The 15th day of the 7th month begins the Feast of Tabernacles (Lev. “Since John was born on Passover, the 15th day of Nisan (the 1st Jewish month), Jesus would have been born six months later on the 15th day of Tishri (the 7th Jewish month).Different Dates are proposed for Jesus’ birth Since Caesar Augustus wanted a census of the people, it would make more sense for him to require it during a time when people could return to their cities of origin in order to be counted. During the winter the traveling conditions would’ve been very bad which would’ve made travel quite difficult. The trip from Galilee to Bethlehem is about 80 miles. 4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,” (Luke 2:1-4). 3 And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. “Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. They would not have been out during winter, so this removes the possibility of Christ’s birth being at that time.
The time of Jesus’ birth coincided with shepherds being out in the field. 8 In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night,” ( Luke 2:7-8). “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. How do we know? We have biblical clues about the time of His birth. But, we know that most probably it was not the correct day. In order to replace pagan practices, the early church adopted that day and celebrated it as Christ’s birthday. It was a day celebrated by many in the Roman Empire. December 25 was a popular pagan holiday that dealt with the winter solstice which was the shortest day of the year and signaled the approach of spring. Various theories have been raised that put Jesus’ birth in March, April, October, and September. No one knows for sure what was the month–not to mention which day–on which Jesus was born.
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