Original sentence: As the census took place in 6 CE, and Luke's second marker is the reign of King Herod who died in 4 BCE, the gospel is inconsistent with the historical evidence.Most modern scholars explain this as an error, but the authors of the Gospels were ignorant on many points about the early life of Jesus, and both the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of Matthew put Jesus' birth in Bethlehem in order to match a prophecy in the Book of Micah that the messiah was to come from that place
Edited sentence: One modern scholar explains this as an error.One of the recorded censuses took place in 6 CE; and Luke's second marker is the reign of King Herod who died in 4 BCE, the gospel could be inconsistent with the historical evidence