When was christ born

Bible scholars work from what Scripture tells us regarding the history of Jesus. The events took place within living memory of the writers or their families, such as the reign of Herod during which time Matthew tells us Christ was born. We know there was a celestial event which alerted the Magi, and this can also be dated. Theologians typically agree that December 25 th is far from likely. Another argument takes the reverse view. When Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity, it was easier for the newly formed church to repurpose the pagan observance of the winter solstice between December , since citizens were already prepared to celebrate the day.

In Christmas, these traditions would continue. Realistically, however, Christianity. Elizabeth was six months pregnant when Mary arrived, and Mary left three months later. According to BibleInfo. There is no definitive answer. The Jesus described in the Bible had more in common with the children of refugees born on Nauru than the majority of Australian churchgoers.

He too was a brown-skinned baby whose Middle-Eastern family was displaced due to terror and political turmoil. Christmas, in the Christian tradition, is a celebration of God becoming human as a gift of love.

To enjoy adorable, albeit a-historical, nativity plays and all the other wonders of the season is one way of delighting in this gift. But if we nostalgically focus on one baby whilst ignoring the numerous babies who suffer around the world due to politics, religion and poverty, we miss the entire point of the Christmas story. Robyn J. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters.

Log In Register now My account. When was Jesus born? By i Academics. Common Era also use this calendar. Even though Dionysius Exiguus calculated his date for the year in which Jesus was born in the sixth century, it was not until the eighth century that it became widespread.

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If Mary conceived Jesus on the sixth month and we are told that Jesus was born like any other human being which means he had to undergo nine months in her mother stomach how did they arrived at 25 december and yet we are not told from the Bible. If you would enjoy watching some interesting videos on when was Jesus born, go to YouTube and search Jonathan Cahn — When was Jesus born?

He gives a convincing prediction of March 20, 6 BC the first day of Nisan, Jesus was born 2 November 1 AD Julian. On that day, before sunrise, arose a 4 planet grouping Venus, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter in direct fulfilment of Numbers A Sceptre. Also Revelation A woman, clothed with the sun, with the moon at her feet…on the same snapshot! Stellarium, artwork on, atmospheric effects on. As place I chose Shiraz near Persepolis, Persia as hometown of the magi.

After 4 BC you say? By careful consideration of the facts presented by Josephus Jewish Antiquities Try 16 October 4 AD! Construct a Natural Jewish Calendar first. All calendar calculators obey Hillel, and are useless in constructing ancient pre calendars.

Bear in mind that the Hillel rules did not exist pre- ! The magii saw the first visibility of Jupiter early morning 28 Oct 1 AD the 7th day of the feast of Tabernacles and arrived in Jerusalem 3 or 4 April 3 AD just before Passover in time to see a Jupiter station. The star they had seen in its rising, stood still? Mat 2. Like so many others, I too have sought the answer boggled between calendars, ultimately resorting to the calendar of the Bible; the Hebrew Calendar.

The answers we seek can be found in the Bible. Starting, for the purposes of this discussion, with the book of Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 through Visa versus speak of the end of the captivity in Babylon, the death of Jesus on the cross, Amber look forward to the second Advent. Looking at verse 25 of Daniel 9, I have read the works of scholars put into the commands of three kings Darius, Cyrus, and Artaxerxes.

Ezra, and a group of release the captives started their journey to Jerusalem in B. With Ezra carrying forth The word of God which is generally excepted to be the book of Deuteronomy, this initiated the 69 weeks years projected in the book of Daniel to of the death of Jesus. We know that Jesus was 33 years old when he died on the cross. Counting backwards those 33 years would give us The year of Jesus birth at 8 B. It makes one wonder if Jesus died on his birthday. This is all very interesting and I suppose it is of vital importance to many.

However, whether it was 4,3,2, or 1 BC is always speculation based upon the known and the unknown. What is known is that Jesus Christ was born, lived, died, and was bodily raised again from the dead and is alive today sitting at the right hand of the Father in Heaven. He had completed the purpose of His incarnation which was to bring the availability of salvation to all who would believe.

Just as we do not know the exact date of His birth, we also do not know the date He will return for His church the Body of Christ. What we do know is that we had better be ready for according to Scripture, if you refused to believe there will be no second chance.

Get ready! In between he is said to have done a number of things. The 4BC date seems to be based on calculations from when he started his full reign, and on the start of rule of his three sons after he died.

But the start of his full reign has been questioned, and on one of the sons it seems a copyist error changed what Josephus said was 22 to 20 years. It also seems that all early Christian commentators placed the birth of Jesus around BC. Can you really be so sure, then, that 4BC is the date of the death of Herod?