Was jesus born in a stable a lower room or a hotel?

Answer 1

Mary and Joseph traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem and were turned away from the village inn by the innkeeper. They took refuge in a barn, where baby Jesus was born and laid in a manger. A very early church tradition says the site of the nativity was a cave near Bethlehem.

The Biblical story of the birth of Jesus is found primarily in Luke 2.

AnswerThe only evidence we have that Jesus was born in a 'stable' is Luke's account which stated that after Jesus was born he was 'laid in a manger because there was no room in the inn'. In Biblical times stables or barns id not exist; animals use for foo or milk ( like goats) were kept in nearby caves or in parts of a communal to room use for living, sleeping and for animals.

So, it is likely that Jesus was born in a cave or the poorest part of a house.

Incidentally, by the time the wise men arrived, Matthew suggests that Jesus was already a toddler (as Herod killed all the boys 2 years old or younger) and that they visited him in a house, So, by that time Jesus was definitely living in a house.