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NASB | Luke 2:2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 2:2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. |
Bible Question:
When was Quirinius governor of Syria? A clue to the real age of Jesus. Herod died in the spring of 5BC Jesus died in the spring of 33AD This makes Jesus at least 38 years of age when he died. (The Jews said he was not yet 50!) |
Bible Answer: Article by JAMES ORR in the entry under Jesus Christ in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, in Parsons, 1992-1999 (1) THE CENSUS OF QUIRINIUS. The emperor Augustus had given orders for a general enrollment throughout the empire (the fact of periodical enrollments in the empire is well established by Professor W.M. Ramsay in his Was Christ Born at Bethlehem?), and this is stated to have been given effect to in Judea when Quirinius was governor of Syria (Lk 2:1, 2). The difficulties connected with the enrollment or census here mentioned are discussed in the article QUIRINIUS. It is known that Quirinius did conduct a census in Judea in 6 AD (compare Acts 5:37), but the census at Christ’s birth is distinguished from this by Luke as “the first enrollment.” The difficulty was largely removed when it was ascertained, as it has been to the satisfaction of most scholars, that Quirinius was twice governor of Syria—first, after Herod’s death, 4-1 BC, and again in 6-11 AD. The probability is that the census was begun under Varus, the immediate predecessor of Quirinius—or even earlier under Saturninus—but was delayed in its application to Judea, then under Herod’s jurisdiction, and was completed by Quirinius, with whose name it is officially connected. That the enrollment was made by each one going to his own city (verse 3) is explained by the fact that the census was not made according to the Roman method, but, as befitted a dependent kingdom, in accordance with Jewish usages (compare Ramsay) Andy Rainbow maker |
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