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- In 5 B.C., just before the birth of Christ, the Romans require them to travel to their ancestral home (they were both of the lineage of King David) of Bethlehem. The couple travels the roughly 80 miles (about 129 kilometers) to the city, where Christ will be ultimately born in a stable and laid in a manger (Luke 2:1 - 20).
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Jan 24, 2017 · Distance from Nazareth to Judean Hill Country: 90 miles. “At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted...
Jan 2, 2015 · Luke, writing his gospel in 60-62AD for a Roman audience (see Luke 1:3), gives the census ordered by Augustus Caesar (who was emperor from 27BC to 14AD) as the reason why Mary and Joseph travelled from Nazareth to Bethlehem before the birth of Jesus (see Luke 2:1-3 and 1 on Map 4).
Dec 22, 2020 · People and camels carrying a heavy load can travel about 30 kilometers in one day. So their journey was at least 4 or 5 months using ancient roads and mountain passes. These wise men were familiar with the prophecies (predictions) of a great Jewish king that was to come, the Messiah.
The Bible leaves us hanging for approximately 18 years after the 12 year-old Jesus visits the temple in Jerusalem (Luke 2:41-52). During this time, we can speculate that he likely lived in Nazareth, working with his father as a builder in the region.
Jan 27, 2017 · This could also make people calculate how long it took Joseph and Mary, who was about to give birth to Jesus at that time, to travel an 80-mile distance from Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem in...
Forty days after Jesus is born, fulfilling the purification requirement of Leviticus 12, Mary and Joseph travel to Jerusalem's temple to present him before God. The trip is only 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) long. His parents make an offering to the temple of two young birds.
Dec 3, 2021 · Luke 2:8 provides some clues that help us understand the geographical setting of the visit of the shepherds at Jesus’ birth and the time of year of Jesus’ birth: And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.