When Was Jesus Born? - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

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Christmas is December 25, but was that the actual date Jesus was born? Some claim evidence from the Bible and temple rituals. Other say evidence from the Bible show it isn't or that it was just a co-opting of a pagan festival. Does it even matter? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the claims and counter-claims about what we can and can't prove about when Jesus was born. sqpn.com/2018/...
Further Resources:
• Jimmy's article on December 25: jimmyakin.com/2...
• Jack Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, 2nd ed.: amzn.to/2KNdgVz
• Chronography of 354: www.tertullian....

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@jameskolan9195 5 лет назад

A former girlfriend of mine was born in northern Iraq in 1968. Her birthday was December 30 but that was simply the date that the family registered her birth with the state (i.e., the date on her birth certificate). She did not know her actual birthday but they celebrated it on that day. I suppose her parents would have remembered the exact date, but apparently it wasn't that important.

@JimmyAkin 5 лет назад

Thanks for confirming my point! :-)

@calderonpinedas 2 года назад

Fun fact: the way romans remembered their age was by the emperor that was ruling them. For example, instead of saying “i was born in 21B.C” they would say something like “i was born around 6 years into Augustus’ reign”. Its also why we have A.D., Anno Domini which means Year of our lord, since we are now under his reign.

@wigmargonzalez632 2 года назад

I learned from a Venezuelan priest and apologist, Father Luis Toro, that Christians, especially Catholics, do not celebrate dates, we commemorate events, and in this case, the greatest of all when God became flesh, the climax of human redemption.

@adamhovey407 5 лет назад

I was talking to a friend of mine, who is a Saudi Muslim, and Muslims have a tradition about when Jesus was born, I told him we don't celebrate Christmas because we believe it's when Jesus was born, we celebrate Christmas because we believe Jesus was born.

@kimfleury 8 месяцев назад

When I was a child in the 1960s, pre-Maoist Revolution missionaries to China said that Chinese people all celebrated the Chinese New Year as their birthdate. Everyone added a year to their age on that date. The first year of life was counted as being age 1, no matter howb long it had been since their birth when the New Year came. So if a baby was born in the day before the New Year, that baby would be counted as 2 years old on New Year's Day, right along with the baby that had been born on the previous New Year's Day. I don't know if they still have that practice.

@michaelpatrickdonnelly1646 5 лет назад

The queen of England has two birthdays, her own celebration and the state celebration, our Lord can have two if he wants too :)

@matthewmasur6749 3 года назад

I love your podcast. What about the Star of Bethlehem? Aren’t there studies on what that star actually was in the sky and when it was in the sky?

@CEMeade 3 месяца назад

I saw a documentary years ago that explored that. If I remember correctly, it supported a December or at least winter birth.

@JBSC4 6 месяцев назад

From Catholic Answers Focus. Jesus likely died on the cross around 3pm, Friday, April 3, 33.

@tonyl3762 Год назад

I think it would've been good to at least mention the claims of census records by Justin Martyr and Tertullian (and maybe Pope Julius), even if there's not much there.

@OneCatholicSpeaks 5 лет назад

Concerning Christ's birthday: How close of a range could we get with Take all of the credible, independently verifiable statements (i.e. his birth taking place during rulers' reigns) and put them on to one timeline. What range would that give us?

@JimmyAkin 5 лет назад

Basically, evidence stacking points to Jesus being born in 3/2 B.C. Beyond that, it gets harder to say.

@Serquss Год назад

Which celebrations came first: Annunciation, The Nativity of John the Baptist, or Christmas? For any of these dates to make sense they have to be scheduled nine and six months from Christmas.

@SoggyDonuts79 2 года назад

Jimmy, have you read or seen Taylor Marshall's book/video on this topic? Thoughts if you have?

@TommySOM Год назад

September 11th 3 BC

@soteriology400 5 месяцев назад

That is partly based on astronomy. But seems like they are typically off by one year. So I tend to go with September 11, 4BC. It has to be either one of those dates.

@ApostoladoPetrino 5 лет назад

Fr. Paulo Ricardo thought us about this Sol Invictus origin.

@mjr4314 5 лет назад

Great podcasts. Future topic that would be interesting on the conspiracy/history events would be the USS Liberty incident. So few people even know anything about it, never mind the changing official stories.

@varyar77 5 лет назад

Why am I not surprised you're familiar with MST3K? :D

@JimmyAkin 5 лет назад

Why do you think my Twitter handle is @jimmyakin3000? When I couldn't get just my name, it was the logical choice. :-)

@davidarcudi230 5 лет назад

Why is there no 0? Would that not equate to 100, 200 or 2020 for that matter?

@JimmyAkin 5 лет назад

There is no "year zero" in the common reckoning system because the year system was invented before zero began to be used in European mathematics. A.D. 1 (in theory) is "the first year of Our Lord (Anno Domini)--that is, between Jesus' birth and his first birthday, while 1 B.C. (in theory) is the first year before Jesus' birth--that is, the twelve months before his birth (approximately). In reality, this system if off by 2-3 years, but that's the logic behind no "year zero."

@bronni9178 5 лет назад

a jewish child, herod and a census......IT MATTERS.... do your homework....

@lanabowers5332 7 месяцев назад

Jesus was born Sunday, March 1, 7 BC. He was born in the latter reign of Herod the Great. Herod died in 4 BC. He should have been born in the royal month of September the month dynasts should be born. Jesus was allotted the 15th of September as his official birthdate and to be in line for Messianic requirement.

@JimmyAkin 7 месяцев назад

We cover and respond to the claim that Herod died in 4 B.C. in the episode. Check it out! 🙂