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Jan 2, 2015 · Lk. 2:1-5 Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem in Judaea, where Joseph’s family live (see 1 on Map 4). 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 ...
Three possibilities are offered for where this was: 1. They were finally able to get into the inn. 2. They were taken in by family. 3. They found a house (or room in a house) to rent. They stayed in this “house” during the time that Mary was considered unclean, and left from this “house” to travel to Jerusalem.
- 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...
1703. Jacob is 97 years old. Joseph is 6 years old. Jacob's children are between 6 and 13. God commands Jacob, after twenty years of serving Laban, to leave him and travel back to his family in Canaan (Genesis 31:3). 1703 - 1692. Jacob is between 97 and 108 years old. Joseph is between 6 and 17 years old.
We have Luke to thank, however, for offering us a glimpse into his early life (Luke 2:40 - 52). Jesus is twelve years old in 9 A.D. He travels with his parents, relatives and acquaintances to Jerusalem to celebrate the spring Holy Days. Mary and Joseph, after the Feast ends (April 5), leave the city assuming Jesus is among family also departing.
Jan 8, 2018 · 6. Jesus was in Bethlehem at the time of the Magi's visit, which means Joseph and Mary returned to Bethlehem after traveling to Jerusalem and remained there for about 2 years (v.11). 7. Herod attempted to kill Jesus after the Magi visit, so Joseph and Mary took Jesus to Egypt until Herod’s death. 8. Herod dies in 4 BC. 9.
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Jan 19, 2024 · Luke tells us that he went “to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem.”. Thus, Bethlehem was Joseph’s “own city.”. We now come to the statement that really sets skeptics off: “Because he was of the house and lineage of David.”. Luke includes this line to help explain why Bethlehem was Joseph’s “own city,” but ...
