Jesus Christ's birthday is no where to be found in the Bible...?

Question

He's considered the greatest man that ever lived, but his actual date of birth cannot be found in the Bible or in any other religious book, which makes it seem weird to me that a date was chosen out of the blue for Christmas. How many of you already know this? Any thoughts?

Answer 1

It is unknown when Jesus was born. The bible does not say. However we do know that sheperds were out in the field tending to thier flock when an angel told Mary that she was going to conceive. So being that the sheperds were out indicates that it could not be December because it is a cold and rainy season in that part of the earth.

Furthermore, we know when Jesus died, Nisan 14th, which corresponds to March/April on our calendar. He lived for 331/2 years (30 years when baptized + 3 1/2 year ministry). So he must have been born sometime in September/October, not December.

The celebration of Jesus, so called birthday on December 25th, resulted over 300 years after his dealth. The pagans tried to make a day that coincided with thier pagan festivals and choose Dec 25th.

No where in the bible does it even say that Jesus nor his disciples observed his birthday.

Answer 2

that date was chosen because it was previously a pagan holiday. When Jesus' followers went out into the world, some went into the Celtic areas, which had their holidays all set up around the spirits that they worshiped - one or two holidays every season. Since the actual date of Jesus' birth was unknown, and these people refused to give up their fun days, the missionaries tried to Christianize the holidays by making them into something to glorify God. Christmas was pagan, and the missionaries decided that Jesus' birth would be celebrated that day. The scholars who have studied the Bible and other sources mostly agree that Jesus' birthday is probably somewhere around early spring, about the time we normally celebrate Easter actually.

Answer 3

Yes, this is common knowledge. Not every culture made the big deal out of birthdays that we do; Jesus' is not recorded, though it is commonly believed He was born in the spring lambing season- because the shepherds were staying out all night watching their flocks. The early church tried to embrace many pagan festivals by "converting" them to Christian holidays. I'm not sure if they were right or wrong for doing that, but that is why Christmas is celebrated in the winter. And many Christmas traditions have pagan rather than Christian origins. Holly and mistletoe are a perfect example. I do think it is nice to celebrate the Lord's birthday, even if the date isn't right. I even like the old pagan holdovers that we still use in that celebration. But I think we shouldn't give Christmas too much importance. As you said, it is a man-made holiday, though ancient and venerable.

Answer 4

I think that God purposely didn't put down the date of Jesus' birth so that there wouldn't be any people who could get puffed up because their birthday was the same as Jesus' birthday.

After that, it comes down to the old historical story of what happened when the church of Christ got corrupted by joining with the government of Rome, the picking of a day to celebrate the birth of Christ that would facilitate the inclusion of newly "converted" pagans, and the story goes downhill from there until the time of the reformation.

Answer 5

the date is 15 of Tisri is in the bible, he died 14 of Nisan (Luke 22:1-19) (Exodus 12:1-5 and 13:1-5) (Esther 3:7) the first month and his birthday is 6 month later the seven month the name is Tisri he baptized when he was 30 his preaching last 3 years and a half (Daniel 9:24-27) so if you make the calculation is 15 of Tisri (September 27 this year that vary every year)
This was the seventh lunar month of the sacred calendar of the Israelites, but the first of the secular calendar. (1Ki 8:2) It corresponded to part of September and part of October. Following the Babylonian exile it was called Tishri, a name that does not appear in the Bible record but that is found in postexilic writings.
In speaking of the festival that began on the 15th day of this month (or around the first part of October), the historian Josephus writes: “On the fifteenth of this same month, at which the turning-point to the winter season is now reached, Moses bids each family to fix up tents, apprehensive of the cold and as a protection against the year’s inclemency.

Answer 6

the biggest concentration of the Bible isnt to be a biographical source approximately Jesus, yet quite His teachings. Dec. 25 became chosen because of the fact on the time after His beginning there have been pagan trip journeys around that element. So Christians might rejoice the Christmas on December 25 around the time of those pagan trip journeys so as to evangelise the word of God and allow pagans to become Christian. Later wen the invention of the bounce-300 and sixty 5 days occured and it became calculated how some years have been to be extra on with the addition of a few days the jap Orthodox church began to rejoice on Jan. 7 which became Dec. 25 with the added days extra on.

Answer 7

The date chosen was in response to a pagan holiday already being observed at that time. The Church rationalized that Jesus must've been born near the end of the year. And there was an existing celebration ripe for the taking. Typical Church behavior. Same with Easter. The Church is an organization full of lies - this is just the tip of a very large iceberg!

Answer 8

You are right. As far as I know Jesus was born in spring. But since we celebrate His death during that time. Not a good time to pick there. Since winter was a slow season, it was picked. No one person has all the answers. That's why it's called "faith". There are a whole lot of questions people have asked that will be answered later but not in my lifetime. I'll just wait until that time. Celebrating Jesus life or death isn't as important as living the life God gave you. Now celebrating Jesus return is something to look forward too. Jesus not staying dead is important. So His life is worth remembering? Yes, No? I say "yes"! And how He would care enough to save someone like me. I will never forget. Thanks Jesus!!!!

Answer 9

Yes, but so what? Not meaning to belittle your question, but what difference does it make? The important thing is the Gospel--the Word of God. Not a date for celebrating an event or anything else worldly. Regardless of how the date for Christmas was selected (was the date some Celtic or Roman pagan relic, I don't know and it makes no difference to me) the most important thing is what Christ says and does.

Answer 10

Christmas used to be celebrated in like Feb, but emperor constantine moved it to unite the people or something. im not sure why moving Christmmas would unite the people, but he thought it would help. no where in the bible does it say to celebrate christmas either. we just do it out of rememberance of Christ. it doesnt really matter about the date. its just a day set aside for celebrating the birth of Christ