|| A.M. A.M. A.M.||A.M. A.M. +----+----+------------------+----||----+---------+----+ |5666|5665|..................|3760||3759|.........| 1 | +----+----+------------------+----||----+---------+----+ | | || | |<---------1906 yrs---------->||<----3759 yrs----->| | || | ----^----- ----^^--- ----^--- Sept. 30th Aug. 30th Oct. 7th ----v----- ----vv--- ----v--- | || | |A.D. A.D. A.D. B.C.|| B.C.|B.C. ++---+----+-----+---+---++----+----+----------+----++---+ |1905|1904|.....| 2 | 1 || 1 | 2 |......... |3760|3761| ++---+----+-----+---+---||----+----+----------+----++---+ | || B.C. | |<------1904¾ yrs----->||<--------3760¼ yrs------->| | CHRISTIAN CALENDAR. | | | |<---------------------5665 yrs------------------->| Eusebius, who as Bishop of Caesarea, spent most of his life in Judea, possessed rare opportunities for verifying Jewish tradition. It is very significant that his scholarly research led him to accept and endorse a date for the commencement of the Christian Era, which is identically the same as that preserved by the Jews.