The historical problems with Luke are even more pronounced. For one thing, we have relatively good records for the reign of Caesar Augustus, and there is no mention anywhere in any of them of an empire-wide census for which everyone had to register by returning to their ancestral home. And how could such a thing even be imagined? Joesph returns to Bethlehem because his ancestor David was born there. But David lived a thousand years before Joseph. Are we to imagine that everyone in the Roman Empire was required to return to the homes of their ancestors from a thousand years earlier? If we had a new worldwide census today and each of us had to return to the towns of our ancestors a thousand years back—where would you go? Can you imagine the total disruption of human life that this kind of universal exodus would require? And can you imagine that such a project would never be mentioned in any of the newspapers? There is not a single reference to any such census in any ancient source, apart from Luke. Why then does Luke say there was such a census? The answer may seem obvious to you. He wanted Jesus to be born in Bethlehem, even though he knew he came from Nazareth ... there is a prophecy in the Old Testament book of Micah that a savior would come from Bethlehem. What were these Gospel writer to do with the fact that it was widely known that Jesus came from Nazareth? They had to come up with a narrative that explained how he came from Nazareth, in Galilee, a little one-horse town that no one had ever heard of, but was born in Bethlehem, the home of King David, royal ancestor of the Messiah.
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BART SCHOUTEN It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corpo... PETER BART We're young. We have a lot of freshmen, sophomores and juniors. BART BROOKS He has been hopeless and helpless. It was just so hard to see as a coach. BART SCHOUTEN We were all just shocked because at 49 years of age he has grown kids and he's a full time pilot. BART CONNER The putt I made for bogey BART BRYANT We normally would have beaten them 9 out of 10 times. But this is Turin - they can do a little bit e... BART SCHOUTEN I just said, 'I'm tied for the lead at a great tournament, ... All that matters is what I do from th... BART BRYANT You could say it is the most advanced propulsion system available. There are a whole lot of features... BART OLSON For the Blues, if this indeed is the case, it's an exciting time to have new ownership. Everybody on... BART ROGERS Today, we are one important step closer to realizing this fantastic opportunity for thousands of new... BART PETERSON It's a lone time to be a Democrat in Indiana. BART PETERSON I would expect eminent domain to play a significant role in the rebuilding of New Orleans. My guess ... BART PETERSON They think it will reduce the number of Democrats who'll vote, BART PETERSON I don't think it's going to be a wide margin either way, ... But I do believe it will pass. Because ... BART PETERSON