Jesus (born c. 6–4 bce, Bethlehem—died c. 30 ce, Jerusalem) was a religious leader revered in Christianity, one of the world’s major religions. He is regarded by most Christians as the Incarnation of God. The history of Christian reflection on the teachings and nature of Jesus is examined in the article Christology. Name and title
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Bethlehem, town in the West Bank, said to be the site of the Nativity of Jesus Christ and birthplace of King David. The town serves as an important center of pilgrimage and tourism, and it has an agricultural market and trade economy that is closely linked to nearby Jerusalem.
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Christ’s birthplace is the site of modern uprisings and groundbreaking prehistoric art. Bethlehem has been the subject of countless carols and Nativity plays, but the real story of the little ...
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The Bible says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in present-day Palestine. Matthew 2:1-2 and Luke 2:1-7 describe the events of Joseph and Mary leaving Nazareth and going to Bethlehem in response to the census decreed by Caesar Augustus. The prophet Micah even foretold the birthplace of Jesus hundreds of years before the actual event took place ...
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Read the notable biblical and historical evidence regarding the birthplace of Jesus. Let’s examine where Jesus was born on Christmas Day, December 25th, and whether or not it was in the little town of Bethlehem."Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem ...
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2. Bethlehem was considered a tiny, insignificant town. Instead of choosing the holy city of Jerusalem as Jesus, the King of Kings, birthplace, God selected a town so small that it wasn’t even listed in the registry of towns in Joshua 15 or Nehemiah 11.Not only was this unusual act the fulfillment of messianic prophecy (Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:6), but the Savior’s humble birthplace ...
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In the Bible, the answer seems straightforward: Bethlehem. Both Matthew 2 and Luke 2 state that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea. However, Biblical scholarship has called the identification of Bethlehem as Jesus’ birthplace into question: If Jesus was indeed born in Bethlehem, why is he called a Nazorean and a Galilean throughout the New ...
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