![]() ![]() ![]() So we don’t know exactly what year Jesus was born, but at least we know he was born on December 25, right? Wrong. to 6 C.E, which is probably the closest estimate we can reach. If we subtract 30 from the years of Pilate’s governorship we get a range from 7 B.C.E. The Pilate Stone, discovered in 1961 in Caesarea, is a rare inscription with the actual name of Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judea. The closest thing we have is Luke’s statement that he was about 30 when he started preaching. The problem is we are not told how old Jesus was when he died. Since all four gospels agree on this, and since Pilate is an historic figure whose existence is corroborated by outside evidence, this can be taken as an historical fact. Most historians think Luke got his facts wrong here.Īll four of the canonical gospels agree that Jesus was crucified during the governorship of Pontius Pilate (26 C.E. That would mean that Jesus was born that year, or the next. Luke also tells us (2:1-2) that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, not in the family home in Nazareth, because of the Census of Quirinius (governor of Syria), which required Joseph to return to his ancestral home.Īccording to the Jewish historian Josephus, this census took place in 6 C.E. But Luke, who never met Jesus and likely didn’t know when Jesus was born anyway, doesn’t tell us that Jesus was 30 when he began his ministry, he says he was "about" 30, which means we could add or subtract a few years anyway. ![]()
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