Christmas – Bible Q

Is Christmas pagan?

Answered by BibleQ . December 2, 2018 - 12:55 am

No. This is a popular myth that is actually cited as a fact in some 19th Century sources. It is based on very old feelings against Christmas from the Puritans onward. However it is not true. Modern scholarship on early Christiantity, such as the chronologists Paul L. Meier (1989) and Susan K. Roll (1995) identify John […]

Did the wise men come to see Jesus soon after he was born or sometime later?

Answered by BibleQ . December 26, 2009 - 1:50 pm

There are several hints in the Bible that the wise men came to see Jesus up to a couple of years after he was born. First, Jesus was in a house when they saw him (Matthew 2:11), and no longer in the animal shelter where he was born (Luke 2:7). Second, Herod killed all babies […]

When was Jesus born?

Answered by BibleQ . August 8, 2009 - 5:36 pm 6

Despite our modern calendar having dates specified by AD (in the year of our Lord) and BC (before Christ), Jesus was not born in the year 0. In fact, there was no year zero. According to our calendar, the year 1 BC was followed by the year AD 1. Apparently a Scythian monk, Dionysius Exiguus, […]

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Is Christmas pagan?

Did the wise men come to see Jesus soon after he was born or sometime later?

When was Jesus born?

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