627

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 669, p. 387. He cites the  Chronographer of the 

Year 354 and the Book of the Popes (Liber pontificalis). 

628

 Eusebius,  The Ecclesiastical History, trans. Kirsopp Lake, Eusebius, Volume I, Loeb Classical Library, 

(Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1998), 2.25.5 8. Jerome,  Lives of Illustrious Men, 

chapters 1, 5, 12. See also, Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 669, p. 387. 

629

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 1. 

630

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 12. 

631

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 5. He gives the length of Peter's reign as 37 years, which does not 

leave enough time, from the 15th year of Tiberius (cf. Lk 3:1) to the 14th year of Nero, for Christ to have a 3  

year Ministry (you do the math). 

632

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 19.286 289. 

633

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapters 1, 8. 

634

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 636, p. 372. Finegan cites Daniel Schwartz' 

book, Agrippa I, p. 110 111. 

635

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 8. 

636

 Eusebius, The History of the Church, Penguin Books, 2.15.1 2. 

637

 Eusebius, The History of the Church, Penguin Books, 2.15.1 2. 

638

 Eusebius, The History of the Church, Penguin Books, 2.15.1 2. 

639

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 8. 

640

 Eusebius, The History of the Church, Penguin Books, 2.16.1. 

641

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, p. 382, no. 658. 

642

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, p. 382, no. 658. 

643

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 1. See also: Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Loeb Classical Library, 

2.15.1 2. 

644

 Recall that even Jesus did not begin His Ministry until He was about thirty years old (Lk 3:23). The culture 

and society of that time gave greater weight to the words of a man with greater years. 

645

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 358. 

646

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 658, p. 382. 

647

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 8. 

648

 Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Loeb Classical Library, 2.16.1. 

649

 Pliny, Natural History, 2.47. 

650

 Eusebius, The History of the Church, Penguin Books, 3.24.6 7. The Loeb Classical Library translation differs 

by saying:  Mark and Luke had already published,  rather  than the  had now published  of the Penguin 

Books translation. The other chronological evidence presented in this chapter indicates that Matthew must 

have published before Mark and Luke, so the Penguin Books translation is preferred. 

651

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 3. 

652

 Eusebius, The History of the Church, Penguin Books, p. 401. 

653

 Jerome, Lives of Illustrious Men, chapter 36. 

654

 Butler's Lives of the Saints, Vol. 3, August 24, p. 392. 

655

 Butler's Lives of the Saints, Vol. 3, August 24, p. 392. 

656

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 366. 

657

 Butler's Lives of the Saints, Vol. 3, August 24, p. 392. 

658

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 18.257 261. 

659

 Eusebius,  Ecclesiastical History, Loeb Classical Library, 2.23. See also: Jerome,  Lives  of Illustrious Men, 

chapter 2. 

660

 Eusebius, The History of the Church, Penguin Books, 3.24.6 7. 

661

 Butler's Lives of the Saints, Vol. 3, October 18, p. 142 143. 

662

 Jerome,  The Commentaries, Matthew, Christian Classics Ethereal Library, (Wheaton, Illinois: Wheaton 

College, 1998), CD ROM, . 

663

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 580, p. 338. 

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