Yet the New Testament Gospels do not agree about the details of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. Some do not mention Bethlehem or Jesus’ birth at all. The Gospels’ different views might be hard to ...

Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the ... took place on this spot 2,000 years ago: the birth of Jesus Christ. As the war between Israel and Hamas ...

Scientists and historians are raising fresh questions over the long-held belief that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea. Recent archaeological findings and scholarly debates suggest that the ...

This suggests that no heir is living or available in the prophet’s time. Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem enables Matthew to link his coming to Micah’s hopes for Israel’s restoration. Mt. 2:17-18 cites ...

For instance, both Matthew and Luke date Jesus’ birth toward the end of the reign of King Herod ... Thus, both have traditions that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth. But Matthew ...

The Bethlehem story may have been added later to align Jesus' birth with the Old Testament prophecy of the Messiah coming from the city of David. The earliest Gospel, Mark, omits Jesus' birth ...

By Christopher Wells In his continuing catechetical series on “Jesus our Hope,” Pope Francis turned to the birth of Jesus in ...

Why does Luke tell the story this way? Scholars speculate that he is placing the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem because Bethlehem is the city of King David; Luke is drawing a direct parallel between ...

“A Visit to Bethlehem,” a live reenactment of the time and birth of Jesus, will take place at the church on Cumberland Road from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 7, 8, 14 and 15, “The church transforms the ...

We see Oisin and Alice standing on a desert road beside a sign leading to Bethlehem. * NARRATOR: Today we are going to learn about the birth of Jesus! Cut to the interior of the stable as Mary ...