Lengths of Time from Birth: 

Mary: 

1. From Mary's Birth (30 

B.C.

, August 5, about midnight) to Christ's Conception (15 

B.C.

,  Feb. 25, about 

midnight): 14 years, 6 months, 20 days. 

2. From Mary's Birth (30 

B.C.

, August 5, about midnight) to Christ's Birth (15 

B.C.

, Nov. 25, about midnight): 

15 years, 3 months, 20 days. 

3.  From Mary's Birth (30 

B.C.

, August 5, about midnight) to Christ's Crucifixion (

A.D.

 19, April 7, 3 p.m.): 

47 years, 8 months, 2 days, 15 hours. 

4.  From Mary's Birth (30 

B.C.

, August 5, about midnight) to Mary's Dormition  (

A.D.

 34, July 31, 3 p.m.): 

63 years, less 4 days and about 9 hours; or 62 years, 11 months, 26 days, 15 hours. 

5.  From Mary's Birth (30 

B.C.

, August 5, about midnight) to Mary's Resurrection and Assumption (

A.D.

 34, 

August 15, before sunrise): 63 years, 10 days, plus several hours. 

Christ: 

1.  From Christ's Birth (15 

B.C.

, Nov. 25, about midnight) to the Flight to Egypt (13 

B.C.

, February 29, before 

midnight): 1 year, 3 months, 5 days. 

2.  From Christ's Birth (15 

B.C.

, Nov. 25, about midnight) to the Finding in the Temple (3 

B.C.

, April 9): 

11 years, 4 months, 15 days, plus some number of hours. 

3.  From Christ's Birth (15 

B.C.

, Nov. 25, about midnight) to Christ's Baptism (

A.D.

 15, Oct. 4, about 10 a.m.): 

29 years, less 1 month, 20 days, and about 14 hours; or 28 years, 10 months, 9 days, plus about 10 hours. 

4.  From Christ's Birth (15 

B.C.

, Nov. 25, about midnight) to Christ's Crucifixion (

A.D.

 19, April 7, 3 p.m.): 

32 years, 4 months, 13 days, 15 hours. 

5.  From Christ's Birth (15 

B.C.

, Nov. 25, about midnight) to Pentecost (

A.D.

 19, May 28): 32 years, 6 months, 

3 days, plus some number of hours. 

6.  From Christ's Birth (15 

B.C.

, Nov. 25, about midnight) to Mary's Dormition  (

A.D.

 34, July 31, 3 p.m.): 

47 years, 8 months, 6 days, 15 hours. 

7.  From Christ's Birth (15 

B.C.

, Nov. 25, about midnight) to Mary's Resurrection and Assumption (

A.D.

 34, 

August 15, before sunrise): 47 years, 8 months, 21 days, plus several hours. 

Lengths of Time between Events: 

1.  From John the Baptist's Conception (16 

B.C.

, Sept. 26/27) to Christ's Conception (15 

B.C.

, Feb. 25, about 

midnight): 5 months, less about 2 days.  

Elizabeth was in her sixth month at the time of the Incarnation, but this was the sixth month by the Jewish 

lunar calendar. The nine months of pregnancy are actually nine lunar months (a woman's due date is 266 days 

from conception). See chapter 5 for more information on this point. 

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