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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
He died fifty-six years later, on 19 August, A.D. 14.<br />
Augustus began to rule 41 years before the birth of <strong>Jesus</strong> and died 15<br />
years after that event.<br />
Augustus died on August 19, 14 A.D., placing <strong>Jesus</strong>' birth before 2.<br />
B.C. and Augustus began to reign in 43 BC.<br />
Tertullian also notes that <strong>Jesus</strong> <strong>was</strong> born 28 years after the death of<br />
Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide in August 30<br />
B.C., which gives the birth of <strong>Jesus</strong> as 2 B.C. also.<br />
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Roman Empire (135 A.D. to 203<br />
A.D.)<br />
Irenaeus <strong>was</strong> a disciple of Polycarp, who, in turn <strong>was</strong> a disciple<br />
of the Apostle John.<br />
Iraneus wrote “Our Lord <strong>was</strong> born about the forty-first year of the<br />
reign of Augustus.’ Since Augustus began his reign in the autumn of<br />
43 B.C., this also substantiate the birth in 2 B.C.<br />
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