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Problem: "There are major difficulties in accepting Luke's account: the gospel links the birth of Jesus to the reign of Herod the Great (Luke 1:5..." - Luke's gospel never indicates that Jesus was born in the days of Herod. The text you cite is about the birth of John the Baptist. Other than the impulse to harmonized Matthew (who places Jesus' birth in the days of Herod) with Luke, there is no reason to see Luke as placing Jesus' birth in the days of Herod, and thus internally to Luke, Jesus seems to be born ca. 6CE.