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Thus a visit by the Magi to pay homage to Jesus, the new King of the Jews, would not have appeared as particularly unusual to readers of Matthew's gospel. Dec 3, 2019 ... Where the Date of December 25 Came From ... Some historians, in what is likely a massive misunderstanding of a Jewish tradition, insisted it was ... The Bible gives no specific date of Jesus' birth. However, the date can be estimated based on when Hebrew shepherds historically tended their flocks in open ... Dec 22, 2015 ... March 25th was not only the date of Jesus' death but also the day on which he was conceived in the womb of Mary, thereby establishing the birth date nine ... Dec 16, 2011 ... Luke 2:1 states that Christ was born in the reign of Caesar Augustus (who reigned from March 15, 44 BC to August 19, AD 14 5 ). Dec 15, 2018 ... Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday? Was Jesus born on December 25? Or was that date really a borrowed pagan holiday? Learn more in this article by ... Dec 12, 2022 ... 200s, including Hippolytus, who believed that Jesus was conceived at Passover (in March or April), and was therefore born in December or January ... Dec 11, 2021 ... Was Jesus Born on January 6? ... Some ancient Christians thought so. In fact, other dates were considered as well. A heretical Christian group ( ... Dec 31, 2019 ... OK, maybe the title of my article is a little too bold. The Bible doesn't give us the date of Jesus's birth, so we can't claim a particular ... Dec 3, 2006 ... Under this theory, the key to the traditional dating of Jesus' birth lies in the date of his death at Passover, for which information, while ...