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Dec 22, 2017 · Everyone knows Jesus was born in a stable and laid in a manger because there was no room at the inn.
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Dec 18, 2018 · The question “Where was Jesus born?” is surprisingly tricky. The easy answer is, “In Bethlehem.” Yes, but where? The typical nativity scene features the holy family in a stable that looks like a barn, separate from the Inn, where there was no room. But is this accurate? Most historians and scholars say, “Not so much.”
Nov 15, 2021 · The first Christmas involved baby Jesus placed in a manger on the ground floor of David’s ancestral home in Bethlehem because the upstairs “guest room” was full.
- Inns and Other Lodgings
- The Lodging Space of Jesus’s Birth
- The Hebrew Pillared House
- The Location of The Manger
- The Presence of Others in The House
- Reimagining The Nativity
Inns certainly existed when Jesus was born. The Romans built extensive road systems linking the empire, and inns were part of the highway infrastructure. But Roman-era inns were typically found along highways between major cities where travelers needed refreshment stops. Once travelers reached a city like Bethlehem, they typically sought local hosp...
When Jesus was born, Luke reports that Mary “wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the kataluma” (Luke 2:7). Most English Bibles translate kataluma as “inn,” but that is not the word’s usual meaning. The normal Greek term for an “inn” is the word pandocheion. Luke mentions a pandocheion lat...
The usual design for a home in ancient Palestine is known as a “pillared house” or a “four room house.” Though some variation is certainly possible, the general pattern is fairly consistent among period houses. The main floor typically had four rooms divided around the house’s pillars. To visualize the layout, picture a capital letter “E” as the sh...
Family chore implements were likely located in one of the side rooms downstairs. The center room was like a hallway to the storage in back. And the third downstairs room was where the household goats and sheep were penned. Most Hebrew households did not have the luxury of a special structure just for animals. Professional shepherds might use commun...
Further support for this reading emerges later in Luke’s narrative. According to Luke, angels reported news of the birth to shepherds in the surrounding fields. The angels told them that a baby born in Bethlehem that night was “the Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11). So the shepherds hastened into the city to find the child, “and when they...
Later readers misunderstood Luke’s narrative because of their unfamiliarity with the period practice of lodging animals and installing a manger inside the family house. Furthermore, mention of a “manger” in the account prompted assumptions that the event occurred in a stable. But textual and archaeological evidence helps us to better envision the s...
Mar 16, 2023 · In the New Testament, this word is used only here and in Mark 14:14 and Luke 22:11, with the two latter verses describing the location of the Last Supper before Jesus was crucified. So, which view is correct? Let's dive into our online resources to see what we can find.
She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because there wasn't any room for them in the inn. Good News Translation. She gave birth to her first son, wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger--there was no room for them to stay in the inn. International Standard Version.
Jan 1, 2021 · In this brief study I will attempt to demonstrate that Jesus was born in a private home and that the “inn” of Luke 2:7 is best understood as the guest room of the family in whose house the birth took place.
