how do you explain the well laid out lineage of jesus' bloodline from king david down to jesus from both parents, yet nobody knows what year, let alone what day jesus was born? if there were records maintained as well as christians claim wouldn't there be some date associated with the birth of jesus as well. certainly any system dedicated to accurately keeping track of family lineage would make sure to list the date and location of each ancestor's birth. yet in the bible, all we have is more or less just a list of names. what seems even more out of place is the ability in the old testament to keep track of the lineage of adam and eve's decendants and their ages, considering this occurred 3000-4000 years before the birth of jesus. what gives?
2007-11-27 09:08:22 · 11 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
father k, when is not important??? ok, then jesus hasn't been born yet. sorta disproves your claim, doesn't it?
2007-11-27 09:18:15 · update #1
Jesus was born on christmas. Duh....
2007-11-27 09:11:55 · answer #1 · answered by Nea 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋
There isn't a single birth date (day/month/year) recorded ANYWHERE in scripture. There is normally a reference to some ruler of the time if you were important enough to have your birth recorded.
The Birthday celebrations recorded in scripture are for Pharaoh (Genesis 40:20)
King Herod (Matt 14:6)
However, is was important to note what year an important person was born.
We could surmise a close estimate of Jesus' birthday by the same methods the Magi could have. See my first link. Not saying this is accurate... just some thoughts.
Second link has a very interesting view as well.. stretches some numbers here and there.. but not bad
God bless
2007-11-27 17:39:44 · answer #2 · answered by Consider_This 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact of Jesus' birth, the place, the nature, and the purpose are clearly taught in the scriptures (Matt. 1; 2).
However, God did not see fit to explicitly reveal the date. We do know that Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the King (Matt. 2: 1). History informs us that this Herod died in 4 B. C. Hence, Jesus would have been born no later than 4 B. C.
We also learn from the Bible that a census was being taken at the time of Jesus' birth, in fact, Joseph and Mary were at Bethlehem to enroll when Jesus was born (Lk. 2: 1-7). Quirinius, the Governor of Syria, conducted this census.
Based on the believed date of this census, some place Jesus' birth at 6 B. C. Some scholars believe Jesus was born in 5 B. C. In the center column reference of some versions of the King James Translation, we read regarding the time of Matthew 2, "The fourth year before the common account called Anno Domini (A. D., dm)." This date, I believe, is the product of the work of Dionysius Exiguus, a sixth century monk.
"When" is not important. "Who, What, Where and How" ARE the important facts.
2007-11-27 17:13:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The date was inferred at the time from the description given. However, with time, people let this drop by the wayside as paganism and "sun god" holidays crept into the church. The clue was the occurrence / timing of the star, and the reign of Herod, and his death. This was a typical way to pinpoint things in Jewish history- ie by the association of an event with the year of a certain ruler.
Some people have pursued this and gone back tracking stars and their positions during the time of Herod, whose dates are known. See the following link, where someone has done this. Jesus was born during the fall feasts about 3 BC, translating from the gregorian calendar to the hebrew one.
2007-11-27 17:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by Angel wings 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I am still hung up on "let there be light". If I ever figure out how God did that-then I'll move on to something more complicated like birth dates.
2007-11-27 17:14:25 · answer #5 · answered by Higgy Baby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3 to 4 thousand yrs. before Christ their is no way of reconciling their dates with our Julian calender
2007-11-27 17:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by useyoursenses 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well we know when the year of the Lord was, anno domini ; )
The Bible is the record of things that has happened, but it is not record of all things.
2007-11-27 17:14:52 · answer #7 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we have a rough idea of when he was born...
anywhere from 4 BC to 2 AD i believe...based on roman
documents of the time and a few others...
Christ knew we would probably worship the day the wrong
way...so he kept it somewhat hidden to prevent it...
that said...do you think if we don't know the exact date
that changes anything?
He lived...He died...hes returning soon...
2007-11-27 17:14:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
lineage was kept as a matter of oral history - dates were not as important as they are now. the local "bank" didn't hand out a calendar - there was no outlook either ; ) who is more important then the "exact" when.
2007-11-27 17:13:35 · answer #9 · answered by Marysia 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, Fairy Tails....
2007-11-27 17:12:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why do you care?
2007-11-27 17:12:28 · answer #11 · answered by flinginfeces 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋