At this point we need to discuss when Jesus was born to see if any comet appeared coinciding with this date. It is actually certain that Jesus was not born in 1 AD, but several years before this date.
Matt 2:13-20 tells how, after the Magi left, Joseph had a dream in which an angel tells him to take the mother and child and flee to Egypt. Herod had all the baby boys of Bethlehem killed. Joseph and Mary get up and flee from Bethlehem in the night. They reside in Egypt until sometime later when Joseph has another dream of an angel. The angel tells him that Herod is dead so it is safe to return to Israel with the mother and child.
Herod the Great came to the throne in 37 BC and died in 4 BC. Joseph and Mary return to Israel sometime after this. They avoid Jerusalem, the seat of power, and go to the little quiet unknown place of Nazareth. It means that Jesus must have been born at least one year before 4 BC. This implies he could have been born in 5 BC.
Jesus was in his 30s when he started his three year ministry and he was crucified in AD 33. If Jesus was born in 5 BC it means that he started his mission aged 34 and was aged 37 when he died.
(Note that in calculations of Jesus’ age there was no zero AD or zero BC so 1 AD = 1BC).
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