The Census of Quintilius Varus Luke said that Jesus was born at
a census when Quirinius (KJV: Cyrenius) was a ruler in Syria.
This reference has been an enigma to historians for generations
because no such census of Quirinius has been found by historians
which could have occurred from 7 to 1 B.C.E. Scholars have
stated that Luke simply did not know what he was talking about,
and that he probably got his facts mixed-up with the census of
Quirinius that took place in C.E. 6/7. There is undisputed
evidence that Quirinius was governor beginning in C.E. 6/7 and
that he conducted a census at that time (even Luke mentioned it
― Acts 5:37). But up to now, no available information has been
discovered to show that Quirinius was an administrator (and a
census taker) in 3/2 B.C.E. or in previous years. This new
historical research, however, can find that census of Quirinius
in the historical records which took place at Jesus’ nativity.
In the New Testament, Luke actually states that the “census” was
an enrollment or a re