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The Crucifixion Was Not on Friday 27this that Herod went beyond the river Jordan to be cured ofhis diseases. Finding that the physicians couldn't cure him, hestill revived sufficiently to return to Jericho. There, he gatheredtogether and contrived the death of the principal men of theentire Jewish nation. And as if this were not enough, Herodhad his son Antipater killed five days before his own death.Since these and other events occurred after the eclipse mentionedby Josephus, and since Herod died pust prior to aPassover according to Josephus, that Passover must have beenTHIRTEEN MONTHS AFTER THE ECLIPSE and not onemonth later. Thus Herod died in B.C. 3, the only date thatagrees with all the known facts of history.As J esus was about thirty years old in the early autumnof 27 A.D., then He must have been born in the early autumnof B.C. 4, about half a year before the death of Herod. Jesuscould not have been born befare this time, or He would havebeen more than thirty years old at the beginning of Hisministry. Neither could He have been born later in B.C. 2 assorne assume, for He would have been only twenty-eight yearsold. But Luke plainly said that He was about THIRTY years ofage.When Did the Wise Men Arrive?But what are we going to do with the statement recordedin Matthew 2:16 that just before his death Herod had all thechildren in Bethlehem killed "from two years old and under"?This would appear to indicate that Jesus may have been bornone year earlier than He really was born.Most people carelessly read this account by assuming thatHerod knew the date of Jesus' birth. They think he had all thechildren killed beca use J esus must ha ve been between one andtwo years old.Think for a moment how illogical this would be. Would amurderer like Herod wait for at least one whole year after theMagi left before attempting to kili the child Jesus? Of courseno t.The truth is that Herod did not know the time of Jesus'birth. Notice what the Scripture states: As soon as Herod sawthat the Magi didn't return to him he became very angry, order-