Was Jesus born on the 23rd?

Answer 1

Yes Jesus was born on Christmas Day, however some scientist have discovered that he was actually born in spring.

AnswerNo. We celebrate Christ's birth on Christmas Day, but it is very unlikely that he was born on that day. However, although the Bible gves us no actual date for Christ's birth, it does give us many clues as to the time of Christ's birth; Luke places it firmly in history by using other date markers, and by examining details of the shepherds, and Christ's life, one can get some idea of when he was born.

The date Dec 25 probably comes from the pagan Roman new year festivals as the birth of Christ took precedence after pagan celebrations were Christianised at the adoption of Christianity by the Roman Empire.

December in Israel is the rainy season, and shepherds would therefore NOT have been 'living out' in the fields at night during that time of year (Luke 2:8). It also is not reasonable to think that Caesar would ask people to travel long distances to be registered in his census during the cold rainy weather (Luke 2:1-5).

All markers in the Bible point to a time of birth probably sometime in the autumn - say, October - but this is based solely on examination of evidence in the Bible and the scrutiny of the customs of Jewish society in those days. We cannot be more specific than that except to say that Dec 25 is very unlikely to be the actual day he was born - despite our commemoration of his birth on that day.
Not necessarily. Peasant births weren't well recorded in those days, but we have been able to find roughly the year that he was born because of Herod's actions against him (killing all babies 2 and younger) which was well recorded. I always think of it as that we are celebrating his birthday on Dec. 25, much like a birthday party.

Answer 2

No.

First of all, it wouldn't take much effort to research and discover large amounts of historical and religious records proving Jesus lived during the 1st Century. Most scholars would say that Jesus did exist. That said, beginning around the 4th Century AD, December 25th became the traditional 'birth date' for the Roman branch of Christianity and the 'daughter' churches which eventually broke away.


However, some biblical scholars today place His birth in the Fall of the year in mid to late September to mid October of the year 5 BC, during the religious High Sabbaths of the Feast of Trumpets/Atonement. Some have even said He was born on a Wednesday. But The Bible does not specifically state an exact date although one may get a Hebrew calendar to see the dates these High Sabbaths fell on in 5 BC, just before the start of their new year of 4 BC.

Answer 3

No. Twenty-third of which month? No one knows for sure when Jesus of Nazareth was born, or if he really existed. Christians celebrate his birth on December 25th.