According to the bible which season was Jesus born in?

Answer 1

There's some debate on this - as I guess you can see by the variety of answers you've gotten to this point.
I think the evidece for His being born in the fall is pretty strong. I'm pasting this from a study on our website on Sukkot (Tabernacles):

Tabernacles is not only a celebration of the harvest, it also celebrates God's dwelling with humanity. It is this element which most clearly shows the Messianic significance. When Solomon built the first temple, it was on Sukkot that the Spirit of God (the Shekinah Glory) descended upon it - God came to dwell with man visibly in the Temple on the day that God Himself set aside to mark His dwelling with Man (1 Kings 8). This is one of the reasons many believe that we can determine from the Scriptures and other records that it during Sukkot that Yeshua was born. There are other reasons for this as well.
First of all, it seems to make sense that God would choose to come and dwell amongst us in human form on the festival that God appointed to remember His dwelling with us. But, while this sounds nice, it's not enough to convince us that this was indeed the time of His birth. So, let's look at a few other things that seem to point in this direction.
We know that when Yeshua was born, that there were shepherds tending to their flocks. The particular area where these shepherds were was for the flocks of lambs that would be used for the Passover sacrifices - a point that some might find interesting. These flocks were not out in the open fields during the winter. We know from the Mishna that they were taken into a protective corral from November through February. So that narrows the timing of His birth down a bit for us.
Next, we know that when Mary and Joseph came to Bethlehem, there was no place for them to stay. Why would that be? Traditional thought has suggested that it was because everyone was out and about registering for the census that Rome had mandated. However, that actually plays a very minor part in this, because the census, as it turns out, was not something that had to be done by a specific date. It wasn't like filing taxes - do it by April 15th or face the consequences. Rather, we know from recent discoveries that these censuses went on for quite some time - in many cases over several years. So, it isn't likely that they were rushing to Bethlehem in order to register.
So, if not to meet the deadline for registration, why would Joseph risk a long, hard, dangerous journey with a wife about to give birth? If you have plenty of time for this census, then there is little likelihood that you would endanger your family like this. Is there another feasible explanation for this journey at this point in time? As we mentioned earlier, three of the festivals are what were called "Pilgrimage" festivals. On those 3 occasions it was required for the men and their families to journey to Jerusalem. In other words, it was required by God to be in Jerusalem on those days.
Since they would have been going to Jerusalem, a scant 5 miles from Bethlehem, for the festival, it would be reasonable to assume that they would make the relatively short side trip to attend to the census registration as well. But, when they arrived, because everyone in Israel was heading to Jerusalem, and Bethlehem was only a few miles away, naturally, all the rooms were taken.
We also know from the records that Luke, who was a very precise historian, left us, that when Mary's relative, Elizabeth conceived John, her husband, Zechariah, who was a priest, was serving in the Temple. We also know when he was serving in the temple because we know what priestly order he served in - Abiyah - and the Book of Chronicles, as well as the Talmud tell us when each of the 24 orders of priests would serve in the Temple, and for how long. So, with that information, we can determine when Elizabeth would have conceived, assuming she conceived shortly after the angelic visitation recorded in Luke chapter 1.
We're told that Mary conceived six months later, meaning that Yeshua would have been born six months after John. If all this is true, then interestingly enough, John, whom Yeshua referred to as "The Elijah who was to come" before the Messiah, would have been born during Passover. Based on prophetic passages from Scripture, the rabbi's believed that Elijah would come during Passover. In fact, it is still traditional, during the Passover Seder today, for the youngest child to open the door in anticipation of Elijah's arrival. Exactly six months after Passover is Sukkot. This is when we celebrate God dwelling amongst us, and when Yeshua would have been born - six months after John. John, the "Elijah" came when God appointed for Him to come; and Yeshua came six months later, on the holiday God appointed for Him to come. Again - if this is true - then no wonder why Tabernacles is also known as Z'man Simchatenu (zi-mahn sim-khat-tay-new) - The Time of Our Rejoicing.

Answer 2

According to the Bible, Jesus was born 6 months after John the Baptist.
John was born in April.
Jesus was born in October.

Answer 3

The Bible does not say which season was born in. Many scholars believe it was spring, because the shepherds were "watching their flocks at night," which could mean that it was birthing season. However, Christmas is celebrated in December because it was combined with other religious festivals that were celebrated in the winter. The point is what Christmas is celebrated for, not necessarily when it actually happened.

Answer 4

There's a pretty detailed description that you can work out the day from in one of the bits that got omitted from the modern bible. It makes the date roughly mid September. So, a very warm Autumn in Bethlehem.

Answer 5

The bible is silent on this question. Every attempt to answer this question is basically guess work and often involves taking the story literally (which is dubious) but then extrapolating from people's experience in their own country.

Example - people saying it is too cold in December for Shepherds to be out at night with their sheep. Not in Palestine it isn't.

Answer 6

Late summer- early autumn.

There was little grass around the city, so the shepherds had to go out into the fields to look for pasture, so far out that they couldn't return before nightfall.

Greenshotuk: Isn't it rainy in December in Palestine? So why would they be out in the fields when there was green grass all around? Why expose the most feeble of domesticated animals to the elements in that way?

Answer 7

I believe he was born during Sukkot (Tabernacles, in the fall), which is well supported in the Bible.

Think of the perfectly beautiful symmetry. Yeshua is born in Tabernacles and circumcised on Simchat Torah, which means "Rejoicing in the Torah." It's perfect.

Answer 8

Not the season of good will if todays world is anything to go by.

Answer 9

Probably the harvest season Sept-Oct-

Answer 10

He was born on or about Sept. 29th. He was conceived on or about Dec. 25th.

The source below will document it from the Bible for you.

Answer 11

The Bible does not say when Jesus was born.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph