Anonymous ID: b973db Dec. 12, 2021, 2:58 p.m. No.15183242   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3362 >>3523 >>3560 >>3613

>Jesus was born Dec 25th

The Scripture doesn't give a date but since the shepherd's were grazing their flocks in the fields at night, and after the harvest, it is believed to have been in the warmer months of April - September.

 

>Three kings visited the infant Jesus

They were not kings, they were Magi, and the Scripture doesn't say how many. The magi were advisors to pagan, gentile kings; educated in astronomy, astrology, divination, sorcery, calculations, etc. Persians, probably. Their entry into Jerusalem caused a great stir; enough to reach the ear of, and alarm, King Herod, according to Scripture. Historically, it is said that they traveled in large caravans, with family. guards, cooks, slaves, soldiers, and all the kit for a large group on a long journey, thus lending credence to why their entry into Jerusalem was noted throughout the city.

Just three men would not have attracted that much attention.

Their journey would have taken them many months, not days, so Jesus would have been a toddler by the time they came to Him.

 

>Jesus was born in a stable because there was no room at the inn (hotel).

The Scripture never mentions an innkeeper. He is a fabrication.

The word Luke used for "inn", kataluma, is also the word he used for "upper room."

Houses of the day, in that region, had an upper and lower level. The people lived in the upper room, and the livestock were kept in the lower room. If read carefully, Scripture indicates that Mary and Joseph, having returned to their hometown to be counted, were already in the city when she went into labor:

>and while they were there

Most probably staying with family or friends, when it came time to give birth, there was no room (or privacy) in the kataluma, or in the upper room, stuffed with people. Moving to the lower level, where the livestock was housed, would have been a place of quiet and privacy for Mary to labor and give birth.

 

Merry Christmas, anons