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Debember 25th is for commercial reasons but Jesus Christ was born in the early months of the year. It takes a bit of calculation but does anyone know the true date

2006-12-21 06:39:24 · 36 answers · asked by theresa b 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Chuck Norris sent jesus a birthday card on the 25th, and jesus was too afraid to tell him it wasn't his birthday, that is why we celebrate the 25th. No if you'll excuse me, i have to go follow the north star and meet the new lord and savior.

2006-12-21 06:41:12 · answer #1 · answered by Jon C 6 · 2 1

Well, technically there is no precise known date for the birth of Christ. There are many researched theories on it but no absolute known date. For all we know it could be December 25th or February 3rd. Some have even guessed as early as November.The best guess though that has been researched is in early January. Originally though, December 25th was a guess by the early Christians and they started a celebration that used to last 12 days (the 12 days of Christmas) but was shortened down just to the 25th of December. For more information, here are a few sites to consider. Hope this helps!

2006-12-21 06:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by jesusgirl73 1 · 0 0

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It was scrawled into my family bible about 2000 or so years ago.
It's verified.

However this explanation suggests Jesus was conceived during Chanukah,six months after John the Baptist.

Since John was born on Passover, the 15th day of Nisan (the 1st Jewish month), Jesus would have been born six months later on the 15th day of Tishri (the 7th Jewish month). The 15th day of the 7th month begins the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:34-35), also known as Sukkot. Jesus was born on the 1st day of the Feast of Tabernacles! In the year 5 B.C.E., this fell in the month of September.

This explains why there was no room at the inn for Joseph and Mary. A multitude of Jewish pilgrims from all over the Middle East had come to Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Tabernacles, as God required (Deu. 16:16). Bethlehem, which was only a few miles outside of Jerusalem, was also overflowing with visitors at this time because of the Feast.

"Just as it was six months earlier, signs in the heavens over Jerusalem on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles (15 Tishri, 3757) proclaimed the birth of the prophesied Messiah. Another remarkable lunar eclipse of the full moon was visible in Israel on this night also..."

http://users.aristotle.net/~bhuie/birthday.htm

2006-12-21 06:43:57 · answer #3 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 0 0

The bible does not mention the date of his birth. It does mention the place of birth, which would be significant to establish he was the promised Messiah (Micah 5:2).

Through the book of Daniel, however, we can calculate that Jesus (the Messiah) was 33 1/2 years old when he died the 14th of Nisan (Jewish calender). This would be in march/april (Gregorian calender, the one most of the world uses). (Daniel 9:24-26)

That would place Jesus birth 1/2 year back from march/april, which would then place it around october.

That would coincide with that shepherds were in the fields tending their flocks on the night of Jesus' birth. The Bible writer Luke shows that at that time, shepherds were "living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks" near Bethlehem. (Luke 2:8-12)

2006-12-21 07:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by volunteer teacher 6 · 0 0

I hate to say due to the tragedy on this date but I believe it was on
9/11-September 11th 3 bc


September 11th may appear to be of particular significance to us, but in Biblical and Hebrew reckoning, this month and day held a special significance. On the evening of what we would call September 11th, 3BC, the new moon first became visible in the West shortly after sunset. Since the Hebrew calendar months began on the evening that the new moon appeared, the evening of September 11th was the first day of a new month. The evening of September 11th to the evening of September 12th in 3 BC was the first day of the seventh month - the month of Tishri.

Hence, in Biblical terminology, Jesus was born on the first of Tishri, between 6:18 and 7:39 PM . On this night the remarkable astronomical configuration described in Revelation 12:1 occurred: Virgo the woman was clothed with the sun and the moon rested under her feet

2006-12-21 06:45:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

December 25th is the traditionally celebrated day of the birth of Christ. According to the Bible, He was actually born in September, but it doesn't give a date (that I can remember). Best of luck to you.

2006-12-21 06:45:32 · answer #6 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 0 0

December 25th is for assimilation reasons.....not commercial reasons.
It's the winter solstice and the Christians didn't want to ostracize the pagans.
We don't even know for sure that Jesus ever lived, historically speaking, so we're even further away from knowing his actual date of birth.

A good guess from the Scriptures and history is September 29, 5 B.C.

2006-12-21 06:41:16 · answer #7 · answered by Barrett G 6 · 1 1

I was told the story that he was born on the 9th of December.
The Wise Men saw the star and followed it, which took them till the 25th to reach Jesus. They then handed over their gifts, which is why we hand over gifts on this date! It makes more sense to me than any other story.

2006-12-21 06:45:03 · answer #8 · answered by floss 4 · 0 0

Nobody knows the exact date, but the best educated guesses point to early September (there is some dispute as to whether September in the old Jewish calander is July in our modern one)

2006-12-21 08:00:13 · answer #9 · answered by pixiefeet@btinternet.com 2 · 0 0

You can see from all the answers that there is such uncertainty about the date of "jesus". Maybe its because he never existed and its all been made up over the years by many people, hence all the contradictions

2006-12-21 09:59:05 · answer #10 · answered by GayAtheist 4 · 0 1

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