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A:Uta Ranke-Heinemann (Putting Away Childish Things) says that in Matthew's Gospel, Mary and Joseph are in Bethlehem from the outset, because it is their home town. Luke's Gospel says that Nazareth is their home town and has them travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. Ranke-Heinemann wonders why Mary had to sleep in a stable when she could have stayed with her cousin, Elisabeth, who lived in Judea, where they no doubt passed through on the way to Bethlehem. New Testament answer:Nazareth (Luke 2:4 and 2:38).
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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).


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Why were Mary and Joseph travelling just before the birth of Jesus?

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Why did Mary and Joseph travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem so close to her giving birth to Jesus?

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Where was Mary's husband Joseph born?

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