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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
Hippolytus of Rome (c 170 – c 236)<br />
in his latin translation of his Chronicons says: :<br />
“And after the transmigration into Babylon until the birth of<br />
Christ, there were 14 generations, 660 years, and from the birth<br />
of Christ until the Passion there <strong>was</strong> 30 years and from the<br />
Passion up until this year which is the 13th year of the Emperor<br />
Alexander, there is 206 years.” Chronicon Section 687<br />
The 13th year of Emperor Alexander Severus <strong>was</strong> 235 AD which<br />
makes 29AD for crucifixion of <strong>Jesus</strong>. Taking 30 years from it<br />
gives 1 AD for the Birth of <strong>Jesus</strong>. In Chronicon, Hippolytus<br />
says that <strong>Jesus</strong> died when he <strong>was</strong> 30, but in his Commentary on<br />
Daniel he says he <strong>was</strong> 33 years old. These may be manuscript<br />
errors. if we assume that the Armenian manuscript is more<br />
accurate than the Latin we arrive at <strong>Jesus</strong> being born in 3BC.<br />
Hence we have a range of possible years from 1 to 3 BC<br />
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