- Matthew 2:1
- Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king.
- Luke 1:5
- There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain
priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her
name was Elisabeth.
- Herod the Great died in 4 BCE.
- Wikipedia: Herod the Great
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- Luke 2:1
- And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the
world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
- Quirinius became governer of Syria in 6 CE, ten years after king Herod's death.
- Wikipedia: Quirinius
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