![]() There are some scholars who have even suggested that His birth may have been as early as 18 BC and that he was close to 50 when He died. Since we know that Herod the Great reigned until 4 BC, and since we know that Jesus was about 1 to 2 years old when Herod had the children of Bethlehem killed, we now believe that Jesus was born around 5-6 BC. He didn’t have the data required to determine the exact year when Christ was born (though he honored Christ with the designations of BC and AD). In 525 AD, Dionysius Exiguus came up with the current system to replace the Diocletian calendar. Eras were generally the basis for how to number years and they differed from one nation to the next. ![]() In the reckoning of time based on BC (before Christ) and AD (Anno Dommini = year of our Lord), there was no year “0,” so it goes straight from 1 BC to 1 AD, which is only a minor problem, but it helps explain why dating ancient times from historical records is difficult. You have it right, though. it was based on a different calendar system. Jesus was probably born between 6 and 4 BC, most likely closer to 6 BC. ![]() ![]() A: Remember that the chapter summaries in Bibles are not inspired Scripture (nor are the numbers or the section headings). Those summaries are brief introductions or commentary to help provide the reader with context. ![]()
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