6 The modern Jewish calendar determines the beginning of the month of Nisan by the astronomical new moon, but that technique was not used in the first century.
10 Ngokwekhalenda lamaJuda lesimanje ukuqala kwenyanga kaNisani kuqondana nokugcwala okungokoqobo kwenyanga esemkhathini, kodwa lena akuyona indlela eyayisetshenziswa ngekhulu lokuqala.