Without sounding foolish I really don’t get it.
They say Jesus was born between 1-4 BC. If BC means Before Christ, how could he be born up to 1 and 4 years before he existed?
They say “The New Testament” was written by various authors after 45 AD and before 140 AD. Does this mean nothing was written for 45 years after his death, or was some written during his life?
So if BC is before and AD is after death, what did they call the years while he was alive?
2007-01-12 10:00:39 · 17 answers · asked by Peace 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BC = Before Christ. AD= Latin for anno Domini=in the year of our lord. many non Christians Use CE = common/christian ERA, in place of AD. also they use BCE=Before Common / Christian ERA. in place of BC.
The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament...
According to Strong's Concordance reference #2424 (Greek) which leads to reference #3091, the original Hebrew name is (Yahushua). What is important here to remember is that (Yahushua) was not translated into the final Greek-Latinized-Anglicized name 'Jesus'. Rather it was transliterated into the final Greek-Latinized-Anglicized name 'Jesus'. Moreover, as one can plainly see, went through many transliterations before it finally came to the English form of 'Jesus'. [3]
All these transliterations that took place in the sacred name of the Messiah eventually rendered a name that sounds completely different from the original. Pronouncing the name 'Jesus' fails to respect the original Hebrew pronunciation of the sacred name of the Messiah and, hence, fails to convey the original meaning. In reality, the Greek-Latinized-Anglicized name 'Jesus' has no root meaning in either Hebrew, Greek, Latin or English.
"Yeshua" was translated by the early Pauline Christians as Iesous in Greek, probably in order to make his name more acceptable to Greek Pagans of the time.
the Name of the Hebrew Messiah YAHU'SHUAH (meaning 'YAHU is Saviour') has been paganised to read 'JeZeus', ('God is Zeus') which later became 'Jesus' in the English language (pronounced 'Jezus').
2007-01-12 11:02:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Halftime.
Actually, AD stands for Anno Domini (Year of the Lord). Technically, that era would begin with the birth of Christ. However, there is some uncertainty in setting the actual date of birth.
2007-01-12 18:10:19 · answer #2 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AD= Anno Domini, year of the Lord. It is supposed to be his birth year. It's probably off by a few years, but the short answer is, there are no 'missing years' not covered by BC or AD.
2007-01-12 18:05:26 · answer #3 · answered by MithrilHawk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some are bc, some are ad. AD means Anno Domini, not after death, btw.
2007-01-12 18:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
ad is not after death 45 ad would mean 12 years after g#he dies but now they think they may have got it off by a few years.
2007-01-12 18:07:04 · answer #5 · answered by Mim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AD means Anno Domini (God's Year), because God came to live with men. It's not a big thing to realise that the "living years" as you put it are AD. Nobody knows for a fact the year of His birth as a man.
2007-01-12 18:04:03 · answer #6 · answered by Cristina 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
BC means before Christ and AD means anno domini in latin which means "in the year of our lord" so it means now.
Just so you know BCE means Before Common Era and CE means Common Era for those who don't use religious terminology
2007-01-12 18:05:06 · answer #7 · answered by Kallan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
AD does not mean after death it is latin Anno Domini wich means in the year of our Lord !
2007-01-12 18:06:54 · answer #8 · answered by revdauphinee 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
AD isn't after death. its a latin phrase: anno domini, meaning in the year of our lord
2007-01-12 18:04:26 · answer #9 · answered by The Tourist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AD. It is latin for in the year of our lord not after death
2007-01-12 18:03:48 · answer #10 · answered by Guillermo R 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋