Who told you that Jesus was born on 25th December? Which Bible Verse please help me!?

Answer 1

We do not know the exact DAY that Jesus was born, but we can deduce the month.
Jesus was 'about' thirty when baptised.
He preached for 3 1/2 years.
He died on the Jewish date of Nisan 14,
This equates to about "Easter", March/April
So if you go back 33 1/2 years from March/April to get OCTOBER.
Three months before December 25.
And October in Jerusalem matches the description given in the Bible of the shepherds being outdoors with their flocks.
By December in Jerusalem, the flocks would be kept indoors, due to cold weather.

Answer 2

There is no Bible verse that gives the date of Jesus' birth, and few people believe He was actually born on December 25th. That has simply become the date on which we celebrate His birth. It has been speculated by some that He was actually born in the spring.

Answer 3

The 25th of December was probably picked for various astrological reasons relating to theories over "the Star Of Bethlehem" which existed back in that day...

It was chosen because roman astrologist's charting the movements of the planet Jupiter in 2BC would possibly have noticed that amoung other strange never repeatable things it did that year(including be visible in the night sky to the south of Jerusalem), it hung directly over the town of Bethlehem(which we now know to be due to Retrograde Motion) on December 25th 2BC, We know that because we can use computers to chart positions of the planets on any day in history and on that day the planet was rather shockingly directly above the town. In Roman, and general middle eastern astrology Jupiter was known as "a wandering star" at the time, and was a precursor to the birth of kings when it colluded with other celestrial bodies which it did an astonishing 4 times in late 3 BC and 2 BC, thrice with the star known as Regulus or in roman "King" and once with the planet Venus, which produced what to the naked eye would have looked like a giant bright star.

This does not mean Christmas is 100% the date, but it at least explains why it was chosen by the romans.

Answer 4

There is no bible verse. His birthdate is highly debated. December 25th is a celebration of His birth ( or it should be) but the actual date and time of the year is unknown. Good fuel for people who love to argue....


god bless

Answer 5

Jesus was born on May 9.

Think about it. if the Three Wise Men, the shepherds followed the North Star to the manger in Bethlehem in the middle of the night in December, they would have all died of hypothermia.

Baby Jesus would have been still-born - dead - if his birthday was December 25, being exposed to the elements of a freezing cold winters' night in Israel. No blanket would have kept him that warm!

Answer 6

The Roman Emperor Constantine allowed the Christians to celebrate the Nativity on December 25th. It was a great turning point for Christianity because back then you were executed for being a Christian.

Answer 7

He`s not born on Dec. 25.
Many of our modern Christmas traditions began hundreds of years before Christ was born. Some of these traditions date back more than 4000 years. The addition of Christ to the celebration of the winter solstice did not occur until 300 years after Christ died and as late as 1800, some devout Christian sects, like the Puritans, forbade their members from celebrating Christmas because it was considered a pagan holiday. So what is the history behind these traditions?

The Christmas tree is derived from several solstice traditions. The Romans decked their halls with garlands of laurel and placed candles in live trees to decorate for the celebration of Saturnalia. In Scandinavia, they hung apples from evergreen trees at the winder solstice to remind themselves that spring and summer will come again. The evergreen tree was the special plant of their sun god, Baldor.

The practice of exchanging gifts at a winter celebration is also pre-Christian and is from the Roman Saturnalia. They would exchange good-luck gifts called Stenae (lucky fruits). They also would have a big feast just like we do today.

Mistletoe is from an ancient Druid custom at the winter solstice. Mistletoe was considered a divine plant and it symbolized love and peace. The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe is Druid in origin.

The Scandinavian solstice traditions had a lot of influences on our celebration besides the hanging of ornaments on evergreen trees. Their ancient festival was called Yuletide and celebrated the return of the sun. One of their traditions was the Yule log. The log was the center of the trunk of a tree that was dragged to a large fireplace where it was supposed to burn for twelve days. From this comes the twelve days of Christmas.

Even the date of Christmas, December 25, was borrowed from another religion. At the time Christmas was created in AD 320, Mithraism was very popular. The early Christian church had gotten tired of their futile efforts to stop people celebrating the solstice and the birthday of Mithras, the Persian sun god. Mithras’ birthday was December 25. So the pope at the time decided to make Jesus’ official birthday coincide with Mithras’ birthday. No one knows what time of year Jesus was actually born but there is evidence to suggest that it was in midsummer.

So, if you are celebrating any of the western traditions of Christmas this year, remember that you are actually enjoying the rituals and activities of several ancient religions whose traditions have been borrowed by the Christians over the years for the celebration of the birth of Christ.

Happy Holidays!

Answer 8

There is no biblical evidence to substatiate a December birth at all. Most likely it was in September. That is referenced back to the jewish calendar and the birth of his cousin, John the baptist. However, since there was no specific date given, we simply hijacked a pagan winter celebration and gave Jesus a day to be celebrated and remembered. Much like you would a leap year baby or a Christmas baby, they usually are allowed to pick a day to celebrate their birthday on in order to be fair.

Answer 9

Jesus was born somewhere between the last part of September to the first part of October, It was the catholic Church that originated the Dec. 25th ideal

Answer 10

The 25th of December is a pagan date.Jesus(As) was not born on that date.