Where in the Bible does it say that Jesus was born on December 25??!!?

Answer 1

There is no biblical dates given.

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Answer 2

It doesn't, as most answers correctly stated.

Jesus' actual birth date is a matter of pure conjecture. There is no good reason to accept the any of the particular months claimed by the several answers here.

It *does* seem to be true that the date for Christmas was adopted from Saturnalia. As was common in the early Christian church, pagan holidays were "converted" to Christian holidays. The reasons for this should be clear: people like to party, and there was an established tradition of partying on a certain day. The early church decided that, as long as there was going to be a celebration, it should be a Christian one rather than a pagan one. This goes back to the earliest Christian practices:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2014%20;&version=49;
verses 5-6 are most relevant. Paul is saying that *what* day you regard as holy is not important, as long as it is holy to the lord. For this reason, non-Christian religious holidays in several cultures have been converted to Christian holidays. Sometimes it is easier to alter a religion than a tradition.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 3

After the Nicean council, it was decided that December 25th would be kept to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Many of the Roman and Greek masses were still holding onto their pagan rituals and they refused to give them up. This was a great compromise to usher more to the faith of Christianity. December 25 really marks the birth of a man named Nimrod, who was a man who killed his father and secretly married his mother. When she became pregnant all of his caretakers were told to tell the masses that the child from his mother (Ester) was a holy child and its conception was immaculate. Christmas and Easter have similar origins, all which were a part of the compromise between the pagans and Christians.

Answer 4

According to the best infomation available to the people of the time, the following is an accurate account of the sequence of events leading up to the birth of Jesus Christ:

The twenty-fifth day of December.
In the five thousand one hundred and ninety-ninth year of the creation of the world
from the time when God in the beginning created the heavens and the earth;
the two thousand nine hundred and fifty-seventh year after the flood;
the two thousand and fifteenth year from the birth of Abraham;
the one thousand five hundred and tenth year from Moses
and the going forth of the people of Israel from Egypt;
the one thousand and thirty-second year from David's being anointed king;
in the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel;
in the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad;
the seven hundred and fifty-second year from the foundation of the city of Rome;
the forty second year of the reign of Octavian Augustus;
the whole world being at peace,
in the sixth age of the world,
Jesus Christ the eternal God and Son of the eternal Father,
desiring to sanctify the world by his most merciful coming,
being conceived by the Holy Spirit,
and nine months having passed since his conception,
was born in Bethlehem of Judea of the Virgin Mary,
being made flesh.

Answer 5

NO WHERE. The date is a traditional pagan winter holiday. Its the beginning of the last week of the year. The pagan holiday was changed to a Christian celebration by Constantine, an Emperor of Rome. People say Jesus is the Reason for the Season.... but thats really not the case. Nothing personal to Christians.

Answer 6

Im not sure but i think that December 25 was just a day that was picked to celebrate the birth of jesus!!!

Answer 7

Nowhere in the bible nor any other place will you find that lie written. The catholic church stole Dec 25th from the pagans as they did easter. Jesus was not real, he was a composite fictional character. That is the reason why the writers did not give him a birthday, and that is just one of many disclaimers that are in that story.

Answer 8

Not sure it's in there. But it doesn't matter. If you wanted me to celebrate the birth of Jesus in June or September or anytime I'd be fine with it! The point is celebrating His birth and being thankful that God sent Him to Earth to die for our sins. It should be remembered everyday.

Answer 9

It doesn't. There are other dates I have heard.
One is in August and the other is in April .
Dec 25 was set up by the early Catholic church as a day of celebration to my knowledge.
Rev. TomCat

Answer 10

There is no Scripture that gives the actual date of Christ's birth.
There is the indication that it did not occur in wintertime, though, in that the shepherds were in the fields at night, with their flocks. Winters are very cold there, & the flocks are/were not left out in the fields at night during that season.

Jesus' Birth--The Real Story http://watchtower.org/e/19981215/article_02.htm

How Should Jesus Christ Be Remembered? http://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_02.htm

Christmas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas

Saturnalia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia

Answer 11

It does not. It is presummed by most biblical scholars that he was born in October, late to be exact. But we as Christians celebrate the 25th just the same.