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  2. Matthew 2:16 - Wikipedia

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    That Herod picks this number is considered an important clue to when Jesus was born. [11] It is taken to indicate that close to a year had elapsed since the birth of Jesus. Herod is believed to have died in 4 BC so based on Matthew, Jesus' birth is guessed to have been in 5 or 6 BC.

  3. Jesus at Herod's court - Wikipedia

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    Herod Antipas (the same man who had previously ordered the death of John the Baptist and, according to some Pharisees, [7] had plotted to have Jesus killed as well, but not to be confused with Herod Antipas's father, Herod the Great who was alleged to have ordered the Massacre of the innocents) had wanted to see Jesus for a long time, hoping to ...

  4. Matthew 2:6 - Wikipedia

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    Two other references to Bethlehem being in Judea in Matthew 2:1 and 2:5 indicate that Matthew was keen to show that Jesus was born in Judea. In this verse he does not use the same spelling he did previously, thus also linking to the Old Testament figure Judah. In the second line, the author of Matthew reverses the meaning of the original.

  5. Census of Quirinius - Wikipedia

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    Contrary to the Gospel of Matthew, which places Jesus's birth in the time of Herod I, [6] the Gospel of Luke correlates it with the census: [a] In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

  6. Nativity of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Only the Gospels of Matthew and Luke offer narratives regarding the birth of Jesus. [6] Both agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the reign of King Herod, that his mother was named Mary and that her husband Joseph was descended from King David (although they disagree on details of the line of descent), and both deny Joseph's biological parenthood while treating the birth, or rather the ...

  7. Flight into Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–23) and in New Testament apocrypha.Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus since King Herod would seek the child to kill him.

  8. Matthew 2:4 - Wikipedia

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    Observe, he does not enquire where Christ is born, but where He should be born; the subtle purpose of this was to see if they would show pleasure at the birth of their King. He calls Him Christ, because he knew that the King of the Jews was anointed. [6] Pseudo-Chrysostom: Why does Herod make this enquiry, seeing he believed not the Scriptures ...

  9. Historical reliability of the Gospels - Wikipedia

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    Both Luke and Matthew date Jesus' birth to within the rule of King Herod the Great, who died in 4BC. [153] [154] However, the Gospel of Luke also dates the birth ten years after Herod's death, during the census of Quirinius in 6 AD described by the historian Josephus. [153]

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