This Is Appendix 179 From The Companion Bible.

I. Parallel Datings of the Times of Our Lord.

II. Dates of "The Begetting" and The Nativity.

III. "The Course of Abia".

A.M. = Anno Mundi; that is to say, in the year of the world.
B.C. = Before Christ. Reckoned as from 4004 A.M.
A.C.
= Anno Christi; that is to say, in the year of Christ. Reckoned from the Nativity, in 4000 A.M. and 749-750 A.U.C.
A.U.C.
= Anno Urbis Conditoe; that is to say; the year in which the City (Rome) was founded.

I.
PARALLEL DATINGS OF THE TIMES OF OUR LORD.

A.M. B.C. - A.D. A.C. A.U.C. YEARS OF THE REIGN OF AUGUSTUS (OCTAVIUS). YEARS OF THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS.
3960 44 9
1 43 710
2 42 11
3 41 12
4 40 13
5 39 14   Herod declared king by the Romans, according to Josephus (Ant.xvii. 8 § 1), who states that his death took place thiryt-seven years later, and as he always reckoned his years from Nisan to Nisan (including initial and terminal fractions of Nisan as complete years), the death of Herod would be in 749-750 A.U.C., or 4-3 B.C.
6 38 15
7 37 16
8 36 17
9 35 18
3970 34 19
1 33 720
2 32 21
3 Battle of Actium   31 722 1st    year of Octavius.
4 30   Decree of Senate of Rome. 23 2
5 29 24 3
6 28 25 4
7 27 26 5   AUGUSTUS (Octavius) IMPERATOR
8 26 27 6
9 25 28 7
3980 24 29 8
1 23 730 9
2 22 31 10
3 21 32 11
4 20 33 12
5 19 34 13
6 18 35 14
7 17 36 15
8 16 37 16
9 15 38 17
3990 14 39 18
1 13 740 19
2 12 41 20
3 11 42 21
4 10 43 22
5 9 44 23
6 8 45 24
7 7 46 25
8 6 47 26
9 {5} 48 27
(See Appendix 50)   4000 THE NATIVITY 1st taxing or Census Luke 2:2
{4
YEARS OF THE  AGE OF THE LORD
0}
749
Herod d.c end of January 3 B.C.
28
Our Lord birth 15th Tisri = 29th September 4 B.C.
{1 {3 Quirinus' First Governorship.  1} 750 29
{2 {2 2} 51 30
3 {1 3} 52 31
4004 0  A.D. 4 753 32  A.D. reckoning begins, owing to the mistake of Dionysius Exiguus in arranging the Calendar of the Christian Era in A.D. 532.
5 1 5 54 33
6 2 6 55 34
7 3 7 56 35
8 4 8 57 36
9 5 9 58 37
4010 6 10 59 38
1 7 11 760 39
2 8 12  Christ in the Temple 61 40
3 9 13 62 41
4 2nd Census (?) 10 14 63 42 YEARS OF THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS.
5 11 15 64 43
6 12 16 65 44  1st yr. of Tiberius' 1  joint reign with Augustus.
7 13 17 66 45 2
8 14 18 67 19th August   46 Augustus dies. Tiberius alone.
9 15 19 68 4
4020 16 20 69 5
1 17 21 770 6
2 18 22 71 7
3 19 23 72 8
4 20 24 73 9
5 21 25 74 10
6 22 26 75 11
7 23 27 76 12
8 3rd Census (?)  24 28 77 13  3rd Census this year (?).
9 25 29 78 14
4030 26
The Ministry
30
of our
779
Lord
begins
(Luke 3:
23) in the
15th
year of Tiberius.
1 27 31 780 16
2 28 32 81 17
ANNO MUNDI
4033
THE CRUCIFIXION
29
A.D.THE LORD
33
YEARS OF AGE. A.U.C. ROMAN RECKONING.
782
THE 18th
year of Tiberius.

II.
DATES OF "THE BEGETTING" (he gennesis, Matthew 1:
18,20 (see Revised Version marg.). John 1:14-) OF OUR LORD AND HIS BIRTH. (Luke 2:7. John 1:-14.)

TEBETH (29) 1 =25-26 DECEMBER (7) (5 B.C.).
2 = 26-27
3 = 27-28
4 = 28-29
5 = 29-30
6 = 30-31
7 = 31-1
8 = 1-2 JANUARY (31) (4 B.C.).
9 = 2-3
10 = 3-4
11 = 4-5
12 = 5-6
13 = 6-7
14 = 7-8
15 = 8-9
16 = 9-10
17 = 10-11
18 = 11-12
19 = 12-13
20 = 13-14
21 = 14-15
22 = 15-16
23 = 16-17
24 = 17-18
25 = 18-19
26 = 19-20
27 = 20-21
28 = 21-22
29 = 22-23
SEBAT  (30) 1 = 23-24
2 = 24-25
3 = 25-26
4 = 26-27
5 = 27-28
6 = 28-29
7 = 29-30
8 = 30-31
9 = 31-1
10 = 1-2 FEBUARY (29) (Leap Year)
11 = 2-3
12 = 3-4
13 = 4-5
14 = 5-6
15 = 6-7
16 = 7-8
17 = 8-9
18 = 9-10
19 = 10-11
20 = 11-12
21 = 12-13
22 = 13-14
23 = 14-15
24 = 15-16
25 = 16-17
26 = 17-18
27 = 18-19
28 = 19-20
29 = 20-21
30 = 21-22
ADAR (29) 1 = 22-23
2 = 23-24
3 = 24-25
4 = 25-26
5 = 26-27
6 = 27-28
7 = 28-29
8 = 29-1
9 = 1-2 MARCH (31)
10 = 2-3
11 = 3-4
12 = 4-5
13 = 5-6
14 = 6-7
15 = 7-8
16 = 8-9
17 = 9-10
18 = 10-11
19 = 11-12
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78 | 78
20 = 12-13
21 = 13-14
22 = 14-15
23 = 15-16
24 = 16-17
25 = 17-18
26 = 18-19
27 = 19-20
28 = 20-21
29 = 21-22
NISAN (30) 1 = 22-23
2 = 23-24
3 = 24-25
4 = 25-26
5 = 26-27
6 = 27-28
7 = 28-29
8 = 29-30
9 = 30-31
10 = 31-1
11 = 1-2 APRIL (30)
12 = 2-3
13 = 3-4
14 = 4-5
15 = 5-6
16 = 6-7
17 = 7-8
18 = 8-9
19 = 9-10
20 = 10-11
21 = 11-12
22 = 12-13
23 = 13-14
24 = 14-15
25 = 15-16
26 = 16-17
27 = 17-18
28 = 18-19
29 = 19-20
30 = 20-21
ZIF (29) 1 = 21-22
2 = 22-23
3 = 23-24
4 = 24-25
5 = 25-26
6 = 26-27
7 = 27-28
8 = 28-29
9 = 29-30
10 = 30-31
11 = 1-2 MAY (31)
12 = 2-3
13 = 3-4
14 = 4-5
15 = 5-6
16 = 6-7
17 = 7-8
18 = 8-9
19 = 9-10
20 = 10-11
21 = 11-12
22 = 12-13
23 = 13-14
24 = 14-15
25 = 15-16
26 = 16-17
27 = 17-18
28 = 18-19
29 = 19-20
SIVAN (30) 1 = 20-21
2 = 21-22
3 = 22-23
4 = 23-24
5 = 24-25
6 = 25-26
7 = 26-27
8 = 27-28
9 = 28-29
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156 | 156
10 = 29-30
11 = 30-31
12 = 31-1
13 = 1-2 JUNE (30)
14 = 2-3
15 = 3-4
16 = 4-5
17 = 5-6
18 = 6-7
19 = 7-8
20 = 8-9
21 = 9-10
22 = 10-11
23 = 11-12
24 = 12-13
25 = 13-14
26 = 14-15
27 = 15-16
28 = 16-17
29 = 17-18
30 = 18-19
THAMMUZ (29) 1 = 19-20
2 = 20-21
3 = 21-22
4 = 22-23
5 = 23-24
6 = 24-25
7 = 25-26
8 = 26-27
9 = 27-28
10 = 28-29
11 = 29-30
12 =30-1
13 = 1-2 JULY (31)
14 = 2-3
15 = 3-4
16 = 4-5
17 = 5-6
18 = 6-7
19 = 7-8
20 = 8-9
21 = 9-10
22 = 10-11
23 = 11-12
24 = 12-13
25 = 13-14
26 = 14-15
27 = 15-16
28 = 16-17
29 = 17-18
AB (30) 1 = 18-19
2 = 19-20
3 = 20-21
4 = 21-22
5 = 22-23
6 = 23-24
7 =