Was Jesus born in December, or some other month as others have speculated?

Answer 1

September 29, 5 B.C.

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Answer 2

The date of December 25th is not Jesus birth date, but the date Constantine picked to united the pagans and Christians. The pagans celebrated the Winter Solstice on that date.

According to the bible, the Shepherds were still in the fields at night with their sheep. So it would not have been in December, because that is a cold month in that part of the world. No one knows the exact date, but I've heard it speculated that it was in October.

I'm sure if God wanted us to make a big deal about Jesus's birth, he would have had the date recorded in the bible. It is his death that is of the utmost importance and we do know that date from the bible.

12/14/06 Some are speculating in the spring or summer, however, if Jesus died in the spring on Nissan 14, and he was 331/2 years old, how could he have been born in the spring or summer? Six months from March/April would be Sept/Oct.

Answer 3

As a minister this question comes up just about every year.

If you read the Bible story of Christ's birth it is clearly in the summer time. The summer in Israel is very hot during the days, so farmers would graze their livestock at night (Jesus was born during the night.) In the winter months it would be more logical to graze livestock in the daytime.

Another thing to point out is when Mary went to visit Elizabeth ("in the ninth month" or November the ninth month on the 10 month calendar then.) At that time Mary was just barely pregnant with Jesus, while Elizabeth was 6 months along (Mary stayed for 3 months until the child was born, John the Baptist.)

If you follow this logical reading of scripture it is clear that Christ was born between late June to early September. Most likely late July by today's calendar. (July and August were added to the calendar as the 11th and 12th months by Julius Augustus Caesar.)

Because of the changes in the calender, many people get confused about this.

As for December 25th, that was the birthday of the Roman pagan god of the sun. In the early 300's there was a clamoring for a holiday for Christians; so this day was chosen to placate the masses of recently converted Roman citizens. Because of this the tradition is still used today by western Christians.

Answer 4

JUST three days before Christmas 1993, Pope John Paul II acknowledged that the celebration of Christmas is not rooted in the Bible.
Regarding the date December 25, the pope admitted:
“On that day in pagan antiquity, the birthday of the ‘Invincible Sun’ was celebrated to coincide with the winter solstice.”
“In other words,” wrote journalist Nello Ajello in La Repubblica, “someone had Jesus born on an imaginary, fabricated, false date.”
A press release from the Vatican stated: “The festival of Christmas appeared for the first time in 354 [C.E.].”

Answer 5

The bible does not mention the date or month Jesus was born. However, it does mention his month of death. That was Nisan (Jewish calender) which falls in march/april (Gregorian calender, the one used today earthwide).

And the scriptures mentions that Jesus would be about 33 1/2 years old at his death. (Dan 9:26,27).

So counting about 1/2 year back, it would put us somewhere in october/november for his birth. This would coincide with that shepherds were still outdoors at the time of his birth. (Luke 2:8-12)

As for the date of december 25th:

Some who later claimed to be Christian likely "wished the date to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking the 'birthday of the unconquered sun.'" (The New Encyclopædia Britannica) In winter, when the sun seemed weakest, pagans held ceremonies to get this source of warmth and light to come back from its distant travels. December 25 was thought to be the day that the sun began its return. In an effort to convert pagans, religious leaders adopted this festival and tried to make it seem "Christian."

Answer 6

Historians speculated that at that time shepherds in Judaea only tended their flocks in the open between April and October so if the bible story is true Jesus was born between those months.

Answer 7

Jesus was born in the fall. As the winter season in Jerusalem is cold and rainy and at the time of his birth the shepherds were tending their flocks at night in the fields.

Answer 8

Some other month, no one knows when really. December 25th was picked because it was a popular pagan holiday--the Christians wanted to make it easier to convert the pagans, so they chose that day as Christmas.

Answer 9

People always need to speculate something. Who knows the real month/date/year? NO ONE.

Answer 10

The December date was only selected by early Christians to coincide with the winter soltice avoid drawing attention to their celebrations.