Not in winter
The registration. Shortly before Jesus was born, Caesar Augustus issued a decree ordering “all the inhabited earth to be registered.” Everyone had to register in “his own city,” which might have required a journey of a week or more. (Luke 2:1-3) That order—probably made to support taxation and military conscription—would have been unpopular at any time of year, but it is unlikely that Augustus would have provoked his subjects further by forcing many of them to make long trips during the cold winter.
The sheep. Shepherds were “living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks.” (Luke 2:8) The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus notes that flocks lived in the open air from “the week before the Passover [late March]” through mid-November. It then adds: “They passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”
Jesus wasn't born in December?
2018-04-14 3:52 am
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2018-04-14 4:39 am
Yes, Jesus was not born on Dec. 25. He was born about October 1, a time of year when shepherds kept their flocks out of - dors at night. (Luke 2: 8-12)
Jesus never commanded Christians to celebrate his birth. Rather , he told his disciples to remember his death. (Luke 22:19,20)
The early Christians did not ceebrate Christmas or Easter, nor do true Christians today.
Jesus never commanded Christians to celebrate his birth. Rather , he told his disciples to remember his death. (Luke 22:19,20)
The early Christians did not ceebrate Christmas or Easter, nor do true Christians today.
參考: Bible
2018-04-14 9:19 pm
*When* he was born isn't important. We celebrate *his birth* on December 25.
參考: Greek Orthodox Christian
2018-04-14 4:43 am
No one knows exactly when Jesus was born. People did not celebrate birthdays in those days. Some scholars believe that Jesus was most likely born in September or October. So why is it traditional to celebrate Jesus' birth on December 25?
Well around the year 340 people in Europe decided to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The date they chose was December 25 because it was around the pagan feast of Saturnalia (which celebrated the unquenchable sun) and the Jewish feast of Hanukkah (feast of lights). Back in those days it was very common for the conqueror to tear down the places of worship of their vanquished enemies, and erect their own places of worship as a symbol of their victory. Christians took something symbolic from the pagans and Jews and turned it into something meaningful for them. It meant that Christmas on December 25 was symbolic of a Christian victory over competing religions.
Well around the year 340 people in Europe decided to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The date they chose was December 25 because it was around the pagan feast of Saturnalia (which celebrated the unquenchable sun) and the Jewish feast of Hanukkah (feast of lights). Back in those days it was very common for the conqueror to tear down the places of worship of their vanquished enemies, and erect their own places of worship as a symbol of their victory. Christians took something symbolic from the pagans and Jews and turned it into something meaningful for them. It meant that Christmas on December 25 was symbolic of a Christian victory over competing religions.
2018-04-14 6:56 am
The likelihood is that Jesus was born in the fall. I wrote a blog on it, if interested in finding out more. The gist of it is that the Jewish festivals and the birth of Jesus probably coincided. link of Hebrew calendar for the year Jesus was born in source below. Look at the highlighted yellow feasts in the fall. Jesus came to set at liberty the captives this happened on Yom Kipper in Israelite days.
2018-04-14 6:23 am
There is no solid biblical proof of any date--whether it be Dec. 25th, September/October, spring or any other popular guess. But, here are a couple of items for consideration.
The following is a link to the Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund:
https://bit.ly/2Hyjyad
This document provides a table of mean temperatures in Palestine between the years 1845-1854. The mean temperature in December during these years was 61.5, January's mean was 57.3 and February's 58.6. Apparently the Middle East has enjoyed mild winters for a long time, except in mountainous regions.
And following is a quote from The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim, a devout Jew who accepted Jesus as his Savior. Originally written in the 1800's, this quote is from pp. 131-132 of the new one-volume complete and unabridged edition:
"There is no adequate reason for questioning the historical accuracy of [December 25th]. The objections generally made rest on grounds which seem to me historically untenable...But a curious piece of evidence comes to us from a Jewish source. In the addition to the Megillath Taanith (ed. Warsh. p. 20) the 9th Tebheth is marked as a fast day, and it is added, but the reason for this addition is not stated. Now, Jewish chronologists have fixed on that day as that of Christ's birth, and it is remarkable that, between the years of 500 and 816 A.D. the 25th of December fell no less than twelve times on the 9th Tebheth. If the 9th Tebheth, 25th December, was regarded as the birthday of Christ we can understand the concealment about it." (p 132)
"And yet Jewish tradition may here prove both illustrative and helpful. That the Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem, was a settled conviction. Equally so, was the belief , that He was to be revealed from Migdal Eder, 'the tower of the flock.' This Migdal Eder was not the watchtower for the ordinary flocks which pastured on the barren sheepground beyond Bethlehem, but lay close to the town, on the road to Jerusalem. A passage in the Mishnah leads to the conclusion, that the flocks, which pastured there, were destined for Temple-sacrifices, and, accordingly, that the shepherds, who watched over them, were not ordinary shepherds...The same Mishnaic passage also leads us to infer, that these flocks lay out all the year round, since they are spoken of as in the fields thirty days before the Passover -- that is, in the month of February, when in Palestine the average rainfall is nearly greatest. Thus, Jewish tradition in some dim manner apprehended the first revelation of the Messiah from that Migdal Eder, where shepherds watched the Temple-flocks all the year round. Of the deep symbolic significance of such a coincidence, it is needless to speak". (p 131)
The following is a link to the Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund:
https://bit.ly/2Hyjyad
This document provides a table of mean temperatures in Palestine between the years 1845-1854. The mean temperature in December during these years was 61.5, January's mean was 57.3 and February's 58.6. Apparently the Middle East has enjoyed mild winters for a long time, except in mountainous regions.
And following is a quote from The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim, a devout Jew who accepted Jesus as his Savior. Originally written in the 1800's, this quote is from pp. 131-132 of the new one-volume complete and unabridged edition:
"There is no adequate reason for questioning the historical accuracy of [December 25th]. The objections generally made rest on grounds which seem to me historically untenable...But a curious piece of evidence comes to us from a Jewish source. In the addition to the Megillath Taanith (ed. Warsh. p. 20) the 9th Tebheth is marked as a fast day, and it is added, but the reason for this addition is not stated. Now, Jewish chronologists have fixed on that day as that of Christ's birth, and it is remarkable that, between the years of 500 and 816 A.D. the 25th of December fell no less than twelve times on the 9th Tebheth. If the 9th Tebheth, 25th December, was regarded as the birthday of Christ we can understand the concealment about it." (p 132)
"And yet Jewish tradition may here prove both illustrative and helpful. That the Messiah was to be born in Bethlehem, was a settled conviction. Equally so, was the belief , that He was to be revealed from Migdal Eder, 'the tower of the flock.' This Migdal Eder was not the watchtower for the ordinary flocks which pastured on the barren sheepground beyond Bethlehem, but lay close to the town, on the road to Jerusalem. A passage in the Mishnah leads to the conclusion, that the flocks, which pastured there, were destined for Temple-sacrifices, and, accordingly, that the shepherds, who watched over them, were not ordinary shepherds...The same Mishnaic passage also leads us to infer, that these flocks lay out all the year round, since they are spoken of as in the fields thirty days before the Passover -- that is, in the month of February, when in Palestine the average rainfall is nearly greatest. Thus, Jewish tradition in some dim manner apprehended the first revelation of the Messiah from that Migdal Eder, where shepherds watched the Temple-flocks all the year round. Of the deep symbolic significance of such a coincidence, it is needless to speak". (p 131)
2018-04-14 4:28 am
Most Christians agree that December 25th is not Jesus' birth date. It is a day chosen to celebrate His birth. There IS some evidence that the Magi arrived at Bethlehem about that time of year, but that could have been anytime up to about Jesus' 2nd birthday. Luke 2:16, the shepherds found the babe laying in a manger; Matthew 2:11 - the Magi found the young child in the house.
2018-04-14 4:46 am
Who cares that Jesus wasn’t born in December? When Jesus was born the months weren’t called by their current names. The current year is 2018. That’s counting from when Jesus was born. Others that don’t believe Jesus call it common era. That just means they had to jump on this boat because they had no other choice.
2018-04-15 6:45 am
Yes, but so what? Yahoo requires a question, and the Bible suggest that you should wait till one is asked. "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect," 1 Peter 3:15 It also isn't a doctrine that is going to help nearly as much as it is one that is going to divide.
2018-04-14 4:59 am
And it would have been more popular during the time when people were planting crops and had to be there to take care of them? Given the choice, I would rather travel when it is not going to cost me money and ruin my income, food, etc for the next year, then in the middle of the growing season.
2018-04-14 4:52 am
Do you think to moronic so-called intellects of the 21 st century are the first to make this claim?
1. who cares the actual date, and it is obviously not given for a reason.
2. demons of satan and their hosts have made this claim for 1200 years.
1. who cares the actual date, and it is obviously not given for a reason.
2. demons of satan and their hosts have made this claim for 1200 years.
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