▁people ▁from ▁sin ▁( M att hew ▁ 1 : 2 1 ; ▁Luke ▁ 1 : 7 7 ; ▁ 2 : 1 1 , 3 0 ). ▁ ▁Thus ▁both ▁Luke ▁and ▁Matthew ▁independently ▁associate ▁Jesus ' ▁birth ▁with ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Her od ▁the ▁Great . ▁Matthew ▁further more ▁implies ▁that ▁Jesus ▁was ▁up ▁to ▁two ▁years ▁old ▁when ▁Her od ▁reported ly ▁ordered ▁the ▁Mass acre ▁of ▁the ▁In noc ents , ▁that ▁is , ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁all ▁boys ▁in ▁Beth le hem ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁two ▁( M att hew ▁ 2 : 1 6 ). ▁ ▁Most ▁scholar ship ▁concerning ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁Her od ' s ▁death ▁follows ▁Emil ▁Sch ür er ' s ▁calculations ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁which ▁re vised ▁a ▁traditional ▁death ▁date ▁of ▁ 1 ▁BC ▁to ▁ 4 ▁BC . ▁Two ▁of ▁Her od ' s ▁sons , ▁Arch el aus ▁and ▁Philip ▁the ▁T etr arch , ▁dated ▁their ▁rule ▁from ▁ 4   BC , ▁though ▁Arch el aus ▁apparently ▁held ▁royal ▁authority ▁during ▁Her od ' s ▁lifetime . ▁Philip ' s ▁reign ▁would ▁last ▁for ▁ 3 7 ▁years , ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁year ▁of ▁T iber ius ▁( AD ▁ 3 4 ), ▁which ▁implies ▁his ▁acc ession ▁as ▁ 4   BC . ▁Some ▁sch ol ars ▁support ▁the ▁traditional ▁date ▁of ▁ 1   BC ▁for ▁Her od ' s ▁death