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How did Augustus impact the birth of Jesus?

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According to Luke's Gospel, Emperor Augustus ordered a census of the whole empire, thus requiring Joseph and Mary to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem and resulting in Jesus being born in Bethlehem instead of Nazareth. However, there is no record of Augustus ever ordering a census of the whole empire, nor is there any evidence of a census of the Syrian province during the reign of King Herod in Judea. Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says of this, "The best explanation is that, although Luke likes to set his Christian drama in the context of well-known events from antiquity, sometimes he does so inaccurately."

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