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In their nativity stories, Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel each have Mary and Joseph going to Bethlehem, but in different circumstances.
Luke's Gospel says that Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem because of a census during the time of Quirinius. That census is now known to have begun about 6 CE, more than ten years after the death of King Herod. Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says the best explanation is that, although Luke likes to set his Christian drama in the context of well-known events from antiquity, sometimes he does so inaccurately.
Matthew's Gospel says that Mary and Joseph were returning from Egypt to their home in Bethlehem after the death of King Herod but, being warned in a dream, turned aside and travelled instead to Nazareth in Galilee. In this account, they did not travel to Bethlehem before the birth of Jesus because Bethlehem was already their home town.
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Why did Mary and Joseph travel alone to Bethlehem?
Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem , as it was told to go to their respective hometowns for the census.
Who directed Mary and Joseph To Go To Bethlehem?
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Did Mary and Joseph go to Bethlehem on a camel?
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Why did Mary and Joseph have to go to Bethlehem for the census?
Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem for the census because it was a requirement by the government for all residents to return to their ancestral hometowns to be counted.
Who led Maria and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem?
Mary and Joseph were obliged to go to Bethlehem for the census by the Roman authorities. In a sense you could also say God led them, since it was ordained that Christ would be born in Bethlehem.
Why did Joseph and Mary go to the city?
Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to be counted in a census so they could be taxed.
Why did Mary move to Bethlehem?
She traveled there with her husband Joseph, whose family was from Bethlehem.
How did Mary travel to Bethlehem?
Mary traveled to Bethlehem by riding on a donkey with Joseph.
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Where was Mary's husband from?
Joseph's ancestral home was Bethlehem. However, at the time he took Mary as his wife he was living in Nazareth.
Where did Joseph and Mary enroll for the cendsus?
Bethlehem
Why was Joseph going to return to Bethlehem after the birth of Jesus?
A:It is in Matthew's Gospel that Joseph and Mary were going to return to Bethlehem some time after the birth of Jesus. In Luke's Gospel, Joseph had no reason ever to go to Bethlehem again, and the gospel makes it plain that although the young family travelled from Nazareth to Jerusalem each year for the Passover, they never went to Bethlehem. Bethlehem, not Nazareth, was the home town of Joseph and Mary in Matthew's Gospel. They fled from Bethlehem to Egypt for fear of King Herod, who sought to have Jesus killed. After Herod had died, they began the return journey to their home in Bethlehem but, being warned in a dream, Joseph turned aside with his family and travelled to Galilee instead. There they settled in a city called Nazareth (Matthew 2:23).
