was jesus' birthday really on december 25?

Answer 1

No, that day was chosen by the roman emperor Constantine to replace a pagan holiday that fell on that day. The bible says the Shepard's were guarding their sheep during the birth which meant there were lambs. Sheep don't lamb in the dead of winter. Most scholars think Jesus was born sometime in the spring or early summer although no one on earth knows for sure.

Answer 2

No. This is another example of how the church adapted previous religious holidays and claimed them to be Christian. The birthday of Mithras, the soldiers' god, was celebrated by the Romans on December 25. It was easy for the Christians to just tell them that what they were really celebrating was Jesus' birthday. The only reference the Bible makes to the date of his birth is when it states that the shepherds were tending their flocks by night--they do that in the spring in the Middle East. A scientist has plotted out different conjunctions of stars in about that time (the calendar isn't right--our current calendar was developed later, and they used the wrong year--He was probably born between 6 BC and 3 BC). He found that Jupiter (the king star) appeared in a constellation the Persians associated with the Jews in May of 6 BC. The 3 wise men are, in early pictures, shown with the type of hat Persians wore. The Persians must have thought at that time that a new king of the Jews had been born, so they traveled to the Middle East to find him. He has even pinpointed the date, but I don't remember it offhand.

Answer 3

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Now, that I have chosen this is still... Because that we're in the shadows of the--in the time of the yule season of Christmas, and--and New Year's: the ending of an old year, and the bringing in of a new one. A few days from now, many people will be turning new pages, and--and doing new things, and making new vows; and it's beginning of a New Year. And it never seems to me too much like Christmas. I don't know why. I always like to call it Santa Claus Day." See? Because there's not much really...
It couldn't have been Christ's birthday. It just absolutely could not have been. He'd have had to been born in March or April, 'cause He was the Lamb. And He was a male sheep and borned in under the ram, Aries. It had to be. You see? And--and sheep are not born in December anyhow. Sheep are born in the spring. And then another thing, the hills of Judaea now, there's twenty feet of snow on them. How could the shepherds have been out there?

So it really comes from Roman mythology, which was the sun god's birthday. The solar sun as it passes, the days lengthen and lengthen, and the nights grow shorter. And between the 20th and the 25th of December is the sun god's birthday, under the Roman--Roman mythology. And then their gods... And then they celebrated the sun god's birthday. And Constantine in--in drawing up the constitution of the church and state and so forth, he said, "We will change it (not knowing what the day was) and put it over on the sun god's birthday, and make it: Son of God's birthday." See? Which... But we don't know what day it was.
But now, there's taken so much of Christ out, till it's everything... Some again brought back the mythology of some creature that lived, supposingly, by the name of Saint Nicholas or--or Kriss Kringle, some German mythology. And it's all just a myth, and Christ is not in it at all.
And the people has turned in to buying whiskey, and--and gambling, and fashions. And a--a man that... A merchant that can sell his goods through Christmas time can live the rest of the year almost. See? It's such a great holiday, commercial. And poor little kids on the street, their parents are not able to--to visit them with a--a present like from Santa Claus, and they walk down the street, and their little dirty hands and their little red eyes. I--I just hate to see it come along. It ought to be a solemn day of worship to God, instead of a heartache and a headache. And the things that's done, there's nothing to Christ about that. But we're right in the midst of all this now.
-Who do you say this is?

Answer 4

Jesus was born most likely in March or April somewhere between 7 and 4 BCE. We celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December to replace the festival of Sol Invictus and the point in time when the days started to get a little longer after the winter solstice.

But all of this can be argued.

Answer 5

It may have been, but the calendar has been changed since then, so when we celebrate Christmas in the middle of winter, we are the ones who are out of whack.
According to experts, Jesus' birth took place in the spring of the year, towards the end of spring, actually, when the weather was warm. We know this, because this is when the census was taken. The weather in Jerusalem can be bitterly cold in winter, and requiring people to travel under those circumstances would be cruel, and not conducive to compliance. As an agrarian society, the census would not have been taken in summer, when farmers were busy with crops and with animals, or in autumn, when the harvest was on, so the only time when the majority of people would be free to comply would be in the late spring, once the crops were in but before lambing began.
The old calendar was not accurate, and 'drifted' -- that is, the dates did not accurately reflect the season.
Pope Julian 'reformed' the calendar, by restructuring it and adding two extra months to make it come out even. The original names were in Latin, and September was the seventh month, October the eighth, November the ninth and December the tenth. Julian put his two extra months in the middle and called them June and July (after Julius) which means Sept. Oct. Nov and Dec were thrown two months out of line, and became the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th months of the year.
With all this re-arranging, on the new calendar, Jesus' birth appeared to be in the middle of winter, but in actual fact, at the time of Jesus' birth, December 25th wasn't winter at all.
Sorry to ramble, but does that answer your question?

Answer 6

please!!!!!!!!!!!!! it does not say anything in the bible about when He was born. but it surely wasn't Dec. 25 if you would do some research it would only make sense that He was born during the feast of the Tabernacles as that would be when God came to tabernacle (live) among us. does anybody out there actually read and study their bible or do they just go by what others say? He was not born in the spring. the shepherds were tending their flocks at night. December would have been too cold to be out at night and it would have been too cold for Mary and Joseph to be traveling. there were a lot of people and that would make sense as to why there was no room in any of the inns. Christmas is pagan holiday and always will be. as christians we are supposed to be setting ourselves apart from the secular world. how is celebrating this holiday and acting just like they do putting up decorations and spending money we don't have and getting all stressed out over it making us different. Jesus' birth was simple and we should acknowledge it as such and if you all insist on celebrating this holiday lie as His birth then at least keep it simple.

Answer 7

Nope. The most likely year that Jesus was born, is 6BC, probably in the month of March. There was no year 0 (zero) recorded, so the 2nd millennium celebration of the birth of Jesus should have been held in March 1995. But considering that Nativity was not celebrated at all for the first 300-or-so years, and that Christmas became widely popular only in the 19th Century, it remains remarkable that the birthday of Jesus Christ today is one of the biggest industries in the world.

Answer 8

The Bible is silent, but gives the following clues as to when:

1. About the Jewish Calendar: The first month of the year is Nisan (Abib) corresponding to March 15-April 15. (Exodus 12:1-13, Passover month)

2. The priests in the temple are grouped into 24 divisions and each division serves two weeks (2 divisions per month). (1 Chronicles 24:3, 7-18)

3. Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, belonged to the 8th division (Abijah) serving the latter half of Tammuz or 1st half of July. (Luke 1:5)

4. After Zechariah's tenure of service (Ab or 3rd week of July), his wife, Elizabeth, got pregnant. (Luke 1:23,24)

5. During Elizabeth's sixth month of pregnancy (mid Tebeth or late December - early January), the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary to announce that she is pregnant and shall call her child Jesus. (Luke 1:26-31)

6. Nine months later, mid Tishri or late September - early October, Jesus was born.

Unless you do NOT believe the Bible, this is the truth!

Answer 9

No, they are pretty sure not. I've heard some biblical scholars say evidence in the gospels suggest he was born somewhere around midsummer.

I've heard that Mithra, an earliar Persian savior sun god and central diety of the Mithriac cult popular in throughout Roman Empire during the first part of the christian era, was said to have been born to a virgin mother and the Zoroastrian god on December 25th.

Answer 10

No- no one knows the exact date. December 25 was chosen because early in Christian history, christians were persecuted and it was dangerous to gather together to worship. The early church leaders chose December 25 because it coincided with a Roman holy holiday. They therefore could meet under the guise of the pagan celebration.

Answer 11

No, there's nothing in the Bible to indicate Jesus' birthday was on December 25. Someone picked that date to celebrate His birth.....)(