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VIRTUALISATION Three Wise Men saw Jesus in June
VIRTUALISATION Three Wise Men saw Jesus in June | Three Wise Men saw Jesus in June |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Thursday, 11 December 2008 | |
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David Reneke, who is the news editor of Sky and Space magazine, used computer software that began with St. Matthew’s Gospel (for instance, Gospel of Matthew, chapter 2: “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him.”). He then used that reference point to pinpoint the close proximity (or, conjunction) of Venus and Jupiter. The software, in general, is able to re-create the position of celestial bodies in the sky on any night for the past several thousands of years. Reneke found that the bright star the supposedly brought the Three Wise Men, or magi, to the manger in Bethlehem to see the baby Jesus Christ occurred on June 17 2 B.C., rather than on December 25th somewhere between the years 8 B.C. and A.D. 6, at least according to some Biblical historians and scholars. Others pinpoint the nativity between 3 B.C. and A.D. 1. (There is no year 0 in the Gregorian calendar, but goes from 1 B.C. to A.D. 1, where B.C. stands for Before Christ’s birth, and A.D. is short for Anno Domini, or after the birth of Christ.) Dave Reneke concluded that Venus and Jupiter were so close in the night sky (a conjunction of the planets) that they appeared as a “spectacular astronomical event.” [Telegraph.co.uk: “'Jesus was born in June', astronomers claim”] He stated, “Venus and Jupiter became very close in the the year 2 B.C. and they would have appeared to be one bright beacon of light.” [United Press International: “Astronomer says Christ was born in June”] Page two continues with more discussions about the Christmas Star. |
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