When is Jesus real birthday?

Question

Sometimes I hear Christians say that Dec 25 is not date that christ was born. If thats not the date then when is it? I`m confused since all of the pagan historical evidence points towards Dec 25. All of the Sun Gods were born on this date. Horus, Dioynisus (spelling?), Krishna, Mirtha, and Jesus Christ....right?

If you can`t tell me what day Jesus was born then how can you say that it was not Dec 25? What makes this one date more improbable than the other 364 days in the year?

Answer 1

History convincingly shows that Dec. 25 was popularized as the date for Christmas, not because Christ was born on that day, but because it was already popular in pagan religious celebrations as the birthday of the sun.

But is it possible that Dec. 25 could be the day of Christ's birth?

"Lacking any scriptural pointers to Jesus's birthday, early Christian teachers suggested dates all over the calendar. Clement ... picked November 18. Hippolytus ... figured Christ must have been born on a Wednesday ... An anonymous document[,] believed to have been written in North Africa around A.D. 243, placed Jesus's birth on March 28" (Joseph L. Sheler, U.S. News & World Report, "In Search of Christmas," Dec. 23, 1996, p. 58).

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 the time of Jesus' birth (Luke 2:7-8). Shepherds were not in the fields during December. 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). Such censuses were not taken in winter, when temperatures often dropped below freezing and roads were in poor condition. Taking a census under such conditions would have been self-defeating.

Given the difficulties and the desire to bring pagans into Christianity, "the important fact then which I have asked you to get clearly into your head is that the fixing of the date as December 25th was a compromise with paganism" (William Walsh, The Story of Santa Klaus, 1970, p. 62).

If Jesus Christ weren't born on Dec. 25, does the Bible indicate when He was born? The biblical accounts point to the fall of the year as the most likely time of Jesus' birth, based on 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.
Did Jesus Christ tell us to celebrate His birth? No. However, He left explicit instructions regarding how His followers are to commemorate His death (1 Corinthians 11:23-26).

Answer 2

When Is Jesus Birthday

Answer 3

They guess that Jesus was either born in the fall or spring and not the winter because of the story about the shepherds.

Luke 2:8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Apparently the shepherds don't live out in the fields with their flocks in December when the weather is cold and rainy. As to what year it was, speculations run from 6 BC to 2 BC.

Answer 4

No one knows for sure what month, not to mention which day, that Jesus was born on. Various theories have been raised that put Jesus' birth in April, October, and September. But no one knows for sure.
Additionally, our calendar is inaccurate. It set about 4 years too late. This is known by comparing the biblical accounts of gospels and the extrabiblical records known about Quirinius, the governor of Syria (Luke 2:2) and Herod the Great (Matt. 2:19) who died in 4 B.C. in the year of Jesus' birth. Humorously, that would make Jesus, born in 4 B.C.

Answer 5

The bible doesn't provide enough information to confirm the day, but there is plenty of information to conclude that it was nowhere near December 25.

Jesus, at his baptism, was about 30 years old according to Luke 3:21-23.

Then we must consider the prophecy of the “seventy weeks of years” at Daniel 9:27. It indicates that the Messiah would be killed, thus ‘causing sacrifice and gift offering to cease’ as no longer required, in the middle of the 70th “week.”

This means that Christ’s ministry was three and a half years long. It began at his baptism and ended with his death at Passover time in 33 C.E.

Passover time was about April 1, 33 C.E. (think Easter)

Since Christ was about 30 years of age when commencing his work and his ministry was three and a half years long, he was 33 1/2 years old around Passover time, or about April 1, 33 C.E.

Christ would have been 34 years of age six months later, or about October 1. Counting back, we must conclude that Jesus was born, not on December 25, but about October 1.

- Bob

Answer 6

Watch Shepherds Chapel,You will learn everything there is to know about the Living GOD,,he's on channel 256 on Dish..Jesus was born in Sept of 29th,is the closet date to be figured,because his birth was 6 months after his cousin Johns,we celebrate in on December 25th,Because this is his conception Date..

Answer 7

They say he was born sometime in September. I always thought they celebrated it because it was the same time as Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday. When Jesus came to earth as a baby, heaven and all the angels must have been rejoicing. This was the beginning of salvation coming to mankind and being reunited again with God.

Answer 8

Jesus was a fictional character. He has no birthday. Created by Paul and the biggest lie ever told.

Answer 9

June 2 is the date that I learned Jesus was born.

Answer 10

The general consensus is Jesus was born in September. Dr. Theo's logic seems right, comparing the birth of John the Baptist as a starting point. The fact that the date is not clear indicates that God did not want the date celebrated.

Answer 11

Well, since the Bible says, that he was born when shepards were outside with their flocks at night, it could not have possibly been in winter.
Luke 2:8 There were also in that same country shepherds living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks.