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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
January 10, 1 B.C., there <strong>was</strong> a total lunar eclipse visible in<br />
Palestine, and January 26, 1 BC Passover fits nicely. War of<br />
Varus, known to have followed Herod's death, can be redated to 1<br />
B.C., where it fits the other known facts perfectly.<br />
The magi came to Herod and told him when they had seen the<br />
star of Christ in the East. Herod wanting to protect his royal line<br />
had all males in Bethlehem under two-year old killed. (Matthew<br />
2.1) This 2 year limit must have been a safe upper limit.<br />
The Joseph family fled in time and took refuge in Egypt. The<br />
Apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas written possibly around<br />
the end of first century says that this took place when <strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>was</strong><br />
two years old.<br />
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