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When was Quirinius governor of Syria (Luke 2:2)?

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Luke 2:1–3

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According to some historians, Luke got the chronology wrong about when Quirinius was governor of Syria. Today, we repost a recent episode of Three Chords and the Truth: An Apologetics Podcast, in which Dr. Robert Plummer joins Dr. Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey to discuss this issue.