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When Was Jesus Born? Download The Bible’s answer The Bible does not give a specific date for the birth of Jesus Christ, as these reference works show: The true birth date of Christ is unknown.”—New Catholic Encyclopedia. The exact date of Christ’s birth is not known.”—Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. While the Bible does not directly answer the question, ‘When was Jesus born?’ it does describe two events surrounding his birth that lead many to conclude that he was not born on December 25. Not in winter The registration. Shortly before Jesus was born, Caesar Augustus issued a decree ordering “ all the inhabited earth to be registered.” Everyone had to register in “ his own city,” which might have required a journey of a week or more. (Luke 2:1-3) That order—probably made to support taxation and military conscription—would have been unpopular at any time of year, but it is unlikely that Augustus would have provoked his subjects further by forcing many of them to make long trips during the cold winter. The sheep. Shepherds were “ living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks.” (Luke 2:8) The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus notes that flocks lived in the open air from “ the week before the Passover [late March]” through mid-November. It then adds: “ They passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.” In early fall We can estimate when Jesus was born by counting backward from his death on Passover, Nisan 14 in the spring of the year 33 C.E. (John 19:14-16) Jesus was about 30 years old when he began his three-and-a-half-year ministry, so he was born in the early fall of 2 B.C.E.—Luke 3:23. Why is Christmas on December 25? Since there is no evidence that the birth of Jesus Christ occurred on December 25, why is Christmas celebrated on this date? The Encyclopædia Britannica says that church leaders probably chose it “ to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking the ‘birthday of the unconquered sun,’” at the time of the winter solstice. According to The Encyclopedia Americana, many scholars believe that this was done “ in order to make Christianity more meaningful to pagan converts.”
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Kada se Isus rodio? Što kaže Biblija: Biblija ne navodi točan datum rođenja Isusa Krista. To potvrđuju i sljedeći izvori: Kao što je većini znano, sam datum Kristova rođenja nije poznat” (portal Katolici na Internetu). Točan datum Kristova rođenja nije poznat” (New Catholic Encyclopedia). Biblija ne pruža izravan odgovor na pitanje: “Kada se Isus rodio?” No ona u vezi s Kristovim rođenjem navodi dvije povijesne činjenice na temelju kojih se može zaključiti da se on nije rodio 25. prosinca. Isus se nije rodio u zimsko doba Popis stanovništva. Kratko prije nego što se Isus rodio rimski car August izdao je naredbu “ da se popiše sve stanovništvo”. Ljudi su radi popisa trebali otići “ svaki u svoj grad”. Neki su morali putovati tjedan dana ili još i duže (Luka 2:1-3). Ta naredba — koja je vjerojatno bila izdana da bi se olakšalo prikupljanje poreza i novačenje za vojsku — ljudima bi teško pala u bilo koje doba godine. Stoga je malo vjerojatno da bi August dodatno otežavao situaciju i izazivao gnjev svojih podanika tjerajući mnoge od njih da po hladnoj zimi krenu na dug put. Pastiri i njihova stada. Pastiri su “ boravili vani i čuvali noćne straže kod stada svojih” (Luka 2:8). U knjizi Daily Life in the Time of Jesus piše: “ Pastiri bi izveli svoja stada tjedan dana prije Pashe [potkraj ožujka] i ne bi se s njima vraćali sve do sredine studenoga (...). Stada su tijekom zime boravila u zatvorenom. Već se iz toga može zaključiti da tradicionalni datum Božića, koji se slavi zimi, ne može biti točan, jer Evanđelje izvještava da su pastiri bili u poljima.” Isus se rodio u ranu jesen Vrijeme Isusovog rođenja možemo utvrditi tako da računamo unatrag od datuma njegove smrti. Naime, Isus je umro na Pashu, 14. nisana, u proljeće 33. n. e. Imao je “oko trideset godina” kad je započeo sa svojom službom, koja je trajala tri i pol godine (Luka 3:23). Iz toga se može zaključiti da se Isus rodio početkom jeseni 2. godine pr. n. e. Zašto se Božić slavi 25. prosinca? Zašto ljudi slave Božić 25. prosinca kad nema dokaza da se Isus rodio na taj datum? Opći religijski leksikon kaže: “ Taj dan je uveden kako bi se potisnulo pogansko svetkovanje rođenja nepobjediva sunca (lat. dies natalis Solis Invicti), koje se u Rimu svečano slavilo 25. prosinca (odmah po zimskom solsticiju).” Mnogi učenjaci smatraju kako je to učinjeno “ da bi kršćanstvo postalo privlačnije poganskim obraćenicima”, stoji u djelu The Encyclopedia Americana.