People didn't count years the way we do until quite recently. Even the expression AD was not used until about 525 AD. In England years was just counted as so many years of the reign of King so-and-so. Other cultures have counted from other years. Romans counted from the founding of Rome (about 750 BC) but did not do this until at least 500 years later.
People didn't measure time like we do. The water clock was first made in China and was the earilest clock. People used the seasons to tell time and the position of the sun for another means. A candle with set intervals was also used as it burned to tell time plus there was the hourglass. We think that things must be done instantly, but people in the past would take months or years if they had to make something. To go places took days not hours. Marco Polo took 4 years to reach China with his father.
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The Jews at the time of Jesus would measure time as instructed to them by God. It is different from many other societies for instance, just like in Genesis days begin and end at sunset and the week is 7 complete days. Months are observed by the moon. This was all maintained via God's Sabbaths - weekly and 7 Annual High Sabbaths to complete the year of 360 days. On certain years, an extra month is added to maintain the divine count of all days.
Unfortunately, even the Jews changed this counting system returning from or influenced by captivity.
before Christ
BC is the time before jesus christ was born therefore BC is BEFORE CHRIST and AD refers to the time after christ was born
Historians for the last few centuries have recorded time before Jesus Christ as BC and then the year.
BC is the word defining before Christ. It represents the time before the birth of Christ.
Before Christ
Before Christ
It is the time Before Christ. That means 570 years Before Christ was born. That is 570 b.c.
In the Bible, BC stands for "Before Christ." It is used to reference time periods before the birth of Jesus Christ.
BC means before christ. It is a time (I think incorrectly) denoted as the year the christian prophet, Jesus. Any time before this is said to be 1 year before christ, 2 years before christ etc
BC or before Christ.
It is used to denote years Before Christ
before christ