2006-07-07 11:36:24 · 14 answers · asked by RON C 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Jewish year at the time. I think it was around 3150 or something like that. The Jewish calendar was around a lot longer than the one we use today!
2006-07-07 11:39:37 · answer #1 · answered by WiserAngel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, a good question. Many nations measured their calendars by different events. Since Palestine was part of the Roman Empire at the time, Jesus would at least have known how Rome's calendar worked. (The Julian calendar was adopted by Julius Caesar a few decades before Christ). Year by year, the Romans measured the calendar from the "Founding of Rome". Years were designated for the Latin characters A.U.C.
2006-07-07 18:42:59 · answer #2 · answered by antirion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ROFL!!!!!! The whole BC and AD thing came around a few hundred years after the fact ^_^ They used the Roman Calendar, but since Jesus was Jewish, I'm sure he followed the Jewish Calendar(s) (There were 2 Jewish Calendars... one that was similar to the Roman one and the other was a Lunar Calendar which was for Religious reasons)... Since then, the calendar has been changed twice, landing us directly on Gregorian Calendar.
2006-07-07 18:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the only intelligent question I've seen posted! There were two calendars in use at that time, the Hebrew and the Roman. Did you know that Kim Sung Il in North Korea abolished the Christian calendar and started a new one, using his father's birthdate - 1912 - as the date history began, so now in North Korea it is the year 94?
2006-07-07 18:44:37 · answer #4 · answered by oldbuckhorn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, technically, when he was born it became a.d, not after he died. so he probably knew it was that, say for instance when he was 15 he knew it was 14 a.d. considering you count the day he was born as the beginning of 1 a.d., of course some people think that that would have been 0 a.d. but anio domini means "in the year of our lord" so it would stand to reason his first year on earth would be 1 a.d.
2006-07-07 18:43:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first...the whole year was the first until Jesus was 2.
2006-07-07 19:10:16 · answer #6 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The time was God's appointed time. He had more important things to think about than the silly trivial issues we are distracted with on a daily basis. He knew what he had to do and he did it. He didn't care about science, and time measurements, and wasn't ruled such things are people are today.
2006-07-07 18:44:35 · answer #7 · answered by Matt B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quick lesson:
The common misconception is that "AD" stands for "After death"
AD actually stands for Anno Domini, meaning "in the year of our lord"
So Jesus would think the year was the same thing everyone else thought it was.
2006-07-07 18:41:10 · answer #8 · answered by Steven B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to quote the source...a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day...time is a manmade concept and irrelevant to god...but to be nice it was some 3500 ac
...that is after creation
2006-07-07 18:47:13 · answer #9 · answered by aduendas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wouldn't he use the Roman Calendar? (I wouldn't know a thing about it, but he was around during the Roman Empire, check out Wikipedia)
2006-07-07 18:40:27 · answer #10 · answered by MrPotatoHead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋