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2. When did Herod begin to reign over ALL JUDAEA?
Gaius was murdered on January 24th, A.D. 41, and on the accession of Claudius (Ant. xix. 8, 2) Herod was made
King of Judaea and Samaria. Add to A.D. 41 the 3 years of Herod's reign, and again we get A.D. 44.
3. A threefold cord is not easily broken.
Josephus makes a casual remark to the effect that Herod died during a festival held in honour of Claudius `for his
safety'. Claudius returned to Rome from Britain in January, A.D. 44, after an absence of six months. The festival at
Caesarea, the Roman Capital of Palestine, was where Herod the King died that same year. Again A.D. 44.
We can now fix the 12th chapter of Acts down upon the calendar of the world.