Jesus was baptized in the 15th year of Tiberius's reign(AD 29) when he was about 30.
That means he was born about 1/2 BC!
WAS JESUS BORN 1/2 BC?
by badboy 17 Replies latest jw friends
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gumby
It's only 4:15 in the early mornin and I ain't had enough coffee yet so I ain't sayin nuthin except for a big good mornin to my buddy the Narkmeister Mornin buddy!
Gumby
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Spectrum
"That means he was born about 1/2 BC!"
Nah. It was 6/7 a couple of years before herod's death(4bc) -
Shazard
If he was baptised ABOUT 30 years, then he was born ABOUT 1/2BC BTW do you know that there is no 0 year... so you can -1 more Year And knowing that Herod died 4BC I would suggest that Jesus was born 5-3 BC :)
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Mary
Gumbers, ya silly bugger, what are you doing up at this time of day???
There's discrepancy as to when Jesus was born but it certainly wasn't in 1/2 B.C. First, we know that Jesus was born towards the end of Herod’s reign, and we know that Herod died after a lunar eclipse in 4 BCE. And we can ascertain that Jesus could have been about two years old at that time, which means He was born between 4 BCE - 6 BCE. However, Luke records that Jesus was born during the census of Quirinius which, according to Josephus, took place in 6 CE. That means there’s at least a ten year gap between the two stories which simply cannot be bridged and no scholar has yet to come up with a viable reason as to the discrepancy in these dates.
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Narkissos
Hey Gumby, are you really awake now?
Just to make things more explicit, I would slightly modify Mary's excellent post this way:
There's discrepancy as to when Jesus was born
Iow, even assuming that the Gospels significantly reflect the life of a historical 1st-century character, we really have no idea when he was born.but it certainly wasn't in ;1/2 B.C.; First,we knowMatthew suggests that Jesus was born towards the end of Herod’s reign, and we know that Herod died after a lunar eclipse in 4 BCE. And we can ascertain that Jesus could have been about two years old at that time, which means He was born between 4 BCE - 6 BCE. However, Luke records that Jesus was born during the census of Quirinius which, according to Josephus, took place in 6 CE. That means there’s at least a ten year gap between the two stories which simply cannot be bridged and no scholar has yet come up with a viable reason as to the discrepancy in these dates. -
skyman
Narkissos you are right now No matter how you look at the Gospels if you take them all together and not leave one, or the other out, as so many PM's I have recieved, and links I have recieved, on the thread posted a few day's ago, not one link dealt with all the different problems.You can only asume that there is no way to know when Jesus was born becasue the bible is not correct between it's pages there is at least ten years difference in the biblical dates perod, all the aurguing you want to do people will never do away with this fact, THE BIBLE IS NOT IN HARMONY ON JESUS TIME OF BIRTH
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badboy
MAY I SECOND THAT,SKYMAN?
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badboy
INTERESTINGLY,I have received the good news magazine,Which informs one that Jesus was born in September,based on the idea JOHN THE BAPTIST was conveided in June.