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However, the Scriptures tell us that He died on a Friday, immediately preceding the Passover. 30 AD and 33 AD are the only years possible.

That's debatable from a scriptural standpoint. The strongest evidence against a Friday crucifixion/Sunday rising is this verse:

Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The only sign given by Jesus that he was sent by God was how long he would be buried: 3 days AND 3 nights. Some people take this to mean parts of days and nights, but even taking parts there's no way to add up to 3 days and 3 nights. The scripture Christ referred to was Jonah:

Jon 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Three days and three nights. I once asked a rabbi how long of a time period this was, or how long Jewish tradition considered it to be. He said basically around 72 hours. So the sign Christ was giving to the Jews was that he, the Lord, would be in the tomb for around 72 hours.