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19 gru 2022 · Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem, then, literally occurred in the shadow of Herod’s reign — within sight of Herodion — while at the same time posing a divine challenge to it by bringing forth the ultimate royal messiah born in the village of David.
14 paź 2024 · The Gospels of Matthew and Luke tell us that Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1-12; Luke 2:4-20). But how did Mary and Joseph find themselves so far from their hometown of Nazareth at a time so close to Mary’s delivery?
In the New Testament, the city is identified as the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth. Under the Roman Empire, the city of Bethlehem was destroyed by Hadrian, but later rebuilt by Constantine the Great, who commissioned the Church of the Nativity in 327 CE.
17 paź 2024 · According to Matthew’s infancy narrative, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, not because of a census (which is Luke) but because Mary and Joseph lived there. And after the angel informed him of Herod’s death, Joseph settled in Galilee rather than returning to his home in Bethlehem in Judea.
15 gru 2020 · According to the Gospel of Matthew, the first Gospel in the canon of the New Testament, Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem when Jesus was born. The story begins with wise men who come to the...
More than seven hundred years before Jesus’ arrival in the stable, Micah prophesied that a mighty ruler, “whose origins are in the distant past,” would come from Bethlehem. But it was a combination of history and biblical prophecy that brought the miracle of the Christ Child to Bethlehem.
24 gru 2021 · Archeology has established that Bethlehem existed long before the birth of Jesus. A burial area discovered there in 2013 contains funerary evidence spanning about 1500 years starting at 2200 B.C.
