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    Magnificat Meter Time reference is based on Chanukah:
End-Year in 'our' BC/AD Varro's Roman AUC Years from Antiochus' desecration Years from initial Chanukah Years from Mary born Years from Christ born Other events
167 588 0 (3) Livy's History of Rome: Book 45 ← search on 'Antiochus' in Livy's History of Rome. See also Dan 11:30-35, 8:14, re the same period (170-164 BC). AFTERMATH OF SIXTH SYRIAN WAR, which Rome halted. Our BC/AD dating system cuts off three years, because Dionysius mistook Augustus' reign to begin 27BC. Just Google on those two names, to see scholars discuss the problem.

Luke and Paul seem to use a different Anno Domini accounting, based on Roman AUC; but WHICH Roman AUC? There were three, all accounting a 4-year civil war in ancient Roman history. Varro's ADDED four years, became accepted under Augustus, made law by Claudius. Paul and Luke write post-Claudius, but Mary spoke the Magnificat during Augustus. But how does BIBLE account that time.. conventionally, so the reader can follow, or CORRECTED to BIBLE's own calendar? I suspect both ways. But I still must work through the math.

Finally, the measures here are all END OF YEAR, to reconcile to Chanukah, which in Mary's day fell in the last week of the Roman year, versus the sacred Hebrew year, which ended on the Vernal Equinox (last week in March). So the year counts presume a December year ending, which is the last quarter of the sacred Hebrew year.
164 589 3 0 Cambridge Ancient History link on Hasmoneans Antiochus driven out, 1st Chanukah celebrated, candelight procession. Link below might prove helpful in understanding Dan 8:14's 2300 days. Dating backwards from 25 Chislev 164BC, you get 5 Elul (August-September) 170 BC. Maccabees were not sons of Aaron or David; second or third generation illegally usurped both houses. BEWARE: Cambridge writer mistakes Daniel as written far later than Daniel's own text, proves. The Cambridge writer doesn't understand Jehoarib (1st priestly course), doesn't know 1 Maccabees was written to show fulfillment of Daniel 8.
163 590 4 1 Click here for Sixth Syrian War, Summary Chronology (start p.93, read for 5+ pages, then compare to Dan 11:30-35).
162 591 5 2 See Macc 1:1 and Click here for what 'Kittim' meant
161 592 6 3 Or click here for 'Kittim'
160 593 7 4
159 594 8 5
158 595 9 6
157 596 10 7
156 597 11 8
155 598 12 9
154 599 13 10
153 600 14 11
152 601 15 12
151 602 16 13
150 603 17 14
149 604 18 15
148 605 19 16 Third Punic war begins (measured at beginning of year, so late 149=early 148, mathematically)
147 606 20 17
146 607 21 18
145 608 22 19
144 609 23 20
143 610 24 21
142 611 25 22
141 612 26 23 Israel becomes independent again
140 613 27 24
139 614 28 25
138 615 29 26
137 616 30 27
136 617 31 28
135 618 32 29 John Hyrcanus comes to power. Houses of Aaron and David are usurped. Wars with the Seleucids continue sporadically.
134 619 33 30
133 620 34 31
132 621 35 32
131 622 36 33
130 623 37 34
129 624 38 35
128 625 39 36
127 626 40 37
126 627 41 38
125 628 42 39
124 629 43 40
123 630 44 41
122 631 45 42
121 632 46 43
120 633 47 44
119 634 48 45
118 635 49 46
117 636 50 47
116 637 51 48
115 638 52 49
114 639 53 50
113 640 54 51
112 641 55 52
111 642 56 53
110 643 57 54
109 644 58 55
108 645 59 56
107 646 60 57
106 647 61 58
105 648 62 59
104 649 63 60 Hyrcanus dies.
103 650 64 61
102 651 65 62
101 652 66 63
100 653 67 64
99 654 68 65
98 655 69 66
97 656 70 67
96 657 71 68
95 658 72 69
94 659 73 70
93 660 74 71
92 661 75 72
91 662 76 73
90 663 77 74
89 664 78 75
88 665 79 76
87 666 80 77
86 667 81 78
85 668 82 79
84 669 83 80
83 670 84 81
82 671 85 82
81 672 86 83
80 673 87 84
79 674 88 85
78 675 89 86
77 676 90 87
76 677 91 88
75 678 92 89
74 679 93 90
73 680 94 91
72 681 95 92
71 682 96 93
70 683 97 94
69 684 98 95
68 685 99 96
67 686 100 97
66 687 101 98
65 688 102 99
64 689 103 100
63 690 104 101 Pompey invades Israel; installs Herod Antipater.
62 691 105 102
61 692 106 103
60 693 107 104
59 694 108 105
58 695 109 106
57 696 110 107
56 697 111 108
55 698 112 109
54 699 113 110
53 700 114 111
52 701 115 112
51 702 116 113
50 703 117 114
49 704 118 115
48 705 119 116 Alexandrian War, Julius Caesar defeats Pompey with help from Antipater.
47 706 120 117
46 707 121 118
45 708 122 119
44 709 123 120 Julius Caesar murdered; just beforehand, he made a law that LOCAL MAGISTRATES collect taxes for Rome.
43 710 124 121
42 711 125 122
41 712 126 123
40 713 127 124 0 Herod ('the Great', son of Antipater) becomes tetrarch, gifted by Antony
39 714 128 125 1
38 715 129 126 2
37 716 130 127 3 Herod becomes King of Judea, gifted by Antony
36 717 131 128 4
35 718 132 129 5
34 719 133 130 6
33 720 134 131 7
32 721 135 132 8
31 722 136 133 9 Battle of Actium, Antony defeated; Octavian then goes south to Egypt, to chase him.
30 723 137 134 10 Octavian defeats rivals, becomes Caesar Augustus. Herod wins his friendship.
29 724 138 135 11
28 725 139 136 12
27 726 140 137 13
26 727 141 138 14
25 728 142 139 15 Augustan tax reform, basis for the need of a census, as Augustus institutes a head tax for Rome and the provinces, following Caesar's 44 BC law. So that makes HEROD, not Rome, the collector of taxes.
24 729 143 140 16
23 730 144 141 17
22 731 145 142 18
21 732 146 143 19
20 733 147 144 20
19 734 148 145 21
18 735 149 146 22
17 736 150 147 23
16 737 151 148 24
15 738 152 149 25
14 739 153 150 26
13 740 154 151 27
12 741 155 152 28 Quirinius made consul.
11 742 156 153 29
10 743 157 154 30
9 744 158 155 31
8 745 159 156 32
7 746 160 157 33
6 747 161 158 34
5 748 162 159 35 Annunciation, end of year. Mary says the Magnificat knowing she's 1098 years after David crowned King at Hebron, and is 1098 years away from the End of Time (5250 years after Adam's fall).
4 749 163 160 36 0 Herod is dying. So now Rome's tax collection is in jeopardy. Herod's will made Augustus, executor. Quirinius was Gaius' tutor. Gaius was learning how to rule troops. In Syria. Question is, whether it was end 4BC or 2BC. The two year difference is easily accounted, since in those days you never counted '0', but went from the last prior year to a new '1'. Dionysius uses that accounting, as did everyone in Bible's days. So one of those two dates, is referenced by the events Bible records.
3 750 164 161 37 1 This is Dionysius' error: he chopped off 3 years from Augustus' ruling period, mistaking it to begin 27BC, so in effect uses an AUC of 750. But if Varro's AUC is conflated with 4 years, that explains why Paul's meter seems to match 'our' BC/AD dates, or even Varro's. When scholars use BC or AD, they follow one of the two systems, hence a 3-year variance.
2 751 165 162 38 2
1 752 166 163 39 3
(1) 753 167 164 40 4 Dating convention to skip 0, mark the new year (i.e., of a new king) as '1'. So this is 1 AD. Its accounting works, due to beginning versus end of year: you're age 1, at the END of the year, but begin your first year, at the beginning. Conventional Roman scholars (whether or not Christian), call this, '1 AD'.
(2) 754 168 165 41 5
(3) 755 169 166 42 6
(4) 756 170 167 43 7
(5) 757 171 168 44 8
(6) 758 172 169 45 9
(7) 759 173 170 46 10
(8) 760 174 171 47 11
(9) 761 175 172 48 12
(10) 762 176 173 49 13
(11) 763 177 174 50 14
(12) 764 178 175 51 15 Scholars place Tiberius co-regency in AD 12 or 11 (Mommsen used 11), but they account with zero's.
(13) 765 179 176 52 16 Tiberius made co-regent (beginning 13=end of 12).
(14) 766 180 177 53 17 Augustus dies in September
(15) 767 181 178 54 18
(16) 768 182 179 55 19
(17) 769 183 180 56 20
(18) 770 184 181 57 21
(19) 771 185 182 58 22
(20) 772 186 183 59 23
(21) 773 187 184 60 24
(22) 774 188 185 61 25
(23) 775 189 186 62 26
(24) 776 190 187 63 27
(25) 777 191 188 64 28
(26) 778 192 189 65 29
(27) 779 193 190 66 30 15th year of Tiberius (meaning his 15th anniversary of rule, is at the END of that year).
(28) 780 194 191 67 31
(29) 781 195 192 68 32
(30) 782 196 193 69 33
(31) 783 197 194 70 34 Christ dies at the beginning of the year, but would have turned age 34, by its end. Beginning 31=end of 30.
(32) 784 198 195 71 35
(33) 785 199 196 72 36
(34) 786 200 197 73 37
(35) 787 201 198 74 38
(36) 788 202 199 75 39
(37) 789 203 200 76 40 TIBERIUS DIES. Not sure when Mary died. Just stopped the count, here. This was the year Christ was SUPPOSED to die (at beginning), 1000th anniversary of David's death.
(38) 790 204 201 77 41
(39) 791 205 202 42
(40) 792 206 203 43
(41) 793 207 204 44
(42) 794 208 205 45
(43) 795 209 206 46
(44) 796 210 207 47 Caligula murdered
(45) 797 211 208 48
(46) 798 212 209 49
(47) 799 213 210 50
(48) 800 214 211 51
(49) 801 215 212 52
(50) 802 216 213 53
(51) 803 217 214 54 40 years left on the time clock had Christ died when scheduled, at age 40, to reimburse for Abraham's 54-years-early maturation. Equidistance ending Mary's Magnificat: 54-14=40, the age at which her Son was SUPPOSED to die.
(52) 804 218 215 55
(53) 805 219 216 56
(54) 806 220 217 57 Claudius dies. Year when Paul writes Ephesians, just before Christ's 57th birthday. Bible uses age-last-birthday convention, ever since Genesis. Pun on years left after Paul completes Eph1:14's accounting for future Church history (to the rise of Odovacer), see http://www.brainout.net/Ephesians1REPARSED.doc ChronoChart syllable (year) 434 .
(55) 807 221 218 58
(56) 808 222 219 59
(57) 809 223 220 60
(58) 810 224 221 61
(59) 811 225 222 62
(60) 812 226 223 63
(61) 813 227 224 64
(62) 814 228 225 65
(63) 815 229 226 66 33 years after Christ ACTUALLY died. Equidistance, so potential Rapture date Paul will account.
(64) 816 230 227 67
(65) 817 231 228 68
(66) 818 232 229 69
(67) 819 233 230 70
(68) 820 234 231 71 Nero dies (really January or maybe March 69), some months after Paul.
(69) 821 235 232 72 Year of the Four Emperors, ending with Vespasian in 70 AD
(70) 822 236 233 73 40 years after Christ ACTUALLY died. Temple was expected to go down here, kicking off Rapture, so Paul counts it.
(71) 823 237 234 74
(72) 824 238 235 75
(73) 825 239 236 76 40 years after Christ ACTUALLY died, in Paul's accounting; which appears to use Roman AUC, which ADDED 4 years.
(74) 826 240 237 77
(75) 827 241 238 78
(76) 828 242 239 79
(77) 829 243 240 80
(78) 830 244 241 81
(79) 831 245 242 82 Vespasian dies.
(80) 832 246 243 83
(81) 833 247 244 84 Titus dies
(82) 834 248 245 85
(83) 835 249 246 86
(84) 836 250 247 87
(85) 837 251 248 88
(86) 838 252 249 89
(87) 839 253 250 90
(88) 840 254 251 91 Latest Expected Trib Beginning, pre-Church. Rev 1:1-3 is dramatic prologue, metered. Verse 1 is 58 syllables, dated from Christ's age at death = 91. It's divisible by 7 @verse 2, 84 syllables = Psalm 90:4; Judaea had been a province for 84 years, in 91AD; the same year was 26 years after Florus became (the last) procurator = verse 2's syllables, alone. Rev 1:3 is also divisible by 7, @42. Total = 126, pregnant 70+56, playing off 'year': 365+126=490. 126=42 threes, or 18 sevens.
(89) 841 255 252 92
(90) 842 256 253 93
(91) 843 257 254 94 Latest time for Temple to go down (mid-Trib), on the pre-Church schedule.
(92) 844 258 255 95
(93) 845 259 256 96
(94) 846 260 257 97 Millennium was supposed to begin at the beginning of the FOLLOWING year, when Christ would have turned 98.
(95) 847 261 258 98
(96) 848 262 259 Domitian dies.
(97) 849 263 260
(98) 850 264 261
(99) 851 265 262