Point 1:
The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, & Luke) claim that the Last Supper was 
a Passover Dinner.  Since Jews celebrate holidays the starting on the 
preceding day at sunset, that means that Jesus was crucified on the 1st day 
of Passover.  In case you are not aware, the 1st day of Passover is the 15th 
day of the month of Nisan.

     "Now on the 1st day of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus
and said to him, where do you wish us to prepare for you to eat the
PASSOVER SUPPER."  Matthew 26:17

     "On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover
lamb, [the] disciples said to him, where do you wish us to go to prepare
the PASSOVER for you to eat? Mark 14:12

     "Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover had to be
slain.  So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare for us the
PASSOVER MEAL, that we may eat it...And he said to them, I have earnestly
and intensely desired to eat this PASSOVER with you before I suffer."
Luke 22:8,15
 
Point 2:
The Gospel of John claims that Jesus was crucified on the day of Preparation 
for the Passover which occurs on the 14th day of Nisan:

     "Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it
was early.  They themselves did not enter the Praetorium, that they might
not be defiled, but might be fit to eat the PASSOVER [supper].  John 18:28

     "Now it was the DAY OF PREPARATION FOR THE PASSOVER, and it was about
the sixth hour, he said to the Jews, See, [here] is your king."  John 19:14

     "Since it was the DAY OF PREPARATION, in order to prevent the bodies
from hanging on the cross on the Sabbath - for that Sabbath was a very
solemn and important one - the Jews requested Pilate to have the legs
broken and the bodies taken away."  John 19:31

     "So there, because of the Jewish DAY OF PREPARATION [and] since the
tomb was near by, they laid Jesus." John 19:42

Further proof that John disagrees with the Synoptic Gospels that the Last
Supper was a Passover Seder:

"It was BEFORE the festival of the Passover...they were at supper..." John
13:1-2

"Since Judas had charge of the common fund, some of them thought Jesus
was telling him, 'Buy what we need for the festival,' or telling him to
give something to the poor."  John 13:29

     The Last Supper in John could NOT have been a Passover Seder like in
the Synoptic Gospels because when Judas left, the others thought he might be
going out to buy supplies for the festival.  If they were eating the
Passover Seder, that would mean that the holiday had already begun and
Judas would have been unable to buy supplies!  Buying and selling are
NOT allowed on the Holidays and Sabbaths!

     "It was Preparation Day, and to prevent the bodies remaining on the
cross during the Sabbath - since that sabbath was a day of special solemnity
- the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away."
John 19:31

     If Jesus was crucified on the 1st day of Passover, why would they have
to get him down before the beginning of the Sabbath?!  They were already
desecrating a very Holy day.  If that was a factor, the Jews wouldn't have
asked Pilate to crucify him on that day in the first place.


Summary:
The Synoptic Gospels are clear that Jesus was crucified on the 1st day 
of Passover and the Gospel of John is clear that the Passover holiday 
had not yet begun when Jesus was executed.  This is a contradiction!  
Jesus was either executed on the 14th or the 15th of Nisan, but not both.  
The Bible was written by men who made mistakes.  The Gospels were not 
penned until decades after the events described and are not eyewitness 
accounts.

Some people try to claim that Jesus celebrated an Essene Passover with his 
apostles and was then crucified on the day preceeding the Pharisee Passover, 
but the Essenes used a 364 day calendar in which Passover always fell on a 
Wednesday.  This means the Essenes would have eaten their Passover dinner 
on a Tuesday evening.  Since Jesus was crucified on a Friday, he could not 
have celebrated an Essene Passover Seder on the night before he was 
crucified.  

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