Re: The Millenium

["James W. Wheeler" <jwheeler@EAGLE.LHUP.EDU>]

Herod the Great was the ruler who died in 4 BCE, and was also the ruler
that ordered the slaughter of innocents.  4 BCE is thus after the birth of
Jesus.  The Herod who was involved in the trial was Herod Antipas, the son
of Herod the Great.  Easter is usually dated by the solar eclipse that was
observed in Jerusalem on Good Friday.

On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Jim Riley wrote:

> At 01:21 AM 11/19/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
> > The full name for the time period being discussed is the first century
> > anno domini (pardon my Latin spelling), in the year of our Lord.  -1
> > AD (or the year before Christ's birth) is not "in the year of our Lord."
>
>
> Nor is year 1 since Herod died in 4 BC by the current calender, and
> presumeably Herod presided over Christ's trial. The current year is then at
> least 2002 and not 1998.
> Jim Riley
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