When was Jesus Born

WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN
indications pointing him as a co-ruler with the governor of Syria)
alongside of Quintilius Varus who was not really trusted by the
Emperor). His first reign began in 12 B.C. as co-legate (not as a
full Governor), and, indeed, he ordered a census in 9 B.C. It is
quite likely that Quirinius was placed in charge of the sensitive
census in Judea during the time of Herod. Res Gestae
Inscription and the Aemilius Secundus Inscription is said to
confirm both the early census and the earlier co-reign of
Quirinius.
Tertullian, in his Adv. Marcionem, IV, 7, he says, "There is
historical proof that at this very time censuses had been taken in
Judaea by Sentius Saturninus respecting the family and descent
of Christ." And he dated the census taken at the time of Christ's
birth as 3/2BC.
Josephus wrote:
"Quirinius, a Roman senator who had gone through other
magistracies, and had passed through them all until he had
become consul, was appointed governor of Syria by Caesar and
was given the task of assessing property there and in Judea."
A linguistic interpretation of Luke 2.1 is that the verse should be
translated 'BEFORE: the census of Quirinius' instead of the
customary 'FIRST census of Quirinius' (see Nigel Turner,
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