Only two of the four canonical gospels, Matthew (Matthew 1:18-25) and Luke (Luke 2:1-7), offer narratives regarding the birth of Jesus. Of these two, only Luke offers the details of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem.
Q. What is the biblical Christmas story?
In the familiar version of the Christmas story, Mary and Joseph travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Because there was no room in the inn, the baby Jesus is born in a stable and placed in a manger. His humble birth is celebrated by choirs of angels and shepherds, and he is given precious gifts by the mysterious Magi.
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- Q. What is the biblical Christmas story?
- Q. Is the Christmas story in all 4 gospels?
- Q. Which book of the Bible has the Christmas story?
- Q. What was the star at Jesus birth?
- Q. Who was present when Jesus was born?
- Q. Who was with Mary when Jesus was born?
- Q. When was Jesus actually born according to the Bible?
- Q. Who wanted to kill Jesus when he came to know that Jesus was born?
- Q. Where did Jesus get lost as a child?
- Q. Did Jesus came to Kerala?
- Q. Which year St Thomas came to Kerala?
Q. Is the Christmas story in all 4 gospels?
Although accounts of the first Christmas customarily are blended into a single story, there actually are four stories of the coming of Jesus. The differing details are found in the New Testament`s four books of the Gospel. …
Q. Which book of the Bible has the Christmas story?
Luke
Q. What was the star at Jesus birth?
The Star of Bethlehem, or Christmas Star, appears in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew where “wise men from the East” (Magi) are inspired by the star to travel to Jerusalem. There, they meet King Herod of Judea, and ask him: Where is He who has been born King of the Jews?
Q. Who was present when Jesus was born?
A midwife. None of the Gospels in the Bible provide much detail about the actual birth of Jesus; Luke merely says that Mary gave birth to him, and Matthew says even less. But religious researchers frequently quote a text called the Protoevangelium of James, which was omitted from the New Testament.
Q. Who was with Mary when Jesus was born?
Joseph
Q. When was Jesus actually born according to the Bible?
Some scholars think that he was born between 6 B.C. and 4 B.C., based partly on the biblical story of Herod the Great.
Q. Who wanted to kill Jesus when he came to know that Jesus was born?
King Herod. Herod ruled Judea from 37 BC. The Bible says he initiated a murder of all the infants in Bethlehem in an attempt to get rid of the baby Jesus.
Q. Where did Jesus get lost as a child?
Jerusalem
Q. Did Jesus came to Kerala?
According to traditional accounts of the Saint Thomas Christians of modern-day Kerala in India, Thomas is believed to have travelled outside the Roman Empire to preach the Gospel, travelling as far as the Malabar Coast which is in modern-day Kerala State, India.
Q. Which year St Thomas came to Kerala?
According to tradition, Thomas the Apostle came to Muziris on the Kerala coast in AD 52 which is in present-day Pattanam, Kerala. The Cochin Jews are known to have existed in Kerala in the 1st century AD, and it was possible for an Aramaic-speaking Jew, such as St. Thomas from Galilee, to make a trip to Kerala then.
