On Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at 12:05 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>> The appearance of the "star" was just Jupiter and Saturn lined up,=20
>> which happens every 805 years. With that in mind, he was born in 6=20
>> B.C.
> [snip!]
>
> born in 6 B.C.? I thought that B.C. meant "Before Christ"? If so, how do
> Jesus be born six years before?
>
> -Laurent.
That is exactly what BC means, of course, but it turns out that the monk
who created our current system of recording the years was a little off.
Basically, he had to guess at when Christ was born, and he guessed a
little off. Which leaves us now with the strange situation of Jesus
being born 6 years "Before Christ."
sj
http://homepage.mac.com/stevehj
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