Season of Goodwill

Just before Herod died in 4 BC, the Roman Emperor, Augustus, called on loyal inhabitants of his Empire to register their goodwill towards him. Six thousand Pharisees refused, but Luke tells us that about this time Joseph went to Bethlehem with Mary to put his name to a register, and that their son Jesus was born.

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