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..
BC is an abbreviation of the words before Christ and is used in reference to the time before the birth of Jesus. AD is an abbreviation of anno Domini, a Latin term meaning in the year of the Lord..AD generally applies to the time since Christ's birth. Christ's birth is commonly used as the central point from which the years are counted. Starting with AD 1, we count forward until we reach the present year.D is an abbreviation of anno Domini, a Latin term meaning in the year of the Lord.. AD generally applies to the time since Christ's birth. Christ's birth is commonly used as the central point from which the years are counted. Starting with AD 1, we count forward until we reach the present year.