Jesus Christ's Birthday?

Question

Ok, I already know the answer but I wanted to ask this question. When is Jesus Christ's birthday and why? When do you think it is and give a reason for why it must be so. The more detail the better. :-)

Ok, just so everyone knows. It's not December 25th. Christmas was not when he was born. But for some reason we celebrate it. Anyway, it has to be in the spring time. If you read carefully, the shepherds were lambing. That only happens in the spring.

Answer 1

April 6th of course, according to revelation given by Joseph Smith when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was founded. You should know that!

Answer 2

His birth date was most likely around Sep. 29th by the current calendar. This would be around the time of the Feast of the Tabernacles.I cannot recall all the details but this is also in the bible as prophecy. First detail would be that shepherds would not be in the fields in Dec. Weather doesn't permit it. You can track when the birth was to happen by knowing which person was to have been in charge of the temple ( I think it was 2 weeks or 2 months at a time). Well, memory is fuzzy but if you know the answer, you know i am on the right track. Christ specifically asked us NOT to celebrate his birth, but his death. Year of birth is most likely off also and could be between 03 AD and 06 AD.

Answer 3

No one knows. No one is supposed to know. Jesus birth is not given in scripture, not so much as the season. Not born in the manger but rather put there b/c there was not room at the inn. The "three wise men" did not witness the birth, they came afterward seeking his whereabouts as sentries to a King in the East. Interestingly enough they found Jesus and Mary by knowledge of prophecy.

As for Rangedog, the scriptures in Luke tell us that Elisabeth (John the Baptist's mother) conceived six months prior to Gabriel visiting Mary. Even if Mary conceived at this time (which isn't told to us), we must also assume that these two women had regular carries. Which are small variable even put together. Even at best we could only know is the season, the month maybe...
Luke 1:24-31
All we know for certain is they were both pregnant at the same time at some point b/c of the account in Luke 1:41 & 42

I don't believe that God means for us to know this as it is not the important part of his birth, nor his life on earth. Only the fulfilling of prophecy as to where, and to a virgin.

Answer 4

There is no proof that December 25th is the birth day of Jesus Christ. Christmas is was actually a Pagan Holiday(not there is anything wrong with that) that was Christianized because the church felt they couldn't get rid of it. Now it is just a materialistic holiday just like most of th others. I can't guess of Jesus Christ's birth but I don't think it is December 25th either.

Answer 5

The 'official' time that we 'celebrate' Jesus Christ's birthday is on Christmas Day ... but no one really knows the 'exact day' or even the exact year He was born, or that he died on the cross ... but we do 'know' through both faith and 'science' that Jesus was a 'real person' ... and some of us believe he was also 'fully God' at the same time. If you think you 'know' the answer (and unless you are talking about the 'official time' that the 'church' tells us to celebrate it, you are probably wrong), then you should have 'given the date' and your 'explanation' ... but I like your question anyway, and think I've given you 'the best answer I can' ...

Answer 6

I heard that he was born sometime is the Fall, mid October, or what is now mid-October

I think that's what I heard on a Documentary I saw about 4 or 5 years ago.

I know it's not Xmas, or December 25, that's the day the Christians chose celebrate Christmas so they make Christianity more palatable to the Pagans who would celebrate the winter solstice around the same time

Answer 7

It could not have been December.

Here is one piece of evidence [there is more]

When Jesus was born, we read from the Bible:

Luke 2:8 There were also in that same country shepherds living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks. 10 But the angel said to them: “Have no fear, for, look! I am declaring to YOU good news of a great joy that all the people will have, 11 because there was born to YOU today a Savior, who is Christ [the] Lord, in David’s city.

What kind of shepherds live outside in December, a very cold season, hearding their sheep in the freezing cold?

Answer 8

He was 30 when he was baptized in 27 A.D., as per Jewish law (Daniel 9). He began his ministry at that point. Daniel 9 and the Gospels tell us that his ministry was 3.5 years long. He was crucified in the spring according to the gospels. He was 33.5 years old when crucified. This would place his birth in the fall of 4 B.C. (Remember, there was no year 0).


Aliz: The Magi found Jesus at Mary's house, according to the gospels. Also, Herod decreed all males 2 years and under were to be put to death. This means Jesus was approximately 1-2 years of age when the Magi found him.

Answer 9

His birthday is CELEBRATED on Christmas, but, if memory serves me right, Jesus was actually born in the Springtime. The reason that his birthday on Dec 25 is that there is a pagan feast of the sun near that time. So early Christians changed his birthday to Dec. to celebrate the feast of the SON (of God)

Answer 10

The truth is, we simply don’t know the exact date of our Savior’s birth. In fact, we don’t even know for sure the year in which He was born. Scholars believe it was somewhere between 6 B.C. and 4 B.C. One thing is clear: if God felt it was important for us to know the exact date of the Savior’s birth, He certainly would have told us in His Word. The Gospel of Luke gives very specific details about the event, even down to what the baby was wearing – “swaddling clothes” - and where he slept – “in a manger” (Luke 2:12). These details are important because they speak of His nature and character, meek and lowly. But the exact date of His birth has no significance whatsoever, which may be why God chose not mention it.