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Is it in the Christmas story? · 0:45

Was Jesus born on December 25?

The Bible gives no date. Neither Matthew nor Luke names a day, a month, or a season. Luke dates the birth by a Roman registration. Churches were keeping December 25 by the 300s.

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Every verse in the film is quoted from the Lumin Translation as it read when the film was made. The linked passages show the current text. The pictures are places and light only: no one in the story is drawn.

  1. 0:00The question Was Jesus born on December 25? The calendar says so.
  2. 0:06The short answer The Bible gives no date. No day, no month, no season.
  3. 0:12How Luke dates it By a Roman registration, not a calendar day. “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree for the whole world to be registered.” Luke 2:1
  4. 0:22What the angel says about the day Not when. Who. “…this very day in David’s city a Savior has been born for you.” Luke 2:11
  5. 0:30The takeaway The Gospels give the birth, not the date. Churches were keeping December 25 by the 300s.

Music: “The First Noel” (English traditional), arranged for this film. The tune is in the public domain. Instrument sounds: FluidR3 GM by Frank Wen, used under theCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

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