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About This Project
Vol.I - Augustus Caesar
- 9 BC - Zechariah & Gabriel
- 8 BC - Elizabeth & Mary
- 7 BC - Census in Bethlehem
- 6 BC - Living in Egypt
- 5 BC - Herod and Governor Varus
- 4 BC - Herod dies; Joseph picks Nazareth to avoid Archelaus; Varus puts down four rebellions
- 3 BC - Israel Split Three Ways
- 2 BC - Arabian Peace
- 1 BC - Caesar's Grandson
- 1 AD - Gaius, Aretas, Antipas
- 2 AD - Quirinius and Gaius
- 3 AD - Gaius lays dying
- 4 AD - Tiberius Caesar!
- 5 AD - Caesar warns Archelaus
- 6 AD - Jesus turns 12; Archelaus exiled; Quirinius takes Judea
- 7 AD - Jesus still 12 at Passover
- 8 AD - Illyricum
- 9 AD - Pannonia & Dalmatia
- 10 AD - Hillel & Gamaliel
- 11 AD - Germanicus Caesar...
- 12 AD - Tiberius back to Rome
- 13 AD - Equal Power; Still #2!
- 14 AD - Augustus dies; Tiberius Rules
Vol.II - Tiberius Caesar
Vol.III - Caligula & Claudius
Vol.IV - Nero and Beyond
Extras: Before 9 BC
About Me
6 notes:
The major sources for 9 BC are Dio Cassius and Josephus.
THESE ARE COMMENTS FOR 9 BC.
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9 BC...
to be more specific..
Dio Cassius, Book 55, Chapters 1 through 4 are ALL about 9 AD.
and...
Josephus' Antiquties, Book 16(Ch.9-11) & 17(Ch.1-4) tell events from 12 to 6 BC, but not all in order.
and...
Zechariah met Gabirel in Luke Chapter 1!
You may say: “Who is Saturninus? And wasn’t the census under Quirinius?”
Let me explain.
In the Empire, a regional census was repeated every 10 to 14 years, to update the information. Saturninus held the first census of Israel in 7 BC, and another Governor of Syria held the update 12 years later, in 6 AD. His name was Quirinius, and the census he held became famous.
In 6 AD, there’s going to be a rebellion in Galilee, and they’re going to use the second census (of Quirinius) as a rallying cry. People in Rome and all over Israel are going to hear that the Jews revolted because of a census update! (Of course, it wasn’t the only reason, but that became the story.)
Around 60 AD, Luke’s going to be writing about the Lord’s birth in Bethlehem. And he’s going to mention the census of Saturninus, but all he knows is that is was before the census of the rebellion. So here's what he writes.
The proper translation of Luke 2:2 is, “This was the first census, before Quirinius was Governor of Syria.”
The funny thing is, Luke was actually trying to AVOID confusion! But the translators made it say “when Quirinius was governor” and confusion began.
This is the simple truth.
Drusus was survived by his wife, Antonia the Younger, and by three of their children - who will all be important later on: Germanicus (now age 7) will be a great military hero; Livia Juila, called Livilla (now age 4) will marry her cousin, Tiberius' son Drusus; and Claudius (now age 1) will one day become Emperor!
Each province did not hold their census(es) in the same years. Each province held and refreshed their census data as needed.
In the note above, I mis-stated slightly, by saying that each province held a census every 10 to 14 years. Egypt had a census every 14 years, on the nose. Judea's 2nd census will come 12 years after their 1st one. But other numbers vary.
For my account of the first census, see 8 BC and 7 BC, on this site.
"It is established that a census was taken during Augustus' reign in Judaea at that time by Sentius Saturninus, in which census they might have been able to inquire about his [Jesus'] ancestry."
-- Tertullian, in "Against Marcion" (Book 4, 19.9-10), about 207 AD
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