Historical Errors / Contradictions of Luke Pt 1

Luke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Luke 3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Lysanias was not the tetrarch of Abilene in the year 29 CE as stated by Luke. He was killed by Marc Anthony in 36 BCE.
"And as she (CLEOPATRA) went over Syria with him (Marc Anthony), she contrived to get it into her possession; so he slew Lysanias, the son of Ptolemy, accusing him of his bringing the Parthians upon those countries. She also petitioned Antony to give her Judea and Arabia; and, in order thereto, desired him to take these countries away from their present governors." (Josephus-Antiquties, Book 15, Chapter 4, Paragraph 1)

Lysanias was called "king of the Itureans" by Dio Cassius (xlix. 32).

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[ForBibletruth]

Your theory simply does not work. You expect us to believe that the ministry of Jesus lasted only 62 weeks, but, the Gospel of John lists the passing of two Passovers, during his ministry, and his death the day prior to the third. I gave the three major interpretations of Daniel, and yours was not among them, because it clearly contradicts scripture. As you said yourself, this is as easy as counting to three. So count them-1-2-3 Passovers in the Gospel of John.

[ForBibletruth]

Well, Luke did pull the wool over your eyes. He said that Jesus was born 10 years later than Matthew did, but you didn't notice, and your previous comments prove that.

[IHATEBAAL]

Now this is basic math for anybody. No trickery involved. Thats the thing about God's calendar is it cannot be manipulated. Not by the false Jews Babylonian calendar neither by the gregorian of false christians. What you need is add 30 years and 62 weeks to 4 b.c. and see if you land on a week with 2 sabbaths in it. Go back to Daniel 9:26. I think your interpretations are inaccurate.

[IHATEBAAL]

Lets stop and assume for a minute that you are 100% correct. Luke who claimed to have perfect knowledge was just pulling the wool over our eyes right??? Like we wouldnt notice right?? One big problem though. Christ died on a sabbath. (its called passover) He also rose on a sabbath.(three days later) Passover is the 14th day of the month of ABIB. Luke must have just figured that we would all forget that right??? One key in this is learning to count to three. It is vital

[ForBibletruth]

Also, if you had taken the time to read the referenced section in Josephus xviii, you would know that Herod had nothing to do with the Census in Judea- It was conducted after Herod Archelaus was deposed and exiled. The rescript of Gaius Vibius Maximus, does not mention Herod, who was long dead by that date.

[ForBibletruth]

Yes, Gaius Vibius Maximus, prefect of Egypt, conducted a census in EGYPT in the 2nd Century. This doesn't have a thing to do with what we are talking about. Luke and Josephus were both talking about the first Roman census that was conducted in Judea in the year 6 CE, and Luke said that was when Jesus was born. The fact that another census was carried out in another country, before or after that date has nothing to do with the discussion.

[IHATEBAAL]

Publius Sulpicius Quirinus/// A papyrus in British Museum being a rescript of the prefect Gaius Vibius Maximus( A.D. 103-4) shows that Herod must have been working under Roman orders. "The enrollment of households being at hand, it is necessary to notify all who for any cause soever are outside their homes to return to their domestic hearths, that they may accomplish the customary dispensation of enrolment, and continue steadfastly in the husbandry that belogeth to them.'

[ForBibletruth]

Luke clearly stated that he was talking about one and only one tax registration. Luke 2:2 "(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)"

Joseph and Mary did NOT travel to Bethlehem 10 years in advance. In 6 CE, when Archelaus was deposed, Judea became a Province, under the direct rulership of Rome. There was no need for a tax registration prior to this time, because it was only a client state, ruled by the Herods.

[ForBibletruth]

@IHATEBAAL, Herod Archelaus, the son of Herod the Great, was deposed and banished to Gaul by Augustus, Coponius

became the first Roman Prefect of Judea, Cyrenius became Governor of Syria, the first tax registration was conducted in Judea and Judas the Galilean lead the tax revolt, -all these things happened in 6 CE NOT 4 BCE.

Josephus recorded all of this, but you expect me to totally disregard historical fact and believe you instead?

[IHATEBAAL]

Here Im going to map this out for you.

4 B.C. - Nativity

(For years later we are in official A.D.)

26 A.D (30 yrs)  Augustus died in A.D 14 , but Tiberius was associated with him for 2 or 3 years. This would make Tiberius 15th yr. A.D. 26.