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LIEUT.-COLONEL G. MACKINLAY, THE DATE 



For the sake of defiiiiteness and simplicity we shall assume 

 for the present that this is the meaning. Consequently the 

 Annunciation took place 7 + 29^x5 = 154^ days, say 154 

 days after the first day of the course of Abijah when Zacharias 

 had his vision. Hence we obtain Table II (in which the 

 eapital letters within square brackets refer to the same 

 markings, in Table I : thus [D], 14th December, of Table II, 

 is 154 days later than [D], l^th July, of Table I). 



Table IL 



B.C. 



Dates for the Annunciation. 



10 







A 



29 July 





9 



[B] 13 January .... 





C 



29 June 



[D] 14 December. 



S 





E 



31 May 



[F] 15 November. 



7 







G 



2 May 



[H] 17 October. 



6 









3 April 



The dates for John's birth, Table III, depend upon the dates in 

 Table 1. The birth must have been exactly, or about 41 weeks 

 or 287 days after the vision to Zacharias. Thus [D], 26 April, 

 8 B.C., of Table III, is 287 days later than [D], 13 July, 9 B.C., 

 of Table I. 



Table III. 



B.C. 



Dates for the birth of John the Baptist. 



10 









1 A] 9 December. 



-9 





B' 



25 May \ 



C 



9 November. 



8 





D 



26 April 1 



E 



11 October. 



7 





F 



28 March 



G 



12 September. 



6 





H 



27 February 



[I] 



14 August. 



The dates for the Nativity, Table IV, depend upon the dates 

 in Table II. The JSTativity must have been exactly, or about 

 40 weeks or 280 days after the Annunication. Thus [D], 

 20th September, 8 B.C., of Table IV, is 280 days later than [Dl, 

 14th December, 9 B.C., of Table II. 



