Date of the birth of Jesus
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title:
Date of the birth of Jesus
text:
The date of the birth of Jesus is not stated in the gospels or in any historical sources and the evidence is too incomplete to allow for consistent dating. However, most biblical scholars and ancient historians believe that his birth date is around 4 to 6 BC. Two main approaches have been used to estimate the year of the birth of Jesus: one based on the accounts in the Gospels of his birth with reference to King Herod's reign, and the other by subtracting his stated age of "about 30 years" when
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Variety of proposed dates for the birth of Jesus
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_of_the_birth_of_Jesus
date created:
2016-03-11T13:00:41Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T19:04:15Z
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