Bible Question: Were there Pharoahs in Egypt during Jesus' time? |
Bible Answer: Dear Songbirdca, No. Cleopatra was a contemporary of Herod the Great who had all the young babies killed when Jesus was born. Cleopatra and Antony died before Jesus was born and she was the last pharaoh to my knowledge. I learned this from an archaeological history book which says that Herod the Great wrote a letter which is in a museum today, in which he wrote Mark Antony a personal friend of his. In this letter he warned Mark Antony to stay away from Cleopatra...that she would ruin his life. Ha! I thought that was amusing and it blew my mind to think that she was a contemporary of someone who lived up until the early years of Jesus. I had previously thought of her as from an earlier time than this. Itiswritten. |