31 A Counting They Will Come

Hey, there. Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. It’s hard to believe we are getting to the end, but we’re not done yet! Today, we are going to talk about all of the things Luke left out of his Gospel. I know he had to jam everything into a small space but, my goodness, months passed between two verses in his testimony! Let’s fill in some of the details, shall we? Like and subscribe for new episodes. Share the episode, restack it, and send it to your friends. Feel free to ask some questions at the end, if you want.Resources and References so I can pretend I’m really smart:* Most Bible quotes I used come from the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Washington, DC: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, 2010 This is just my working Bible for most of these episodes. Any Bible you use will be fine for all of the Biblical references.If you read something that is not a direct quote and think the brilliant thought might be mine, it is safer to assume I messed up the citation. Give credit to the super smart people below.1. Finegan, Jack. Handbook of Biblical Chronology, Revised Edition. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers Marketing, 19982. Hesemann, Michael, translated by Michael J. Miller. Mary of Nazareth: History, Archeology, Legends. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, CA 2016 (Original German edition, 2011, Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg, Germany.)3. Lanser, Rick, MDiv. “Pinpointing the Date of Christ's Birth,” Associates for Biblical Research, 2019. (https://biblearchaeology.org/about/abr-projects/the-daniel-9-24-27-project/4368-pinpointing-the-date-of-christ-s-birth, accessed 2 Mar 2022)4. Pope St. John Paul II. Apostolic Exhortation: Guardian of the Redeemer (Redemptoris Custos). Rome: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 19895. Grull, Tibor. “Considerations on Oaths of Loyalty under Augustus in Josephus.” Peace and War in Josephus, Edited by Viktor Kókai-Nagy and Ádám Vér (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies, 52.) Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter, 2023, 41-52.6. Bernardine of Siena, Saint. Sermon on St. Joseph, translated by Eric May. Paterson, NJ: St. Anthony Guild, 19477. van der Hoeven, A.A.M. With Child of the Holy Spirit – Joseph willing to give her in marriage to his heir. March 23, 2009 (http://www.jesusking.info/With%20Child%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2023-03-2009%204.pdf, accessed 8 Nov 2022)8. Gaechter, Paul S.J. “The Chronology From Mary’s Betrothal to the Birth of Christ.” Theological Studies, 2(2), 145-170, 19419. Brown, Raymond E. The Birth of the Messiah, Updated Edition. New York: Doubleday, 199310. Mishnah, Online Version from Sefaria (https://www.sefaria.org/texts/Mishnah, accessed frequently between 2021 and 2025.) For this reference, look for Mishna Ketubot.11. McHugh, John. The Mother of Jesus in the New Testament. New York: Doubleday, 197512. “The Protoevangelium of James the Lesser.” Translated by Alexander Walker. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 8. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight.13. Jensen, Morten Horning. “Climate, Droughts, Wars, and Famines in Galilee as a Background for Understanding the Historical Jesus.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 131, no. 2, 2012, pp. 307–24. JSTOR, https://doi.org