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A:No, there is nothing about the birth of Jesus in either Markor John.

Writing some years before Matthew and Luke were written, theauthor of Mark simply knew nothing about the nativity traditions. John Shelby Spong (Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus) says that in his view, neither birth story, in Matthew and Luke, contains any historical truth. In the case of John's Gospel, which was loosely based on Luke's Gospel, it appears that the author omitted Luke's birth story simply because he did not accept it to be factual.

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4d ago

No, the Gospels of Mark and John do not have detailed birth narratives like Matthew and Luke. Mark begins with Jesus' baptism and John starts with a theological prologue about the Word becoming flesh.

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A:The synoptic gospels are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Of these, only Matthew and Luke have stories about the birth of Jesus. Both stories agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in apparent fulfilment of Micah 5:1-2, but differ in almost all other respects.
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No. Only Matthew and Luke record events pertaining to Christ's birth.

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