Jesus Christ was born in a summer or the winter, could that be 25th December?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Definitely NOT in winter on the 24th or 25th of December....and NOT in the year 1, but in the year 6 BC!
"Christmas" has absolutely nothing to do with the birth of Jesus, it has always been a pagan celebration of the winter solstice.
Unfortunately Christians would neither believe nor accept this.

Answer 3

Jesus Christ was not born on Dec. 25th. He was born between late spring and early fall. One reason we know this is because on the night of his birth the shepards were watching their flocks at night. If it were Dec.25th (winter time) the sheep would have been kept in pens. Jesus was probably born about the 3rd or 4th century B.C. but nobody really knows for sure.

Answer 4

Why did the catholic church choose December 25 for the birth date of Christ? It was chosen in order to compete with the pagan winter solstice festivals. It was not chosen because it is the correct historical date for the birth of Jesus. When was Jesus born? No one knows. There seems to have been too many calendar errors for anyone to be exact. The traditional date of the year 1 A.D. for his birth stands greatly in need of correction. Before the mode of reckoning time "by the year of our Lord," or A.D., which was introduced by Dionysius Exiguus, a Roman, time was computed from the founding of the city of Rome, usually designated by A.U.C. Dionysius made his New Era to begin on the first day of January in the 753rd year from the building of Rome; because in that year he supposed Christ to have been born. St. Matthew says Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King. According to the best authorities this monarch died a short time before the Jewish Passover 750 U.U.C. Someplace the birth of Jesus between the years 748 and 747 A.U.C., this is, 5 and 6 B.C. Others go as far back as 8 B.C.

But the Season in which he was born definitely was not winter. The Gospels tell us that at this time Caesar Augustus had decreed that all the world should be taxed. We may be assured that Rome would not order a census to be taken at the worst possible period for travel; but Luke's account that the shepherds were abiding in the field keeping watch over their flocks by night lets us know that Jesus was born in summer or early fall. Since December is cold and rainy in Judea, it is likely the shepherds would have sought shelter for their flocks at night. So December 25 is no more the correct historical date for the birth of Jesus Christ than any other date.

Answer 5

He was born in the winter because he was born on the 25th of December.

Answer 6

A good question. December 25th is an agreed upon date that has no basis in reality concerning Jesus. At the time it was the shortest day of the year indicating that the sun would start lengthening days; a new beginning; yaddah.

Answer 7

Jeasus Christ was born in the winter, that day was 25th December.

Answer 8

There is nothing that shows or proves when he was born. No body really knows. His birthday was used on the 25th of December. That date was a pegon holiday.Its true look it up. But scholars think it may have been in the summer.

Answer 9

He was born in winter. December 25th.

Answer 10

Jesus was not born on December 25th, that was simply a date chosen for convenience, and to correspond with the Roman Saturnalia holiday. Scholars can't even be sure of the *year* he was born, let alone the actual day of the year.

The whole "census" story is another misinterpretation. In Roman lands, people did not travel to their place of birth to be counted and taxed. They were counted where they *lived*, and where their businesses, farms, and livestock could be counted & taxed.