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Re: Marking Y2k time: ok, when was he born, anyway?
Posted By: Sam, on host 209.6.139.214
Date: Thursday, December 9, 1999, at 04:12:32
In Reply To: Re: Marking Y2k time: ok, when was he born, anyway? posted by Paul A. on Wednesday, December 8, 1999, at 20:37:36:

> According to the Bible, Jesus and his family spent some time in Egypt to avoid persecution by King
> Herod, returning to their home when they received news that he was dead.
> Therefore, Jesus was born before Herod died.
> History records that Herod snuffed it in 4 BC.

You sure it's the right Herod? I don't have an opinion about the exact year of Jesus' birth, but I do know that there were a whole lot of King Herods around that time.

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