Cesar Augustus and Cyrenius
Cesar Augustus and Cyrenius
Cyrenius was governor of Syria: Fixing a precise date for this census is problematic. Publius Sulpicius Quirinius is known to have governed Syria during A.D. 6-9. They took a well-known census in Palestine in A.D. 6. Josephus records that it sparked a violent Jewish revolt (mentioned by Luke, quoting Gamaliel in Acts 5:37).
Quirinius was responsible for administering that census, and he also…
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