

And 483 years later, in the latter part of 29 C.E., when he was baptized by John, Jesus was also anointed by holy spirit from God, thus becoming the Messiah, or Anointed One. and was put into effect by Nehemiah in Jerusalem in the latter part of that year. 9:24, footnote) That "word" was authorized by Artaxerxes (Longimanus) in 455 B.C.E. Soon after this, Jesus, who was about six months younger than John the Baptizer, came to be baptized, when he was "about thirty years old." (Luke 3:2, 21-23 1:34-38) This agrees with the prophecy at Daniel 9:25 that 69 "weeks" (prophetic weeks of 7 years each, thus totaling 483 years) would elapse from "the going forth of the word to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem" and its wall until the appearance of Messiah.

If counted from when Tiberius was named emperor by the Senate, the year ran from September of 28 C.E. If the years were counted from the death of Augustus, the 15th year ran from August of 28 C.E. It is stated at Luke 3:1, 3 that John the Baptizer began his ministry in the 15th year of Tiberius' reign. (Gregorian calendar) Tiberius was named emperor by the Roman Senate on September 15, 14 C.E. A pivotal date for the Christian Greek Scriptures is determined by the date that Tiberius Caesar succeeded Emperor Augustus. 30 Study Number 2�"Time and the Holy Scriptures ***Pivotal Date for the Christian Greek Scriptures. This would give ample opportunity for the Jews to resettle in their homeland and to come up to Jerusalem to restore the worship of Jehovah in "the seventh month," Tishri, or about October 1, 537 B.C.E.��"Ezra 1:1-4 3:1-6. In view of the Bible record, the decree was likely made late in 538 B.C.E. Secular chronologers have thus set the date for the fall of Babylon as October 11, 539 B.C.E., according to the Julian calendar, or October 5 by the Gregorian calendar.29 Following the overthrow of Babylon, and during his first year as ruler of conquered Babylon, Cyrus issued his famous decree permitting the Jews to return to Jerusalem. The Nabonidus Chronicle gives the month and day of the city's fall (the year is missing). as the year for the overthrow of Babylon by Cyrus. Various historical sources (including Diodorus, Africanus, Eusebius, Ptolemy, and the Babylonian tablets) support 539 B.C.E. The Bible records this event at Daniel 5:30.

A prominent event recorded both in the Bible and in secular history is the overthrow of the city of Babylon by the Medes and Persians under Cyrus.

28-29 Study Number 2��"Time and the Holy Scriptures ***Pivotal Date for the Hebrew Scriptures.
