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..
#1 Posted by MrSnow (1300 posts) - 6 years, 7 months ago. When did everyone start using Common era instead of Anno Domine and before common era instead of before Christ? Is it still the Julian calender or something new now? I prefer Bc and AD.