19/12/2022
where will be the birth of Jesus if our calendar is broken up into BC and AD? Will it be on AD 1 since we don’t count year zero?
These questions might sound simple. However, it is not a simple issue.
Ultimately, there is no reference to when Jesus was born in the Bible.
The New Testament scholars, however, believe that Jesus was born several years earlier than 1st AD. They place Jesus’ birth in 4th BC or before. Why this change in perception?
This video offers some insights on this issue.
The present calendar system AD and BC labels years based on a traditional notion of when Jesus was born. We commonly believe that Jesus was born in AD 1. How...