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#406 What Was the Star of Bethlehem? - Jimmy Akin

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A Jesus Was Born in the 20th Year of Augustus Caesar

The evidence suggests that, and there's a lot of evidence for this, the us. Was born in the latter part of the year three b c, or the first part of theyear two b c. But you hear lots of people who are thrown off and say he must have been born a year before four b c because four b c is when herod died. And so i don't think malnar's version is right for that reason, cause he's got the wrong year. He's also using greco roman astrology. The magi came from the east, so we should look to the east. There has been some recent research done on the star beth Bethlehem

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