The Hebrews reckoned two evenings of each day, as appears from Ex. 16:12: 30:8; 12:6 (marg.); Lev. 23:5 (marg. R.V., between the two evenings). The first evening was that period when the sun was verging towards setting, and the second evening the moment of actual sunset.
BCE/CE usually refers to the Common Era (the years are the same as AD/BC). That is, BC is usually understood to mean Before the Common Era and CE to mean Common Era, though it is possible to reinterpret the abbreviations as Christian Era..
For example, 400 BCE is the same as 400 BC, and 2011 CE is the same as 2011 AD. There is another less frequent meaning in use for the âCâ in the new BCE and CE designations, in that the âCâ stands for âCurrent,â the implication being that there is yet another era still to come.