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What do BC, AD, and AM mean? Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Explore the genealogy. How this timeline is built. Corrections & feedback.

How the dates are written

BC stands for “Before Christ”: the number of years before Jesus was born. BC years count downward, so 500 BC is later in history than 1000 BC.

AD is short for Anno Domini, Latin for “in the year of the Lord”: the number of years since Jesus's birth. The year we live in now is an AD year.

AM is short for Anno Mundi, Latin for “in the year of the world”: the number of years from creation, when Adam was made. Adam lived in AM 1.

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