Two gospel accounts of the Birth of Christ?

Answer 1

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke contain stories of the birth of Jesus.

In Matthew, the hometown of Mary and Joseph was Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. Magi came from the east to worship him, alerting King Herod to a possible threat to his rule. Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt to escape the threat from Herod, only returning after his death, but Joseph was told in a dream to turn aside and travel to Galilee, where Jesus grew up in the town of Nazareth.

In Luke, the hometown of Mary and Joseph was Nazareth in Galilee, but they were required by a census to travel to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born in a manger. Poor shepherds came to worship him. A few weeks later, Mary and Joseph travelled to Jerusalem and then returned peacefully to Nazareth, where Jesus grew up.

Answer 2

Both Matthew and Luke speak of the birth timeline of Jesus Christ. Matthew tells of the Wise Men (Magi) visit when Jesus was a Child (toddler) living in a house while Luke presents the Shepherds visiting Him as a newborn in a manger.

Answer 3

Matthew and Luke both had Jesus born in Bethlehem during the reign of King Herod the Great, in fulfilment of an apparent prophecy in Micah 5:2. In most other respects, the two gospels are as different as they could be.
In Matthew, Bethlehem appears to be the home town of Jesus' parents, Joseph and Mary. After Jesus was born, Magi came following a star from the east to see the new Messiah, whom they found in a house in Bethlehem. But Herod was afraid that Jesus would become king in his place. (Since Herod died as an old man in 4 BCE, this would have to have been many years earlier, before Herod knew that his time was almost up.) Jesus and his family fled immediately to Egypt, while Herod had all the infants killed, in order to remove a supposed rival. After Herod died, the family returned, but then decided to migrate to Nazareth in Galilee.

In Luke, Nazareth was the home town of Joseph and Mary. After Jesus was born, shepherds came to see Jesus, whom they found in a manger in Bethlehem. A few days after the birth, his parents took Jesus to the Temple for circumcision, as was normal custom, then returned peacefully to Nazareth.
Both gospels, in the form that we have them today, say that Mary was a virgin, but also provide a detailed genealogy going back through Joseph and the great Zorobabel, son of Salathiel, to King David, but give totally different genealogies. They even disagree on the father of Joseph and the paternal grandfather of Zorobabel. They both disagree with the Old Testament genealogy for the kings of Judah.

Both gospels have an angel announce the divine conception of Jesus, but one gospel says the angel spoke to Mary, the other says the angel spoke to Joseph. Neither gospel author knew about account in the other gospel and the stories would not make sense if both were true.

Answer 4

Both Matthew and Luke have some details with Luke having by far the most, since it is considered that he had access to Mary as a source.

see Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 2:1-20

Answer 5

Yes, both Gospels contain information about the birth and childhood of Jesus. The other Gospels focus more on His ministry.