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2006-12-24 09:32:30 · 18 answers · asked by ? 1 in Society & Culture Holidays Other - Holidays

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Actually, we know that John the Baptist was born 6 months ahead of Jesus. John the Baptist was born during the Jewish month that falls around March/April (Nisan) which would have placed Christ’s birthday around September/October (Tishri). Yes, Jewish months are 2 months long. Christ was 33.5 years old when he died, and he died on Nisan 14 (which is ALWAYS the same day EVERY YEAR on the Jewish Calender. It falls on the FIRST FULL MOON after the VERNAL EQUINOX - meaning the 1st Full Moon AFTER February 22nd). So, around 2 weeks AFTER Feb. 22nd, would fall Passover (NOW called The Lord's Supper). The day on which Christ Jesus died. He died on Passover, because on Passover, they slaughtered the lamb, spread its blood over the door so that the Angel of Death would pass them by in Egypt and then Christ WAS the Lamb of God, which the Lamb represented EVERY YEAR until Christs death. When Christ died, there was no more need for Passover, so it became The Lord's Supper. So, if we count BACK from The Lords Supper (1st week of March - 6 months backwards would be October). So, AGAIN, we see it was the first of October, the last of September.

While Saturnalia IS celebrated on December 25th, it was ORIGINALLY the date of the Sun God Tammuz, who's sign was the Cross or T. He was the son of Nimrod and Semiramis (who had herself declared a Virgin Mother of the Sun God and then had him sacrificed on December 25th in celebration to the sun). Nimrod was the Mighty Hunter in OPPOSITION to God; he was also Ham's (Noah's son) great-grandson. So, we see here that as far back as Nimrod & Semiramis, they were worshipping the Sun God and Cross on December 25th in Babylon.

Astarte/Easter is the worship of the Fertility Goddess. Her symbol is the Egg and the Rabbit. Two things that denote life and reproduction, they have NOTHING to do with Christ’s resurrection, except to bring more people to church.

A Priest wrote an EXCELLENT book ON every holiday, its called, The Two Babylon’s, by the Rev. Alexander Hislop.
http://philologos.org/__eb-ttb/default.htm

2006-12-24 09:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0 0

Scholars disagree. The earliest written records from Alexandria (around 200 BC) claim it as March 25, but even contemporary scholars dispute this "curiously" placed date. At that time, April 19-20 was accepted by other scholars.

The best quote on the subject, from the Catholic Encyclopedia (the first site listed in the Sources field), is "there is no month in the year to which respectable authorities have not assigned Christ's birth."

Adding fuel to the debate, there is disagreement about the year even among the Gospels: Luke and Matthew cite events that contradict each other (and at least some of which contradict contemporary historical records of Rome and Judaea).

The Dec. 25 date was incorporated into early Christianity from two different religious sources: first, from the celebration of the birth of Mithras, a Persian deity worshipped by many in the eastern Roman empire, and second, from the Yule celebration of northern European cultures, in the Western empire; this was also the date of the Roman holiday of Saturnalia. This is a recurring theme in the early spread of Christianity: adopting local festivals and holidays to more easily assimilate Christianity into the indigenous peoples' cultures and lives.

The Wikipedia entry consolidates a great deal of scholarly debate into one concise entry, and is well worth reading for anyone interested in the history of the events as recorded in many cultures and debated by hundreds of scholars over the past twenty centuries.

2006-12-24 10:29:01 · answer #2 · answered by Scott F 5 · 1 0

No one actually knows - but ususually people believe he was born in June or July.

Good Luck!!!

Update - after doing some more research on the subject I found myself doubting what I thought was the correct answer - check out the Wikipedia site on the Chronology of Jesus' life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Jesus%27_Birth_and_Death which give many of the different theories about when Jesus may have actually had been more - there are more than I thought.

Again Good Luck!!!

2006-12-24 09:37:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It hard to really place an exact Day or even a Month. There are a few things that can help narrow it down.
Some say May of 6 B.C. others say some time in September. So, we have a wide range of thought in this area.

2006-12-24 09:39:37 · answer #4 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 1 0

December 25 and Merry Christmas to all Christians

2006-12-24 09:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by andrewX 2 · 0 0

I heard that because of the alignment of the stars and scriptures in the Bible, that he would have been born during Spring Equinox or Autumn Equinox... so March/April sounds like the ticket from what I have read, but I have also heardSept/Oct... but my guesstimate is around March 21st.

2014-12-26 12:46:37 · answer #6 · answered by Morgana 1 · 0 0

bible is not clear on this, but scholars believe that it was around september of october..

shepards were in the fields when they sae the star of bethlehem.

they would only be in the fields in early spring or late fall.

a few other things point to the fall.

2006-12-24 09:36:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Jesus was born in the spring. The shepherds would not have been out on the hills in the cold of winter.

2006-12-24 09:38:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Mabe you should ask Dan Brown or Ron Howard, they seem to know a lot about Jesus!

2006-12-24 09:37:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

His birthday is supposedly in June or July.

2006-12-24 09:39:24 · answer #10 · answered by 2007 5 · 0 0

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