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Governor Quirinus of Syria (Luke 2)1

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Pedigree

Names and Titles

Variation: Quirinus.
CHRONOLOGY of the life of Jesus

Dating the Birth of Jesus
While we have no definative date given to determine when Jesus was born, we do have some events to give us an estimate.

  1. From the Nativity accounts, we are told that Jesus was born during the reigh of King Herod I 'the Great', who is generally agreed to have died about 4 BC, or possible in 1 BC.

  2. From the start of his ministry. It is stated that Jesus was 'about 30 years old' when he started is ministry 2

  3. One point that goes against this dating is Luke's mention of the Census of.3
Joseph and Mary went to Bethleham, Judea, to register for the census called by Caesar Augustus (during the rule of Governor Quirinus of Syria (Luke 2).)4

Scriptures (References)

Book VerseTitle
Book of Luke in the BibleLuke 2:1-7The Birth of Jesus.
Last Edited23 Nov 2022

Citations

  1. [S3] International Bible Society, editor, The Holy Bible, New International Version (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984), Luke 2:2. Hereinafter cited as NIV.
  2. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, Luke 3:23.
  3. [S260] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_of_birth_of_Jesus
  4. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, Luke 2:1-5.