὡς οὐ μόνον δύο χρόνων περίοδοι ἑορτῆς Πάσχων ἐν τοῖς εὐαγγελίοις ἐμφέρονται, ἀλλὰ καὶ τριῶν. 24. Γεννηθέντος γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ Ἰανουαρίῳ μηνὶ τουτέστιν 2.293 πρὸ ὀκτὼ εἰδῶν Ἰανουαρίων-ἥτις ἐστὶ κατὰ Ῥωμαίους πέμπτη Ἰανουαρίου ἑσπέρα εἰς ἕκτην ἐπιφώσκουσα, κατ' Αἰγυπτίους Τυβὶ ἑνδεκάτη, κατὰ Σύρους εἴτ' οὖν Ἕλληνας Αὐδυναίου ἕκτη, κατὰ Κυπρίους εἴτ' οὖν Σαλαμινίους πέμπτου πέμπτη, κατὰ Παφίους Ἰουλίου τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη, κατὰ Ἄραβας Ἀλεὼμ μία καὶ εἰκάς, κατὰ Καππάδοκας Ἀταρτᾶ τρισκαιδεκάτη, κατὰ Ἀθηναίους Μαιμακτηριῶνοςπέμπτη, κατὰ Ἑβραίους Τηβὴθ πέμπτη· ἔδει γὰρ καὶ ἐνταῦθα πληρωθῆναι τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ προφήτου εἰρημένον «εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἡ κιβωτὸς τοῦ θεοῦ» λέγει δὲ τὴν Χριστοῦ τελείαν ἐνανθρώπησιν «τῇ πέμπτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πέμπτου», ὡς τότε παρ' Ἑβραίοις ἐτελέσθη· ὃ πρῶτον μὲν τῇ ψήφῳ τῶν Ἑβραίων ἐχρῆν πληρωθῆναι, ᾗ καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀκολουθήσαντες, φημὶ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι, πέμπτην αὐτὴν ἑσπερινὴν εἰς ἕκτην ἐπιφώσκουσαν ἐπιτελοῦσι, Κύπριοι δὲ πέμπτην αὐτὴν τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ μηνὸς ἄγουσιν, Αἰγύπτιοι δὲ φύσει καὶ Σαλαμίνιοι καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν μῆνα πέμπτον ἄγουσιν, ὡς καὶ οἱ Ἑβραῖοι ἀπὸ τοῦ παρ' αὐτοῖς ἀγομένου νέου ἔτους πέμπτον αὐτὸν τάττουσι-διῆλθεν οὖν τὰς προειρημένας ὑπατείας εἰκοσιεννέα πλήρης, εἰς δὲ τὴν τριακοστὴν ὑπατείαν, λέγω δὲ *, περὶ τὸν ἑνδέκατον μῆνα ἦλθε πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην καὶ ἐβαπτίσθη ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ ποταμῷ τῷ τριακοστῷ ἔτει τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐνσάρκου γεννήσεως, πρὸ ἓξ εἰδῶν Νοεμβρίων, τουτέστι κατὰ Αἰγυπτίους Ἀθὺρ δωδεκάτῃ, κατὰ Ἕλληνας 2.294 ∆ίου ὀγδόῃ, κατὰ Σαλαμινίους τοὺς καὶ Κωνσταντιέας τρίτου Χοιὰκ ἕκτῃ, κατὰ Παφίους Ἀπογονικοῦ ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ, κατὰ Ἄραβας Ἀγγαθαλβαεὶθ δευτέρᾳ καὶ εἰκάδι, κατὰ Μακεδόνας Ἀπελλαίου ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ, κατὰ Καππάδοκας Ἀρατατὰ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ, κατὰ Ἀθηναίους Μεταγειτνιῶνος ἑβδόμῃ, κατὰ Ἑβραίους Μαρεσουὰν ἑβδόμῃ, ὡς ἐπιμαρτυρεῖ μου τῷ λόγῳ τὸ ἅγιον κατὰ Λουκᾶν εὐαγγέλιον, ὡς πολλάκις ἔφην, ὧδέ πως λέγον «ἦν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀρχόμενος εἶναι ὡς ἐτῶν τριάκοντα, ὢν υἱὸς ὡς ἐνομίζετο τοῦ Ἰωσήφ»· καὶ ἀπ' ἐντεῦθεν ἀπὸ Ἀθὺρ δωδεκάτης «κηρύττοντος αὐτοῦ τὸν δεκτὸν ἐνιαυτὸν κυρίου» κατὰ τὰ ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ Ἠσαΐᾳ προειρημένα ὅτι «πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπ' ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέν με εὐαγγελίσασθαι πτωχοῖς, ἀπέσταλκέν με κηρῦξαι αἰχμαλώτοις ἄφεσιν καὶ τυφλοῖς ἀνάβλεψιν, κηρῦξαι ἐνιαυτὸν κυρίου δεκτὸν καὶ ἡμέραν ἀνταποδόσεως». 25. Ὡς ἀληθῶς γὰρ ἐκήρυξεν ἐνιαυτὸν κυρίου δεκτόν, τουτέστιν μὴ ἀντιλεγόμενον. τὸν γὰρ πρῶτον ἐνιαυτὸν μετὰ τὸ τριακοστὸν ἔτος τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας ἐκήρυσσε καὶ πάντες κατεδέχοντο, καὶ οὔτε Ἰουδαῖοι ἀντέλεγον οὔτε ἔθνη οὔτε Σαμαρεῖται, ἀλλὰ πάντες ἡδέως ἤκουον αὐτοῦ. ἐν ᾧ ἐνιαυτῷ ἄνεισιν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, μετὰ τὸ βαπτισθῆναι καὶ διελθεῖν τὰς τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας τοῦ πειρασμοῦ καὶ ἃς προείπαμεν εἴκοσι ἕως τοῦ πρώτου σημείου καὶ ἐκλέξασθαι τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ μαθητάς·