SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHERE
Bethlehem
WHEN
6-4 BC?
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WHEN

6-4 BC?

counted from the text

WHO RULED

  • Herod the Great king of Judea 37-4 BC IN THE TEXT
  • Augustus emperor of Rome 27 BC – AD 14
  • Archelaus ethnarch of Judea 4 BC – AD 6
  • Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
  • Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
SOURCES
  • date — Matthew 2 puts the birth under Herod the Great, whose death Josephus (Antiquities XVII.8) dates to 4 BC.
  • Herod the Great — Josephus, Antiquities XIV-XVII
  • Augustus — Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti
  • Archelaus — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.13; Jewish War II.7
  • Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
  • Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4

SEE ALSO

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