Why doesn't the bible tell us when Christ was born?

Question

Christmas is not Christ's real birthday. We know that he was born sometime in the Spring. Christmas is based upon the pagan holiday of St. Nicholas. Why do so many people think it's Christ's birthday?

Answer 1

Although Jesus' birth was a very important event, His death was even more important. True Christians did not celebrate birthdays back then. Only Pagans did. It is a custom that God disproves of greatly. Do you think that God enjoys His Son's (supposed) birth date being shared with the Pagan's Sun god Tammuz.

Answer 2

It is not in the bible and unfortunately some ignorant people use this agaisnt Jesus. But I think that most chrisitans know that this isnt his birthday.But we have celebrated it so long that it feels special anyway. But I believe it is the birthday of mirthas and I think he was claimed ot have been born from a rock on this day. Anyway the church in like the 3rd century under Constantine adopted DEC 25Th as Jesus's birthday.Some say to make it familiar and easier for the newly converted Christian's to keep some of their pagan holidays. Either way this doesn't mean that Jesus didn't exist because this was not copying that was done by the apostles or Jesus. The bottom line is he early church under Constantine did alot of things they shouldn't have and Christian's until recently have been in the dark about it.

Answer 3

Well it sort of does. I mean it didn't give a Jewish month or anything, but it says Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem for a census and tax.

If it were the U.S. that might indicate around April 15, our tax deadline date.

If it were for the census, it would be before January 30th of every 10th year ending in a zero.

Some historians have provided some answers, but no one can be sure.

We don't even know the exact DATE of his death.

We can assume from the scriptures it was a late Thursday afternoon, however the word "Sabbath" has a lot of different meanings.

We assume his meal was on Preparation day, the day before passover. The next day was Passover, which can be called a Sabbath. It is possible that Passover happened just before the end of week Sabbath, but there is no indication in the scriptures of Two Sabbaths in a row or a two day holiday.

We make an assumption based upon the traditional view he arose on Sunday, the day after the Sabbath, but that is open to a vast amount of interpretation.

I am, personally, amazed that no one documented the date. No astrologer. No scribe.

They were either forbidden by Pilate or the Pharasees, but there is no mention of that, either.

However, in ALL fairness, in 2000 years there probably won't be any records of your birth and your death will only be known if you have a good grave stone.

Answer 4

Because it is not important. The feast of Christmas did not exist for the first three centuries of the Christian era because it was not important. If the fact that Christ was born was established, the day didn't matter, certainly not as much as the resurrection. Christmas only developed as a counter-celebration to the popular solstice festivals. And SAINT Nicholas Day would not have been a "pagan" celebration. Some of its elements have been added to Christmas, but St. Nick Day is legitimately Christian.

Answer 5

St. Nicholas is not Pagan. If you see St. in front of someone's name, that tells you that it was a Christian saint.

Christmas IS a Christian holiday, that was simply and conveniently placed NEAR a Pagan holiday that is variously known as Winter Solstice or Yule. This was an important marker of the year as it represented the shortest day or the moment when the days began to get longer.

Pagans celebrated the birth of the God at this time (notice a similarity?), as the Sun represented the God. The days getting longer show that the God has risen and is growing.

The best indications for the season of Christ's birth place it at between September and October. Some argue that the actual date is irrelevant; that any similarity between the Pagan and Christian holiday is coincidental. Most likely, it was chosen to help in the assimilation of Pagan Europeans, allowing them some continuity as they became Christian.

In any case, Pagans still celebrate, and Christians still celebrate. Exactly "whose" holiday it is really doesn't matter until one group decides that they are "right" to the exclusion of the other.

Answer 6

Most Christians know that Jesus Christ was NOT born on the 25th Day of DEC. ! This day is chosen or better, retained as a day to celebrate Jesus's birthday ... it is as easy as that. What occurred 4 thousand years ago, 2 thousand years ago is irrelevant for those choosing to celebrate it today. The message in the celebration has become the focus not the date of worship.
Pagans used a knife to sacrifice humans in their worship services. Therefore, are we to conclude that anyone using a knife today is a practing pagan ? !!! If we follow this logic, ANYTHING in a rounded shape would be wrong because Pagans worshipped the sun and it was round too !!! As you can see, this whole rationale is sheer silliness !!!

Answer 7

It does.According to the bible it was around taxation time. This was done in the autumn before bad weather and was done at the same time that the Jews had their Feast of Tabernacles. This was convenient for the tax collectors because the Jews did and still do have this celebration in specific designated towns. During the Feast of Tabernacles (houses / dwellings) families and fellow Jews would erect dwellings for the coming brethren. Hence there was no room at the inn. Probably miss translated. Sheperds would still be in the fields with their flocks but not for much longer. It is winter in that part of the world Nov- March

Answer 8

I think it does. It happened at the time when the taxes were collected by Ceasar Augustus, I'm sure there are Roman records.

Luke: 2:1. And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.
2:2. This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria.
2:3. And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city.

Answer 9

The Bible does tell us when Jesus Christ was born. It takes a bit of research and you will have your answer.
The key to finding the Birthday of Jesus Christ is knowing when His cousin was conceived. Jesus Christ Was conceived 6 months later.
The Gospels of Luke is a good place to start. After you research you will come to the answer we all do, and that is September 29th 5 BC.><>

Answer 10

Because, like so many other christian holidays, the church decided to make the celebration of these days coincide with certain pagan holidays to convert people to their way of thinking.