In the year o! yep! the year zero because peoples didnt have years and time(like 9 o'clock) back then it was later discovered that it would be easier with years and time!
EDIT: This answer is wrong, there is no year 0. The Jews marked they year by the time they had been occupied by rome, Romans judged time by the age of the empire.
If you thought that he was born in 0BC or something you are wrong he was born is 3 BC and died 30AD BC and AD are latin terms for BECUILED
2011 years ago before Christ was born, the time went back wards. When Christ was born, the time started going forward, therefore, it is easy to tell when Christ was born. ( what year it is, that is the year that Christ was born. ) ( Christ is Jesus. )
It means Before Christ. (Christ was born in the year 0). BC stands for Before Christ. So 1000BC is 1000 years Before Christ was born
Christianity was basically started by the message God sent mankind through Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ was born approximately 2000 years ago. The year numbers we use, for example "2013", are counted from the birth of Christ, but it is actually not known for sure in exactly what year He was born.
No, it refers to after Christ was born...AD stands for Anno Domini - translated as In the year of the Lord
BC is before the Christian era; it is used in dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
it is the meaning of after death of jesus christ and in the year of 1950... bc was before christ was born into this world..x
B.C. stands for Before Christ, and refers to any year before Christ was born. A.D. stands for the latin phrase "Anno Domini," which means "in the year of our Lord." It means any year after Christ was born, but is often dropped. (For example, the current year is technically 2011 A.D. but we just say 2011)
1776 AD means the year 1776 after christ was born, this year is 2011 AD. Forty years before Jesus was born it was 40 BC. BC: Before Christ AD: After Death
Before Christ= BC After Christ= AD With that being stated, Jesus was born in Year 0
BC means Before Christ. So, in this case, eighth century BC means: eight centuries Before Christ. Christ, as in Jesus Christ was born in the year 0. So, everything before the year 0, is called Before Christ, or B.C.
The term BC is used in reference to the time period before Christ while the term AD is used to describe the after Jesus was born. That means that the year 500 BC is 500 years before Christ was born.
BC, because that means "before Christ". So 250 years BC is 250 years before Christ was born. AD means anno Domini, or "after death" (of Christ). The year 77 AD is 77 years after christ died. This year is 2008 AD.