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Matthew informs us that Christ was
born "In the days of Herod the kingu
and in the same chapter we learn that
Joseph and Mary with the Holy
Child, went to Egypt for fear of Herod,
and returned after his dea:h. Matt 2.
Now If we can learn the date of
Herods death; 1t may assist us in
finding the date of the Savior's birth.
VIM. Smith, LII. d. Classical Elk.
aminer Of the University of London,
and highly credible author, says
that Modern writers, with hardly an
exception, believed that the Dionysian
Calculat on, Jour common era) places
the nativity some years too late; al
though they differ as to the amount
OF error" History of the Bible, p 577
in note. Quoting from Josephus we
learn that Herod died the 9Th d.y
alter he caused Antips ter to be slain
having resigned, since he had
been declared king by the Romans,
thirty-seven years" Ant. book II
chap sec. l. This also exactly
agrees with this historians statement
In War book /. CHI 33, sec. s. "rhe
title of king of Judea was conferred
on him (Herod 40 B. C."-Johnson's
Cy Sub. Herod. This also agrees
with Chambers Ency., "Herod wac
king OF the Jews in Judea for aboi t
thirty-seven years, from 40 b. c., to A
b. C."-Cy. Britannica, Sub. Herod.
Josephus tells us that the very night
that Herod had Matthias burned
there was an eclipse of the moon.
Ant. 22;5-4. The following is an ac-
campaigning note: "This eclipse of
the moon is of the greatest conse-
quence for the determination OF time
for the death of Herod and Antipater,
and tor the birth and entire chrono-
logy of Jesus Christ 1t happened
March 10 in the year OF the Julian
period 47l0 and the 4th before the
Christian ero." p. 469. Josephus oes
on to give the particulars of Herod's
death, but does not give the exact
date of the event. HE (Herod) died
between Marth 18th and April 5th.u
.Jobnson's Cy., Sub, Herod. That
year Passover came on the 5th of
April, at which time Herod was dead.
VIM. Smith, LII. d., says: "Herod
expired five days after the death of
shortly before the Pass
over, B. c." In the same volume
and on the same page, in a note, we
read; "There is no doubt that the
common era of the birth of our Savior
is wrong by four years. Christ was
born shortly before the death of
Herod, and we know the latter died
four ears before the Christian era.n
p. 567.
In Johnson's Universal Cyclopedia
we learn that "the great era from
which Christian nations compute
their time, one supposed to CORES
pond 20 the date OF the birth of Christ,
but, according to some of the best
Christ was born about
four years before the commencement
of our era. The practice of reckoning
time from the supposed birth. of
Christ appears to have been intro
duced In the sixth century," Sub.
Christian Era. The same authority
says, "The Christian era first propos-
ed in 527 A. D." Sub. Chronology.
This is also In exact agreement with
Chambers Encyclopt dia.
Rev. Justin Edwards, in his anno-
tated New Testament says, John the
Baptist born 4 b. c., Christ born four
Y ears before the era known as A. Dr.
See Chronological Table, page 435.
1 find in tho Oxford Bible as follows:
Communication of the birth of John
the Baptist 5 b. G. Birth of Jesus 4
b. c. Disputing with the Doctors i'm
the temple, A. D." See Chrome
logical tables.
In the largest Parallel Bible, find
in the Chronological tables as follows:
birth of Christ according to the
common reckoning A b. Q. Death of