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Jan 2, 2015 · The journey takes four or five days as Nazareth is 65 miles / 105 km north of Jerusalem (in a straight line), while Bethlehem is a hilltop town situated on a ridge near the edge of the Judaean desert, 5 miles / 8km south of Jerusalem.
- The Holy Family Flee to Egypt
Matt. 2:13-18 Joseph is warned by an angel in a dream to...
- Shepherds Visit The Infant
Luke tells us that an angel of the Lord appeared to the...
- Jesus Grows Up
Lk. 2:40-41 As a child, Jesus grows in wisdom and in...
- Wise Men Visit Jerusalem
Matt. 2:1-6 Some months after Jesus is born, in 5 or 4BC, a...
- Jewish Religious Rituals
Lk. 2:21 When Jesus is eight days old, he is circumcised (by...
- Jesus's Birth Announced
Lk. 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel appears to Mary at Nazareth in...
- The Birth of Jesus
Lk. 2:6-8 Jesus is born in Bethlehem in 6 or 5BC. He is laid...
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- The Holy Family Flee to Egypt
- Jesus Is Circumcised
- Presented to God
- Back to Bethlehem
- Mass Murder
- Return to Bethlehem?
- A Long Journey
Jesus' birth, which occurs on or around the Feast of Trumpets (September 2 in 5 B.C.) fulfills the prophecy found in Micah 5:2. Joseph, on the eighth day after Mary gives birth, takes the family to Jerusalem so that the Lord can be circumcised according to the law of God (Luke 2:21).
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. It is during their visit that a priest named Simeon prophesied about Jesus' mi...
In Bethlehem, Jesus' family is living in a home and not a stable (Matthew 2:11). The wise men (Magi) from the East, guided by a star (an angel), arrive to worship the King of Kings with Mary in attendance. After the wise men leave, Joseph is told (in a dream) to flee to Egypt (verse 13). He is informed of this because Herod the Great will soon issu...
Herod's cruel actions fulfill a prophecy regarding the slaughter of innocent children (Jeremiah 31:15). Their journey from Bethlehem to what is Egyptian-controlled territory (which was outside the jurisdiction of Herod) was at least 65 kilometers (40 miles). After Herod dies in early 4 B.C., Joseph has a dream where an angel tells him it is safe to...
However, as Mary and Joseph approach Judea, it is discovered that Herod Archelaus, the eldest surviving son of Herod the Great, is the new ruler of the area. Like his father, Archelaus rules with tyranny and cruelty. John Gills' Exposition of the Bible states that one time he sent his entire army into Jerusalem's temple, at Passover, in order to ki...
The travels of Mary and Joseph from Egyptian territory all the way north to Nazareth is a journey of more than 140 miles (225 kilometers, see Luke 2:39 - 40)! Jesus spends his childhood and young adult years living in Nazareth (which fulfills the prophecy stated in Matthew 2:23). After the death of his step-father sometime between his 12th and 30th...
After Mary’s 40 days of “uncleanness,” Mary and Joseph travel from their house in Bethlehem to the Temple in Jerusalem to consecrate Jesus, and make the purification offering for Mary (Lk 2:22-28).
Dec 18, 2021 · A journey of more than 90 miles. But when Mary was almost at the end of her pregnancy, the emperor Augustus ordered a great census that obliged everyone to go to their hometown.
Jan 24, 2017 · Distance from Nazareth to Bethlehem: 80 miles. “So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Bethlehem the town of David…” (Luke 2:4) Going “up” to Bethlehem is an...
We do not know the name or breed of the donkey that was used to carry Mary, who was pregnant at the time with Jesus. The trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem could have taken 4-6 days by foot to cover the 120 km or 75 mile journey.
Map showing two possible routes taken by Mary and Joseph when they traveled from Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem. Route 01 is shorter (approximately 80 miles (129 km), but the walk would have been more demanding, since it traverses hills in Samaria (in central Israel).
