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Although it is depicted by illustrators as being evening or even night, thus adding urgency and pathos to the account, we have no information whatsoever about when. The account only describes the fact that they went there and why. They could just as well have stayed in Jerusalem the previous night and gone to Bethlehem in the morning.
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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.
What time of year did Mary and Joseph go to Bethlehem Spring or Winter?
It could be summer , as the shepherds were keeping watch over the sheep in the open. It is doubtful it is December , as it is to cold to sit out in the open.
Was Saint Joseph born in Bethlehem?
We do not know where Joseph was born. His ancestral home town was Bethlehem but he was probably not born there. Perhaps he was born in Nazareth where he was living at the time he tool Mary as his wife.
Where were Mary and Joseph traveling to when Jesus was born?
We have no reliable records of where Mary and Joseph were born, but can reasonably assume that they were probably born in the town where they continued to live in later life. This was either Bethlehem or Nazareth. According to the Gospel According to St Matthew, the home town of Mary and Joseph appears to have been Bethlehem, near Jerusalem in Judea. But, Luke's Gospel says that their home town was Nazareth in Galilee.
When is the time for counting all the people?
Are you referring to the census that luke mentions as the reason for why Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem? We have no historical record of such a census.
Would Mary and Joseph's parents have gone to Bethlehem also?
At the time of Luke's journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph were only bethrothed, and Mary was still a virgin. We can assume that they were both in their teens, with Mary probably in her early teens. Their parents would likely still have been alive and less than forty years old. If there really was a census during the reign of King Herod, something most scholars dipute strongly, then Joseph's parents would have been expected to go Bethlehem as well. Tradition tends to support the notion that Mary was also descended from King David, although the Bible is silent on this, in which case we could also expect her parents to travel to Bethlehem as well. However, for some reason, Luke's Gospel makes no mention of the extended family travelling together to 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).
How much interaction with others did Mary and joseph have when in Bethlehem before Jesus birth with travelers all around?
Except when looking for lodgings they had no time for socializing.
Where did Mary and Joseph live with Jesus?
Supposedly in Bethlehem initially; unfortunately there is not documentation of a town named Bethlehem in any historical records. Then they lived for a time in Egypt, then Nazareth before he went on the road full time.
What did Mary and Joseph have to do to obey the order for a census?
Luke's Gospel says that Mary and Joseph had to travel from Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem in Judea, and be counted there for the census. However, scholars say that not only was the census at the wrong time for the nativity story in Luke's Gospel, there would never have been a requirement for Mary and Joseph to travel from Galilee where they would be taxed, to Judea where any census record would have no value in ensuring the collection of taxes. They say that the journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem simply did not happen.
Why did Jesus move from Bethlehem to Nazareth?
Both Matthew and Luke say that Jesus was born in Bethlehem: Matthew apparently because Bethlehem was the home town of Joseph and Mary; Luke because there was a census that apparently required Joseph to be in Bethlehem.
What was in the stable when Jesus was born?
AnswerIn Luke's Gospel, Mary and Joseph travelled from Nazareth to Bethlehem for a census. When they found no room in the inn, they stayed in a stable, where Jesus was born (Luke 2:7). In Matthew's Gospel, this was not necessary because Bethlehem was already the home town of Mary and Joseph, and they had a house (Matthew 2:11).
