Since Joseph was a descendant of King David, Bethlehem was the hometown where he was required to register. The Gospel of Luke includes no flight to Egypt, no paranoid King Herod, no murder of ...

Everyone in the empire goes to their ancestral hometown to register. This means that Joseph has to go from Galilee south to Judea—from Nazareth to the root system of his family tree, Bethlehem—to ...

Joseph and Mary are gazing at the baby Jesus. * TEACHER: According to the Bible, Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem. After Jesus was born, he moved back to his family's hometown of Nazareth.