1. Jesus’ Dates

The Dating of Jesus’ Life

Dating in the Ancient World.

Josephus, Ant 15.380

Josephus, Ant 16.136

Year of Jesus’ Birth.

Josephus, Ant 17. 342-44; 17.354; 18.1-10.

Josephus, Ant 15.62-87

Josephus, Ant 15.161-73, 15.218-31, Ant 17.180-81, 88-92

Start and Length of Ministry.

Velleius Paterculus 2.121

Suetonius, Tiberius 21

1 Macc 1:20

1 Macc 4:52

A Complicating Factor.

Josephus, Ant 15.421

Josephus, War 1.401

Josephus, Ant 15.380

The Year of Jesus’ Death.

Josephus, Ant 18.106; 224; War 2.180

Josephus, Ag. Appian (Civil War 2.149),

Plutarch (Caesar 62-67),

Suetonius (Caesar 81.2; Augustus 100.2)

Dio Cassius 106.3

Philo, Leg 159-61

Josephus, Ant 15.55-59; War 2.169-74

Josephus, Ant 18.60-62; War 2.175-77

Philo, Leg 299-305