Alma 8:54 And the names are given by the Nephites, for they did not 
reckon after the manner of the Jews which were at Jerusalem; Neither did they measure after the manner of the Jews,	  
		  
 
		  		   
		  3 Nephi 1:45 Now the Nephites began to 
reckon their time from this period which the sign was given, or from the coming of Christ;	  
		  
 
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