Was Jesus's birthday on the 25th of dec.?

Answer 1

Most people assume Jesus was born on Dec. 25. After all, that's the date celebrated throughout the world as the day of His birth. A careful analysis of Scripture, however, clearly indicates that Dec. 25 is an unlikely date for Christ's birth. Here are two primary reasons:
First, we know that shepherds were in the fields watching their flocks at night at the time of Jesus' birth (Luke 2:7-8). However, shepherds did not remain in the fields of Judea at night during December due to lack of forage and the bad weather. According to Celebrations: The Complete Book of American Holidays, Luke's account "suggests that Jesus may have been born in summer or early fall. Since December is cold and rainy in Judea, it is likely the shepherds would have sought shelter for their flocks at night" (p. 309).
Similarly, The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary says this passage argues "against the birth [of Christ] occurring on Dec. 25 since the weather would not have permitted" shepherds watching over their flocks in the fields at night.
Second, Jesus' parents came to Bethlehem to register in a Roman census (Luke 2:1-4). The Romans would have known better than to have taken such a census in the dead of winter, when temperatures often dropped below freezing and roads were in poor condition for traveling. Taking a census under such conditions would have been self-defeating.
So if Jesus Christ was not born on Dec. 25, does the Bible indicate when He was born? The biblical accounts point to the autumn of the year (in the northern hemisphere) as the most likely time of Jesus' birth, based on details of the conception and birth of John the Baptist.
Since Elizabeth (John's mother) was in her sixth month of pregnancy when Jesus was conceived (Luke 1:24-36), we can determine the approximate time of year Jesus was born if we know when John was born. John's father, Zacharias, was a priest serving in the Jerusalem temple during the course of Abijah (Luke 1:5). Historical calculations indicate this course of service corresponded to June 13-19 in that year (The Companion Bible, 1974, Appendix 179, p. 200).
It was during this time of temple service that Zacharias learned that he and his wife, Elizabeth, would have a child (Luke 1:8-13). After he completed his service and traveled home, Elizabeth conceived (verses 23-24). Assuming John's conception took place near the end of June, adding nine months brings us to the end of March as the most likely time for John's birth. Adding another six months (the difference in ages between John and Jesus) brings us to the end of September as the likely time of Jesus' birth.
Although it is difficult to determine the first time anyone celebrated Dec. 25 as Christmas, historians are in general agreement that it was sometime during the fourth century.
This is an amazingly late date. Christmas was not observed in Rome, the capital of the Roman Empire, until about 300 years after Christ's death. Its origins cannot be traced back to either the teachings or practices of the earliest Christians.

Answer 2

Nobody knows for sure.
The early Church celebrated the birth of Jesus in January as a matter of tradition. Early Christian scholars calculated the approximate date of the birth of Christ based on the available information, and arrived at December 25th. That date was supposedly confirmed in Roman census records by Cyril of Jerusalem (who actually did *not* agree with the Dec. 25th date until he saw the records), but the records were destroyed by Aleric in 410 AD.

In the late 19th century, scholars were intrigued by the connections between Indo-European cultures, and without a full understanding of the matter they started looking for any possible cultural connection between Christianity and early Pagan cultures. Miscalculating the date of the death of Herod the Great, they calculated the date of the birth of Christ some four months (and four years) off from the ancient date, and assumed that the early Christians had selected December 25th in order to draw Pagan worshipers away from the celebration of Saturnalia, which (they thought) was celebrated on Dec. 25th. It turns out, of course, that Saturnalia was not celebrated on December 25th in the first place. So people attempted to conncet Christmas with the feast of the birth of Sol Invictus, observed by the Romans in the late 3rd century. But subsequent discoveries revealed that the Christians in Rome were already celebrating Christmas on December 25th before the day of Sol Invictus was established. Many scholars now believe that Romans instituted a festival of December 25th as a rival to the Christian holiday, and not vice versa.

Recent discoveries in astronomy suggest that the ancient Church was actually correct about the death of Herod, which would make their estimates on the date of the birth of Christ accurate as well. But the issue is still up in the air.

I have to add - people always bring up the flocks of sheep in the winter. Even if we assume that the story of the shepherds really happened (and wasn't just a literary device), the Babylonian Talmud contains ample evidence of shepherds tending sheep outside of Jerusalem throughout the winter.

Answer 3

No, Jesus was actually born in the Spring. Back when Christianity was a punishable offense, Christians kept their faith a secret for fear of retribution and beatings. They wanted to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, their savior, but couldn't do it publicly. In those times, pagens celebrated on Dec 25th for something, so the christians celebrated the birth of Jesus on that day to cover up the fact they were christian. Worked quite well and now there are few pagens and many Christians, but we just kept the date because it was easier. Unfortunately, this is why Jahovas Witnesses feel that Christmas is a pagen holiday. It is not, pagens don't beleive in christmas and do not celebrate it. Christmas just happens on the same day for convenience sake.

Answer 4

The 25Th of December was a day made up to celebrate the birth of Christ in 330+ AD and April 1st was the new year until the Pope decided to change it. I believe Christ was born during the Vernal Equinox 2040 years ago.

Answer 5

No, if he existed at all he would have been born some time in thee summer. This is known because the scriptures note that the sheep were in heat at the time of his birth, which happens in summer. The Catholic church placed his date of birth on December 25th to usurp an old pagan holiday.

Answer 6

No,
there is a scripture that brings out that he was outisde with the cattle and the peole hearding there flocks... people would not have been doing this in december...

However, the real story is quite different from the one so often depicted. Historian Luke, who tells us of the census that brought Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem, also tells us of the shepherds' spending that important night out-of-doors with their flocks. These two circumstances have led many Bible researchers to conclude that Jesus could not have been born during December. They point out the unlikelihood of Caesar's forcing the volatile Jews to trek to their home cities during the cold and rainy season, which could further enrage a rebellious people. It is equally unlikely, scholars note, that shepherds would have been living out-of-doors with their flocks in such inclement weather.—Luke 2:8-14.

Answer 7

Nope, misconception.

The big clue is the line 'while shepards watch their flocks by night'.... this indicates spring.

When the transition from Paganism to Christianity was made in Rome, Christianity borrowed from the Pagan holidays in order to make that transition easier.

Answer 8

No. Jesus was born on the 38th of Septober, according to the calendar he developed when he was 23 years old. His apostles never did do a great job at paying attention to him until after he started raising the dead for them...

Answer 9

not actually they say Jesus was a Piscean born in the morning some2010 years ago when Jupiter and Saturn were rising in the sign of Pisces.
hope i am right

Answer 10

Time of Birth, Length of Ministry. Jesus evidently was born in the month of Ethanim (September-October) of the year 2 B.C.E., was baptized about the same time of the year in 29 C.E., and died about 3:00 p.m. on Friday, the 14th day of the spring month of Nisan (March-April), 33 C.E. The basis for these dates is as follows:

Jesus was born approximately six months after the birth of his relative John (the Baptizer), during the rule of Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus (31 B.C.E.–14 C.E.) and the Syrian governorship of Quirinius

His birth in relation to Herod’s death. While the date of Herod’s death is a debated one, there is considerable evidence pointing to 1 B.C.E. A number of events intervened between the time of Jesus’ birth and Herod’s death. These included Jesus’ circumcision on the eighth day (Lu 2:21); his being brought to the temple in Jerusalem 40 days after birth ; the journey of the astrologers “from eastern parts” to Bethlehem (where Jesus was no longer in a manger but in a house, Mt 2:1-11; compare Lu 2:7, 15, 16); Joseph and Mary’s flight to Egypt with the young child followed by Herod’s realization that the astrologers had not followed his instructions, and the subsequent slaughter of all boys in Bethlehem and its districts under the age of two years (indicating that Jesus was not then a newborn infant). (Mt 2:16-18) Jesus’ birth taking place in the fall of 2 B.C.E. would allow for the time required by these events intervening between his birth and the death of Herod, likely in 1 B.C.E. There is, however, added reason for placing Jesus’ birth in 2 B.C.E.

Relationship to John’s ministry. Further basis for the dates given at the start of this is found at Luke 3:1-3, which shows that John the Baptizer began his preaching and baptizing in “the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar.” That 15th year ran from the latter half of 28 C.E. to August or September of 29 C.E. At some point in John’s ministry, Jesus went to him and was baptized. When Jesus thereafter commenced his own ministry he was “about thirty years old.” (Lu 3:21-23) At the age of 30, the age at which David became king, Jesus would no longer be subject to human parents..

According to Numbers 4:1-3, those going into sanctuary service under the Law covenant were “from thirty years old upward.” It is reasonable that John the Baptizer, who was a Levite and son of a priest, began his ministry at the same age, not at the temple, of course, but in the special assignment Jehovah had outlined for him. The specific mention (twice) of the age difference between John and Jesus and the correlation between the appearances and messages of Jehovah’s angel in announcing the births of the two sons (Lu 1) give ample basis for believing that their ministries followed a similar timetable, that is, the start of John’s ministry (as the forerunner of Jesus) being followed about six months later by the commencement of Jesus’ ministry.

On this basis, John’s birth occurred 30 years before he began his ministry in Tiberius’ 15th year, hence somewhere between the latter half of 3 B.C.E. and August or September of 2 B.C.E., with Jesus’ birth following about six months later.