The originally calculated timeframe was incorrect, so rather than change what year it is, religious scholars just say Jesus, if he existed at all, was born in 6-4 B.C.E.
The Bible puts Jesus’s birth before the death of Herod the Great, which happened shortly after a Lunar eclipse - we now know that happened in March, 4 B.C.E.
However, it’s also possible Jesus was born as far back as 6 B.C.E., what with Herod ordering the killing of all male babies under 2 years of age, and it is written that effort was made to hide Jesus from this.
Of course, it’s all likely bs anyway, but there is a somewhat logical reason for the whole Jesus’s birth not lining up with year 0 thing.
The originally calculated timeframe was incorrect, so rather than change what year it is, religious scholars just say Jesus, if he existed at all, was born in 6-4 B.C.E.
The Bible puts Jesus’s birth before the death of Herod the Great, which happened shortly after a Lunar eclipse - we now know that happened in March, 4 B.C.E.
However, it’s also possible Jesus was born as far back as 6 B.C.E., what with Herod ordering the killing of all male babies under 2 years of age, and it is written that effort was made to hide Jesus from this.
Of course, it’s all likely bs anyway, but there is a somewhat logical reason for the whole Jesus’s birth not lining up with year 0 thing.