All we know for certain is Jesus was born sometime during the reign of Caesar Augustus, 31 BC – 14 AD.
And was crucified during the reign or Tiberius, 14 – 37 AD.
If we ever find documents that pinpoint the time of the Census that Augustus ordered, we may clarify the birthdate to some extent.
The date of the crucifixion is fairly well documented by the time of the Passover and the Sabbaths and High Holy Days and New moon cycles of the Jewish calendar.................
Lately, derived dates for Jesus’ earthly sojourn seem to be ~4BC - ~29AD.
The date of the crucifixion is fairly well documented by the time of the Passover and the Sabbaths and High Holy Days and New moon cycles of the Jewish calendar.................
Posted by null and void to RHS in Fairfield
On News/Activism ^ 11/10/2005 7:07:40 AM PST · 54 of 114 ^
Which brings me to one of my hobby horses:
We already agree that our calendar is wrong, off by anywhere from 2 to 16 years, depending on who's doing the reckoning, and further in error because of the absence of a year zero.
The more fundamental point is that God did not intend us to mark His years by the birth of Jesus.
If He had intended this we would have a Biblical fixing of the date.
Further, the day of Jesus' birth is unremarkable as all men are born.
However, very few return from the dead, that event is remarkable, and it is the defining moment of Christianity, the very moment of proof that his sacrifice was not in vain. And the Bible gives a precise reference for when this happened!
Clearly this was the date the calendar was supposed to start!
For extra points, this makes our calendar off by anywhere from 17 to 30 years. That makes this something like Holy Year 1988 to Holy Year 1975, giving us anywhere from 12 to 25 years to get our affairs in order before the real end of the millennium...