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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
CHAPTER FOUR<br />
EARLY FATHERS<br />
Now we turn to the witness of the early fathers.<br />
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, known as Tertullian<br />
(c. 160 – c. 220 AD)<br />
Tertullian says: ‘<strong>When</strong> Augustus had been reigning for twenty-eight<br />
years after the death of Cleopatra, Christ <strong>was</strong> born., and the same<br />
Augustus survived after Christ <strong>was</strong> born fifteen years; and the<br />
remaining times of years to the day of the birth of Christ bring us to the<br />
forty-first year, which is the 28th of Augustus after the death of<br />
Cleopatra.’<br />
‘Cleopatra reigned jointly with Augustus<br />
After Cleopatra's death Augustus reigned<br />
all the years of the reign of Augustus were<br />
13 years<br />
43 years<br />
56 years<br />
18
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