When was Jesus born according to our calendar system? Was it the year zero?
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According to our calendar system Jesus was born in 4 B.C. and died in 30 A.D. at 33 years old.\nOriginally thought to be at year 1 A.D. scholars and progressing advancement in dating recalculated for the more accurate date of 4 B.C. \n\nAll these other people here have no idea what they're talking about.
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They did not.  The year is very different on the Jewish, Islamic, and Chinese calendars.  But the spread of Christianity made the use common in the industrial world, and as global trade rose, its use has been globalized as the basis for most international trade, similar to the way English became the language of the Internet.\n\nAnd non-Christians refer to the year as 2006 CE (Common Era).  We do not use "AD" which translates "in the year of our Lord" as we do not worship Christ.
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The most likely year that Jesus was born, is 6BC, probably in the month of March. There was no year 0 (zero) recorded, so the 2nd millennium celebration of the birth of Jesus should have been held in March 1995.\n\nBut considering that Nativity was not celebrated at all for the first 300-or-so years, and that Christmas became widely popular only in the 19th Century, it remains remarkable that the birthday of Jesus Christ today is one of the biggest industries in the world. A rather apt acknowledgement.
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Here is the information that I have found on this\n\nIn which year was Jesus born?\nHistory records that Herod the Great died (Mt. 2:19) in 4 BC, so, if Jesus was born within Herod’s reign, as Matthew states (Mt. 2:1), then He must have been born before 4 BC.\n\nThe Star of Bethlehem (Beit Lechem in Hebrew) (Mt. 2:2) may have been a comet, or a planetary conjunction between Venus and Jupiter on March 11th in 5 BC, or another conjunction between Venus and the crescent of the 3-day old New Moon on April 10th 5 BC (which would have combined to look like a comet's tail), but modern astronomers' best guess is that it was a nova (a star undergoing a temporary outburst of radiation) in the constellation of Aquila, also in 5 BC – it is now only a 16th-magnitude star. We don't really know which of these was the Star of Bethlehem, but we can be pretty sure the year was 5 BC!\n\nSome people think that this shows that Jesus must have been born in the Spring of 5 BC, but they are ignoring the fact that, if Herod wanted to kill all boys under the age of two (Mt. 2:16), it was probably because Jesus was about one year old at the time. Thus, Jesus was probably born in the previous year – 6 BC.\n\nLuke tells that a census was ordered by Augustus (Lk. 2:1) and carried out by Quirinius (or Cyrenius), the governor of Syria (Lk. 2:2). Now, Quirinius was "legat" of Syria in 6 AD, but many bible historians hold the opinion that he was also in office (as a consul) 13 years earlier (i.e. in 8 BC), and newer research has found that there was a census ordered by Rome in 12 BC, which was not concluded until after 7 BC (orders took time, and Syria was on the edge of the Roman Empire!) Thus, if Jesus was born in 6 BC, it is still possible that Luke’s account is historically accurate.\n\nAt what time of year was Jesus born?\nLk. 2:1 tells us that at this time Caesar Augustus had decreed that all the world should be taxed. We may be assured that Quirinius would not have ordered a census to be taken in winter, at the worst possible period for travel; but Luke's account that the shepherds were abiding in the field keeping watch over their flocks by night (Lk. 2:8) lets us know that Jesus was born in summer or early autumn. Since December is cold and rainy in Judea, it is likely the shepherds would have sought shelter for their flocks at night.\n\nIf we are going to narrow down the date of Jesus's birth any further, it is going to be necessary to understand how the Hebrew calendar worked.
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No one knows what day Jesus Christ was born on. From the biblical description, most historians believe that his birth probably occurred in September, approximately six months after Passover. One thing they agree on is that it is very unlikely that Jesus was born in December, since the bible records shepherds tending their sheep in the fields on that night. This is quite unlikely to have happened during a cold Judean winter. So why do we celebrate Christ’s birthday as Christmas, on December the 25th? \n\n\nThe answer lies in the pagan origins of Christmas. In ancient Babylon, the feast of the Son of Isis (Goddess of Nature) was celebrated on December 25. Raucous partying, gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift-giving were traditions of this feast. \n\n\n \nIn Rome, the Winter Solstice was celebrated many years before the birth of Christ. The Romans called their winter holiday Saturnalia, honoring Saturn, the God of Agriculture. In January, they observed the Kalends of January, which represented the triumph of life over death. This whole season was called Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. The festival season was marked by much merrymaking. It is in ancient Rome that the tradition of the Mummers was born. The Mummers were groups of costumed singers and dancers who traveled from house to house entertaining their neighbors. From this, the Christmas tradition of caroling was born. \n\n\nIn northern Europe, many other traditions that we now consider part of Christian worship were begun long before the participants had ever heard of Christ. The pagans of northern Europe celebrated the their own winter solstice, known as Yule. Yule was symbolic of the pagan Sun God, Mithras, being born, and was observed on the shortest day of the year. As the Sun God grew and matured, the days became longer and warmer. It was customary to light a candle to encourage Mithras, and the sun, to reappear next year. \n\n\nHuge Yule logs were burned in honor of the sun. The word Yule itself means “wheel,” the wheel being a pagan symbol for the sun. Mistletoe was considered a sacred plant, and the custom of kissing under the mistletoe began as a fertility ritual. Hollyberries were thought to be a food of the gods. \n\n\nThe tree is the one symbol that unites almost all the northern European winter solstices. Live evergreen trees were often brought into homes during the harsh winters as a reminder to inhabitants that soon their crops would grow again. Evergreen boughs were sometimes carried as totems of good luck and were often present at weddings, representing fertility. The Druids used the tree as a religious symbol, holding their sacred ceremonies while surrounding and worshipping huge trees. \n\n\nIn 350, Pope Julius I declared that Christ’s birth would be celebrated on December 25. There is little doubt that he was trying to make it as painless as possible for pagan Romans (who remained a majority at that time) to convert to Christianity. The new religion went down a bit easier, knowing that their feasts would not be taken away from them. \n\n\nChristmas (Christ-Mass) as we know it today, most historians agree, began in Germany, though Catholics and Lutherans still disagree about which church celebrated it first. The earliest record of an evergreen being decorated in a Christian celebration was in 1521 in the Alsace region of Germany. A prominent Lutheran minister of the day cried blasphemy: “Better that they should look to the true tree of life, Christ.” \nThe controversy continues even today in some fundamentalist sects.
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The year of your birth does not just indicate your age! According to the Chinese system of Astrology, the year of birth indicates a certain phase or aspect of a sixty-year cycle of time. Three systems are used for counting and classifying the years: The ten Heavenly Stems, the twelve Earthly Branches and the twelve Animals.\n\nThe exact origins of the twelve animal system remain unknown. However, legend has it that, once upon a time, the Jade King was bored, having nothing to do in Heaven. He did not see what was happening on Earth, as he had servants satiating his every wish and desire. He decided that he wanted to see the animals that inhabited the earth so he sent word to his advisors to bring him twelve animals (which he considered to be a good sampling.) The advisor first sent an invitation to the Rat, telling him to also bring the cat. The Rat's jealousy prevented the cat from actually receiving the invitation.\n\nFurther invitations were sent on to the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Ram, the Monkey, the Rooster and the Dog, asking for their presence at the palace the following day. When they lined up in front of the king, he found that they numbered only eleven, instead of twelve as he had requested. The king sent his servant down to Earth to retrieve a twelfth animal. The servant ran into a man carrying a Pig, and he hastily grabbed it and delivered it to the king.\n\nThe animals stood in front of the king in no particular order. The Rat, being smaller than the rest, hopped on the Ox's back and proceeded to play the flute. The king was very impressed by this display. He gave the Rat first place. Second place was given to the Ox for its good sportsmanship, and third was given to the Tiger, who appeared so courageous. The Rabbit was given fourth place, the Dragon fifth, the Snake sixth, the Horse seventh, the Ram eighth, the Monkey ninth, the Rooster tenth and the Dog eleventh. By default, and due to the king's just nature, twelfth place went to the Pig. After the ceremony concluded, the cat (who missed the invitation) begged the king to reconsider. He was told it was too late.
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Glad to see you used the correct name of Joshua not the Greek 'Jesus'. The most likely date is April 5th the Year 34CE
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No one knows for sure when Jesus Christ was born, but many scholars believe it was probably around the first of October. Dec. 25 was formerly celebrated as the birthday of the pagan diety Mithras in the Roman Empire. The Emperor Constantine who legalized Christianity in the Empire in the 4th century A.D., commandeered the holiday for the Christians in his empire. You need not feel guilty, however, if you celebrate the birth of Jesus on this day as this has been a tradition all over the world for centuries and the original pagan meaning of the day has been all but obliterated by time and tradition. Hope this helps.><>Sir Brian
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January 8 birthdays:\n\n1556 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) \n1583 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. 1643) \n1601 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) \n1628 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. (1695) \n1632 - Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist (d. 1694) \n1635 - Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop of Toledo (d. 1709) \n1735 - John Carroll (priest), first American Catholic archbishop (d. 1815) \n1763 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States (d. 1834) \n1786 - Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States (d. 1844) \n1788 - Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874) \n1792 - Lowell Mason, American composer (d. 1872) \n1805 - John Bigler, Governor of California (d. 1871) \n1805 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878) \n1817 - Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893) \n1821 - James Longstreet, American Confederate general (d. 1904) \n1821 - W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general {d. 1862) \n1823 - Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (d. 1913) \n1824 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. 1861) \n1824 - Wilkie Collins, British novelist (d. 1889) \n1836 - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. 1912) \n1843 - Frederick Abberline, British police investigator (d. 1929) \n1852 - James Milton Carroll, was a Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (d. 1931) \n1860 - Emma Booth, the fourth child of Willliam and Catherine Booth (d. 1903) \n1867 - Emily Greene Balch, American writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1961) \n1870 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain (d. 1930) \n1871 - James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1940) \n1873 - Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953) \n1881 - Henrik Shipstead, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (d. 1960) \n1883 - Patrick J. Hurley, U.S. Secretary of War (d. 1963) \n1885 - John Curtin, fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945) \n1885 - A. J. Muste, Dutch-born civil rights activist and pacifist (d. 1967) \n1888 - Matthew Moore, Irish actor (d. 1960) \n1891 - Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) \n1891 - Bronislava Nijinska, Russian choreographer (d. 1972) \n1896 - Arthur Ford, American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient {d. 1971) \n1897 - Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977) \n1902 - Carl Rogers, American psychologist (1883) \n1903 - Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960) \n1904 - Karl Brandt, Nazi war ciminal (d. 1948) \n1905 - Franjo Cardinal Seper, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1981) \n1908 - William Hartnell, British actor (d. 1975) \n1909 - Willy Millowitsch, German actor (d. 1999) \n1909 - Evelyn Wood, American educator (d. 1995) \n1910 - Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Russian ballerina (d. 1988) \n1912 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992) \n1923 - Larry Storch, American actor \n1923 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985) \n1923 - Joseph Weizenbaum, German-born computer scientist \n1924 - Ron Moody, English actor \n1926 - Evelyn Lear, American soprano \n1926 - Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer \n1926 - Soupy Sales, American comedian \n1931 - Bill Graham, German music promoter (d. 1991) \n1933 - Charles Osgood, American journalist and commentator \n1934 - Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987) \n1934 - Roy Kinnear, English actor (d. 1988) \n1934 - Alexandra Ripley, American writer (d. 2004) \n1935 - Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977) \n1937 - Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer \n1937 - John Hume, Irish politician \n1938 - Bob Eubanks, American game show host \n1941 - Graham Chapman, British comedian (d. 1989) \n1941 - Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator \n1942 - Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author \n1942 - Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan \n1942 - Yvette Mimieux, American actress \n1944 - Ter
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Born on december 5\n1377 - Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) \n1443 - Pope Julius II (d. 1513) \n1495 - Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) \n1537 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) \n1539 - Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) \n1547 - Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625) \n1595 - Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662) \n1661 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (d. 1724) \n1687 - Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762) \n1782 - Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862) \n1803 - Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Russian poet (d. 1873) \n1820 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (d. 1892) \n1822 - Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, American college president (d. 1907) \n1830 - Christina Rossetti, British poet (d. 1894) \n1839 - George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876) \n1841 - Marcus Daly, American mining tycoon (d. 1900) \n1855 - Clinton Hart Merriam, American ornithologist (d. 1942) \n1859 - John Jellicoe, British admiral (d. 1935) \n1867 - Józef Piłsudski, Polish revolutionary and statesman (d. 1935) \n1868 - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (d. 1951) \n1869 - Ellis Parker Butler, American author (d. 1937) \n1870 - Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949) \n1871 - Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (d. 1932) \n1872 - Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906) \n1875 - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier (d. 1933) \n1879 - Clyde Cessna, American airplane manufacturer (d. 1954) \n1886 - Rose Wilder Lane, American writer and reporter (d. 1968) \n1890 - David Bomberg, British painter (d. 1957) \n1890 - Fritz Lang, Austrian-born film director (d. 1976) \n1892 - Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (d. 1973) \n1895 - Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician \n1896 - Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) \n1898 - Grace Moore, American soprano (d. 1947} \n1901 - Walt Disney, American animated film producer (d. 1966) \n1901 - Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (d. 1980) \n1901 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976) \n1902 - Strom Thurmond, American politician (d. 2003) \n1903 - Johannes Heesters, Dutch singer and actor \n1903 - Cecil Frank Powell, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969) \n1906 - Otto Preminger, Austrian-born director, producer, and actor (d. 1986) \n1907 - Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (d. 1993) \n1911 - Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist (d. 2000) \n1914 - Hans Hellmut Kirst, German author (d. 1989) \n1927 - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand \n1932 - Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate \n1932 - Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman), American singer and pianist \n1934 - Joan Didion, American writer \n1935 - Calvin Trillin, American writer \n1940 - Peter Pohl, Swedish writer \n1943 - Eva Joly, Norwegian-born French magistrate \n1944 - Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor \n1946 - José Carreras, Spanish tenor \n1947 - Jim Messina, American musician (Buffalo Springfield) \n1947 - Jim Plunkett, American football player \n1949 - Ray Comfort, New Zealand evangelist \n1950 - Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (d. 1992) \n1950 - Osvaldo Golijov, Argentine-born composer \n1953 - Larry Zbyszko, American professional wrestler \n1956 - Brian Backer, American actor \n1956 - Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist \n1957 - Art Monk, American football player \n1958 - Dean Erickson, American actor \n1960 - Jack Russell, American singer (Great White (band)) \n1962 - José Cura, Argentine tenor \n1963 - Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards, British skier \n1965 - Johnny Rzeznik American singer (Goo Goo Dolls) \n1967 - Gary Allan, American singer \n1968 - Margaret Cho, American comedian and actress \n1968 - Lisa Marie, American model and actress \n1973 - Luboš Motl, Czech physicist \n1975 - Ronnie O'Sullivan, British snooker player \n1976 - Amy Acker, American actr
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We can pinpoint the time of the Messiah's birth. Revelation 12 tells of the birth of the Messiah when the constellation Virgo (the woman in the heavens) was clothed with the sun and had the moon at her feet. This tells us that Jesus was born when the sun and moon were in Virgo. In other words, at the time of the September New Moon, or shortly thereafter. This fits the autumn lambing season. Furthermore, it coincides with the season of the three Jewish feasts, Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles. Interestingly, the apostle John records in John 1:14 that the "Word became flesh and tabernacled amongst us." As the New Moon was on the 10th and Tabernacles on the 25th September in 3 BC, the birth of Christ would be somewhere between those dates.
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Because that is the day that Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem
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Bella,\nIn the first place that would be 6/6/2006, not 666. I assume God is Y2K compliant. So don't worry, the last time we got a freaky date like that was about 2,000 years ago (June 6 of the year 6). Jesus would have been in first grade then.
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Joe was born on an airplane flying east across the international dateline on March 1 of a non leap year.  John was then born on the other side of the international dateline a few minutes later (February 28) and the year in question happens to be a leap year.\n';'
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Year zero. 5766 years ago, according to the bible.
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The most detailed accounts of Jesus' birth are contained in the Gospel of Matthew (probably written between 65 and 85 AD/CE) and the Gospel of Luke (probably written between 65 and 100 AD/CE).[4] There is considerable debate about the details of Jesus' birth even among Christian scholars, and few scholars claim to know either the year or the date of his birth or of his death.\n\nBased on the accounts in the Gospels of the shepherds' activities, the time of year depicted for Jesus' birth could be spring or summer. However, as early as 354, Roman Christians celebrated it following the December solstice in an attempt to replace the Roman festival of Saturnalia (or more specifically, Sol Invictus). Before then, Jesus' birth was generally celebrated on January 6 as part of the feast of Theophany, also known as Epiphany, which commemorated not only Jesus' birth but also his baptism by John in the Jordan River and possibly additional events in Jesus' life. The traditional date of Jesus's birth is celebrated as Christmas.\n\nIn the 248th year of the Diocletian Era (based on Diocletian's ascension to the Roman throne), Dionysius Exiguus attempted to pinpoint the number of years since Jesus' birth, arriving at a figure of 753 years after the founding of Rome. Dionysius then set Jesus' birth as being December 25 1 ACN (for "Ante Christum Natum", or "before the birth of Christ"), and assigned AD 1 to the following year—thereby establishing the system of numbering years from the birth of Jesus: Anno Domini (which translates as "in the year of our Lord"). This system made the then current year 532, and almost two centuries later it won acceptance and became the established calendar in Western civilization due to its championing by the Venerable Bede.\n\nHowever, based on a lunar eclipse that Josephus reports shortly before the death of Herod the Great (who plays a major role in Matthew's account), as well as a more accurate understanding of the succession of Roman Emperors, Jesus' birth would have been some time before the year 4 BC/BCE. Having fewer sources and being further removed in time from the authors of the New Testament, establishing a reliable birth date now is particularly difficult.
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Christ was born in the Winter of B.C. 5 or Spring of B.C. 4.  Christ was crucified on April 3, A.D. 33. That would make Jesus 37 to 38 years old.