can anyone tell me?

Question

can anyone tell what of time of year Jesus was born? a friend of mine which is a Seven Day Adventist advised me that december 25th was not the day Jesus was born in the summer because of the northstar and there are not stars out in the winter time? can anyone tell me where in the bible is this stated i have tried to find it and i havent found anything it doesnt give a season....thanks

Answer 1

In September:

We can pinpoint the time of the Messiah's birth. Revelation 12 tells of the birth of the Messiah when the constellation Virgo (the woman in the heavens) was clothed with the sun and had the moon at her feet. This tells us that Jesus was born when the sun and moon were in Virgo. In other words, at the time of the September New Moon, or shortly thereafter. This fits the autumn lambing season. Furthermore, it coincides with the season of the three Jewish feasts, Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles. Interestingly, the apostle John records in John 1:14 that the "Word became flesh and tabernacled amongst us." As the New Moon was on the 10th and Tabernacles on the 25th September in 3 BC, the birth of Christ would be somewhere between those dates.

http://www.ldolphin.org/birth.html...

Answer 2

It is not stated as to what time of the year Christ was born, in the Bible, by using clues about the flock, and the night sky, the most probable time is somewhere between September and October, also after the harvest, since there was a census calling everyone to their towns of origin. This would be economically infeasable to do while crops were being tended. The weather would be to cold from November to February to have flocks out in the fields with shepards.

The day of December 25 was chosen to overide the pagan feast also on the same day. Somewhere around the 4th century December 25th was chosen also because there was no factual evidence supporting any other date. This date was instituted by the Catholic Church.

Even the year was guessed wrong by about atleast 3-4 years late Since Herod (who ordered the slaughter of innocence) died in the year we now know as 4 B.C. according to Josephus.

It is a celebration not instituted by the Bible, and everything from Christmas trees to Mistletoe are pagan traditions. Only the act of gift giving can be loosely associated with the wise men (it is not certain there were three- look it up, also just a "known" fact by tradition- since there were three types of gifts given.

Answer 3

Short answer.....the bible doesnt say but it gives clues. It mentions that John's father, Zecharia, was in the temple serving when he found out about John's birth. We know what course of the priesthood he was in and what time of the year that his order would have served in the temple from Jewish writings. Based on that John was probably born in the spring and JC was 6 months younger so he would have been born in the fall. Definitely not Dec 25th. That day was celebrated well before JC as the birthday of Mithra. Essentially it stems from sun worship because the sun was "reborn" during that time of the year because the days begin getting longer.

Answer 4

I'm sorry, but I can't. The life of Jesus has been the subject of more speculation, historical revisionism and outright guesswork- including placing into law what someone decrees to be the best official answer- that we may never know much of the actual truth about him. If you are a Christian and you want to celebrate the birthday of the Savior, you may as well celebrate it on the accepted, traditional date even if you doubt that it is the actual date.
You could try searching for a record of when the people of Judea were called into their home towns to be taxed in the year 3 or 4 B.C. or C.E. I can't really keep track of this stuff myself.

Answer 5

First there is no Bible verse that states the day Jesus was born... however there are clues to figure out the approximate time. It seems likely for Him to have been born in late Sept-early Oct. Because for one thing, the shepherds were watching over their flocks by night, they only left their flocks out at night in spring and fall because winter nights were too cold and in the summer there wasnt enough grass to graze on. So why Sept or Oct? Jesus' ministry started at His Baptism at 30 yrs old, He was crucified 3.5 years later on Nissan 7 (which loosely translates to April 7th on the Hebrew calender) we dont know for a fact that Jesus was baptized on His birthday but it wouldnt be a longshot that He was since even though birthdays werent celebrated like they are today, people did still tend to mark "milestone" years by doing something special on that day. We may assume then he was Baptized and started ministry upon His 30th bday. Knowing the date He died, and subtracting 6 months (minstry was 3.5 years) takes us to early Oct... but because the Hebrew Calender doesnt have 31 days one month, 30 the next and 28 in Feb, it may have just as likely been late Sept.

I hope that helps

Answer 6

most people who are from the area where Jesus was born and people who have studied the Bible will tell you that in fact Jesus cannot have been born in December (much less on specific day as in Dec 25)

as far as i can remember, the Bible said that there were shepherds out in the fields that visited the manger where Jesus was born... because of the season... there wouldn't have been shepherds (even sheeps) out that time of the year...some would say that the time period when Jesus was born could be March to Septmeber & of course no exact day.

one more thing, the wise men did not visit Jesus at the manger... they did so some time later when Jesus was already back at their house

note: read the Bible & find out for yourself so that someone of another faith would not need to tell you about it.

Answer 7

December 25th was chosen as the day to celebrate it because Constantine decided it. He was pagan, and Mithras (a fake god) was believed to have been born on that day. He combined two holidays so his kingdom wouldn't divide between pagans and Christians.

Answer 8

I believe that Jesus was really born in March,due to the calender that was used back then the Catholics took control and made things the way they are to his actual birth and place

Answer 9

Scholars estimate the date between March and June. The clues include the gifts of fruit described - fruit doesnt grow in winter. Also, from a descripotion of the stars in the sky at that time.....there are indeed stars in the sky during winter, they are just in different places that in summer.

Answer 10

I dont think that anyone TRULY knows when Jesus was born. I just believe that he was born. And no matter what day it is, we should pick a day and celebrate. He was born, he has a birthday. Even though we dont know exactly when he was born, we should celebrate him, his life, and his spirit.