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Luke I describes the exact date of the Messiah's birth to see this you must understand the Hebrew culture. The Messiah was born in the Hebrew Biblical year 3756, the first day of Sukkot (Tshrei 15 and given his name on the eighth day os Sukkot) not to be confused with the Hebrew civil calendar which has been used since the time in exile in Babylon. The Messiah was sacrificed in the year 3790 at the age of 33 and 6 months on Nisan 14 and rose Nisan 18. If you want details, let me know
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The '''date of birth of [[Jesus]] ''' is stated in the [[gospels|gospel]] of Luke chapter 1, Luke addresses this information to the High Priest, Theophilos during this time. Sources: God's Word both in English and Hebrew, the Babylonian Talmud and Josephus. This is a very complex subject and replaces a 400 year tradition in the US and a 1500 year tradition created by the monk Dennis the small and influenced by Constantine. What follows is missing a lot of the details but gives us a correct date according to God's Word.
The '''date of birth of [[Jesus]] ''' is not stated in the [[gospels]] or in any [[history|historical]] reference, but most [[theologian]]s assume a date of birth between 6 BC and 4 BC.<ref name=JDG324 >{{Cite journal | first = James DG | last = Dunn | title = Jesus Remembered | publisher = Eerdmans Publishing | year = 2003 | page = 324}}</ref> The historical evidence is too incomplete to allow a definitive dating,<ref>Doggett. (2000). [http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/calendars.html "Calendars"] (Ch. 12), in P. Kenneth Seidelmann (Ed.) ''Explanatory supplement to the astronomical almanac.'' Sausalito, CA: University Science Books. {{ISBN|0-935702-68-7}}. p579: "Although scholars generally believe that Christ was born some years before AD 1, the historical evidence is too sketchy to allow a definitive dating".</ref> but the date is estimated through two different approaches—one by analyzing references to known historical events mentioned in the [[Nativity of Jesus|nativity]] accounts in the [[Gospel of Luke|Gospels of Luke]] and [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], and the second by working backwards from the estimation of the start of the [[ministry of Jesus]].<ref name=ChronosPaul >[[Paul L. Maier]] "The Date of the Nativity and Chronology of Jesus" in ''Chronos, kairos, Christos: nativity and chronological studies'' by Jerry Vardaman, Edwin M. Yamauchi 1989 {{ISBN|0-931464-50-1}} pp. 113–129</ref><ref name=Niswonger121 >''New Testament History'' by Richard L. Niswonger 1992 {{ISBN|0-310-31201-9}} pp. 121–124</ref>
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The [[Nativity of Jesus|nativity]] accounts in the [[New Testament]] gospels of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] do not mention a date or time of year for the birth of Jesus, and [[Karl Rahner]] states that the gospels do not, in general, provide enough details of dates to satisfy the demands of modern historians.<ref name=Rahner732 >''Encyclopedia of theology: a concise Sacramentum Mundi'' by [[Karl Rahner]] 2004 {{ISBN|0-86012-006-6}} p. 731</ref> Many modern scholars do not see the Luke and Matthew nativity stories as historically factual,<ref>[[Marcus Borg]], "The Meaning of the Birth Stories" in Marcus Borg, N T Wright, ''The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions'' (Harper One, 1999) page 179: "I (and most mainline scholars) do not see these stories as historically factual."</ref>{{additional citations needed|date=December 2018}} and for this reason, they do not consider them a reliable method for determining Jesus' date of birth.<ref>Sanders, E. P. ''The historical figure of Jesus''. Penguin, 1993, pages 85–88</ref> [[Karl Rahner]] states that the authors of the gospels generally focused on theological elements rather than historical chronologies.<ref name=Rahner731 >''Encyclopedia of theology: a concise Sacramentum Mundi'' by [[Karl Rahner]] 2004 {{ISBN|0-86012-006-6}} page 731</ref>
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Both Luke and Matthew associate Jesus' birth with the time of [[Herod the Great]].<ref name="Rahner731"/> [[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Matthew#2:1|Matthew 2:1]] states that "Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king". He also implies that Jesus could have been as much as two years old at the time of the visit of the [[Biblical Magi|Magi]], because Herod ordered the murder of all boys up to the age of two years, "in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi". [[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Matthew#2:16|Matthew 2:16]]<ref>{{Cite journal | first = Edwin D | last = Freed | title = Stories of Jesus' Birth | publisher = Continuum International | year = 2004 | page = 119 }}</ref> Most scholars agree that Herod died in 4 BC, although a case has also been made that Herod died only in 1 BC.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barnes|first=Timothy David|title=The Date of Herod's Death|journal=[[Journal of Theological Studies]]|issue=19|year=1968|pp=204–219}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bernegger|first=P. M.|title=Affirmation of Herod's Death in 4 B.C.|journal=[[Journal of Theological Studies]]|issue=34|year=1983|pp=526–531|jstor=23963471}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Herod the Great: Statesman, Visionary, Tyrant|first=Norman|last=Gelb|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]]|date=21 February 2013|p=140}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Chronos, Kairos, Christos: Nativity and Chronological Studies Presented to Jack Finegan|first=Jerry|last=Vardaman|publisher=[[Eisenbrauns]]|year=1989|pp=93–94|url=https://books.google.co.za/books?id=UCBBY_O88uYC|isbn=9780931464508}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ |author1=Emil Schürer |author2=Géza Vermès |author3=Fergus Millar|publisher=[[A&C Black]]|date=January 1973|p=328|url=https://books.google.co.za/books?id=p75tWhrwGT8C&pg=PA328|isbn=9780567022424}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=When Did Herod the Great Reign?|first=Andrew E.|last=Steinmann|journal=[[Novum Testamentum]]|volume=51|issue=1| pp=1–29|year=2009|doi=10.1163/156853608X245953|url=http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156853608x245953}}</ref>
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[[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Luke#1:5|Luke 1:5]] mentions the reign of Herod shortly before the birth of Jesus,<ref name=Niswonger121 /> but places the birth during the [[Census of Quirinius]], which only took place ten years later in AD 6 as described by the Jewish historian [[Josephus]].<ref name=Rahner731 /> He, in his ''[[Antiquities of the Jews]]'' (c. AD 93), indicates that Cyrenius/Quirinius' governorship of Syria began in AD 6, and Josephus mentions a census sometime between AD 6–7.<ref>Flavius Josephus. [https://books.google.com/books?id=E5dCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=josephus+antiquities+of+the+jews&cd=2#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Antiquities of the Jews'', Book 18, Chapters 1–2]. Josephus indicates that the census under Cyrenius (i.e., Quirinius) occurred in the 37th year after Octavian's (i.e., Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus') victory over Marc Antony at Actium, which secular historical records date to 2 September 31 BC. Therefore 31 BC + 37 years = AD 6–7.</ref>
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Most scholars believe Luke made an error in referring to the census.<ref>{{Cite book | last=Archer | first=Gleason Leonard | authorlink=Gleason Leonard Archer | title=Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties |date=April 1982 | publisher=Zondervan Pub. House | location=Grand Rapids, Mich. | isbn=0-310-43570-6 | page=366}}</ref><ref name=Vardaman2 >Nikos Kokkinos, 1998, in ''Chronos, kairos, Christos 2'' by Ray Summers, Jerry Vardaman {{ISBN|0-86554-582-0}} pages 121–126</ref><ref name="C.F. Evans, 1973">C.F. Evans, ''Tertullian's reference to Sentius Saturninus and the Lukan Census'' in the ''Journal of Theological Studies (1973) XXIV(1): 24–39</ref> [[Raymond E. Brown]] notes that "most critical scholars acknowledge a confusion and misdating on Luke's part".<ref>[[Raymond E. Brown]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Co8Mh-GliPIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false An Adult Christ at Christmas: Essays on the Three Biblical Christmas Stories]'', (Liturgical Press, 1988), p. 17.<br>For example, Dunn, James Douglas Grant (2003), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=G4qpnvoautgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Jesus Remembered]'', Eerdmans. p. 344. {{ISBN|0-8028-3931-2}} Similarly, Erich S. Gruen, "The expansion of the empire under Augustus", in ''The Cambridge ancient history'' Volume 10, p. 157.<br>[[Geza Vermes]], ''The Nativity'', Penguin 2006, p. 96.<br>[[W. D. Davies]] and [[E. P. Sanders]], "Jesus from the Jewish point of view", in ''The Cambridge History of Judaism'' ed William Horbury, vol 3: the Early Roman Period, 1984<br>Anthony Harvey, ''A Companion to the New Testament'' (Cambridge University Press 2004), p. 221.<br>[[John P. Meier|Meier, John P.]], [[John P. Meier#A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus|''A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus'']]. Doubleday, 1991, v. 1, p. 213.<br>[[Raymond E. Brown|Brown, Raymond E.]] ''The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke''. London: G. Chapman, 1977, p. 554.<br>[[A. N. Sherwin-White]], pp. 166, 167.<br>[[Fergus Millar]] {{cite conference | first = Fergus | last = Millar | authorlink = Fergus Millar | title = Reflections on the trials of Jesus | booktitle = A Tribute to Geza Vermes: Essays on Jewish and Christian Literature and History (JSOT Suppl. 100) |editor=P.R. Davies |editor2=R.T. White |pages=355–81 |publisher=JSOT Press |year=1990 |location=Sheffield}} repr. in {{citation |last=Millar |first=Fergus |authorlink=Fergus Millar |title=The Greek World, the Jews, and the East |journal= Rome, the Greek World and the East |volume=3 |pages=139–163 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |year=2006}}</ref> As a result, most scholars generally accept a date of birth between 6 and 4 BC, the year in which Herod died.<ref name="JDG324"/><ref name=Niswonger121 /><ref name="Rahner731"/> [[Tertullian]] believed, some two centuries later, that a number of censuses were performed throughout the Roman world under Saturninus at the same time.<ref name="C.F. Evans, 1973"/><ref name=Vardaman >Nikos Kokkinos, 1998, in ''Chronos, kairos, Christos 2'' by Ray Summers, Jerry Vardaman {{ISBN|0-86554-582-0}} pp. 121–126</ref><ref>''The Life of Jesus of Nazareth'' by Rush Rhees 2007 {{ISBN|1-4068-3848-9}} Section 54</ref> However some conservative Christian biblical scholars and commentators still believe the two accounts can be harmonised,<ref>{{Cite book | last=Archer | first=Gleason Leonard | authorlink=Gleason Leonard Archer | title=Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties |date=April 1982 | publisher=Zondervan Pub. House | location=Grand Rapids, Mich. | isbn=0-310-43570-6 | page=366}}</ref><ref>Frederick Fyvie Bruce, ''The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?'' (1943; republished Eerdman, 2003), pp. 87–88.</ref> arguing that the text in Luke can be read as "registration ''before'' Quirinius was governor of Syria", i.e. that Luke was actually referring to a completely different census. [[Geza Vermes]] has described such approaches as "exegetical acrobatics".<ref name="Vermes2006">{{cite book|author=Geza Vermes|title=The Nativity: History and Legend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J00OOo-3RqEC&pg=PT28|date=2 November 2006|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-191261-5|pages=28–30}}</ref>
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As for the month of Jesus' birth, it can be inferred to be summer or fall. Combining inferences from when shepherds would likely be in the fields and working backward from Zechariah's priestly service (John the Baptist's father) and its connections to Jesus' birth, one arrives at a likely date of mid-September to early October. This would suggest the conception of Jesus might have been in December, but not his birth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/when-was-jesus-born|title=When was Jesus born? {{!}} Bibleinfo.com|website=www.bibleinfo.com|language=en|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://christinprophecy.org/articles/when-was-jesus-born/|title=When Was Jesus Born?|work=Lamb and Lion Ministries|access-date=1 December 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
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[[File:Brooklyn Museum - The Pharisees Question Jesus (Les pharisiens questionnent Jésus) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb|left|''Dispute of Jesus and the Pharisees'', by [[James Tissot]], c. 1890]]
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Another approach to estimating the year of birth works backwards from when Jesus began preaching, based on the statement in [[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Luke#3:23|Luke 3:23]] that he was "about 30 years of age" at that time.<ref name=Kostenberger140 >''The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament'' by [[Andreas J. Köstenberger]], L. Scott Kellum 2009 {{ISBN|978-0-8054-4365-3}} page 114</ref> Jesus began to preach after being baptised by [[John the Baptist]], and based on Luke’s gospel John only began baptising people in "the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar" ([[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Luke#3:1|Luke 3:1–2]]), which scholars estimate would be in about AD 28–29.<ref name=Kostenberger140 /><ref>''Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible'' 2000 Amsterdam University Press {{ISBN|90-5356-503-5}} page 249</ref><ref>''The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: Matthew-Luke, Volume 1'' by Craig A. Evans 2003 {{ISBN|0-7814-3868-3}} pages 67–69</ref><ref name=Novak302 /><ref name="Hoehner 1978 29–37">{{Cite book|title = Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ | last = Hoehner| first = Harold W | authorlink = Harold Hoehner|year= 1978|publisher=Zondervan |isbn= 0-310-26211-9|pages= 29–37| url = https://books.google.com/?id=6z-NcR7fVSIC&dq=CHronological+Aspects+of+the+Life+of+Christ}}</ref> By working backwards from this, it would appear that Jesus was probably born no later than 1 BC. However, if the phrase "about 30" is interpreted to mean 32 years old, this could fit a date of birth just within the reign of Herod, who died in 4 BC.<ref name=ChronosPaul /><ref name=Kostenberger140 /><ref name=Novak302 >''Christianity and the Roman Empire: background texts'' by Ralph Martin Novak 2001 {{ISBN|1-56338-347-0}} pages 302–303</ref>
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This date is independently confirmed by John's reference in [[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/John#2:20|John 2:20]] to the Temple being in its 46th year of construction during Passover when Jesus began his ministry, which corresponds to around 27–29 AD according to scholarly estimates.<ref>Jack V. Scarola, "A Chronology of the nativity Era" in ''Chronos, kairos, Christos 2'' by Ray Summers, Jerry Vardaman 1998 {{ISBN|0-86554-582-0}} pages 61–81</ref>
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Despite the celebration of Christmas in December, neither Luke nor Matthew mentions a season for when Jesus was born. However, scholarly arguments regarding the realism of shepherds grazing their flock during the winter have taken place, both challenging a winter birth for Jesus as well as defending it by relying on the mildness of winters in ancient Israel and [[Rabbinic Judaism|rabbinic]] rules regarding sheep near Bethlehem before February.<ref>"New Testament History" by Richard L. Niswonger 1992 {{ISBN|0-310-31201-9}} pp. 121–124</ref><ref>''Luke: an introduction and commentary'' by Leon Morris 1988 {{ISBN|0-8028-0419-5}} p. 93</ref><ref>''Stories of Jesus' Birth'' by Edwin D. Freed 2004 {{ISBN|0-567-08046-3}} pp. 136–137</ref>
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Alexander Murray of ''History Today'' says that the celebration of [[Christmas]] as the birth day of Jesus is based on a date of a pagan feast rather than historical analysis.<ref name="Murray">Murray, Alexander, [http://www.historytoday.com/alexander-murray/medieval-christmas "Medieval Christmas"], ''History Today'', December 1986, '''36''' (12), pp. 31–39.</ref> [[Saturnalia]], the Roman feast for Saturn, was associated with the [[winter solstice]]. Saturnalia was held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms. It is likely that such a Christian feast was chosen for Christ's marked contrast and triumph over paganism; indeed, new converts who attempted to introduce pagan elements into the Christian celebrations were sharply rebuked.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=7399|title=Library : History & Origin: Feast of the Nativity|website=www.catholicculture.org}}</ref>
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December 25 may have been selected due to its proximity to the winter solstice, because of its theological significance. After the solstice, the days begin to lengthen with more sunlight, which Christians see as representing the [[Light of Christ]] entering the world. This mirrors the celebration of the [[Nativity of Saint John the Baptist]] on June 24, near the [[summer solstice]]; John said of Jesus "He must increase, I must decrease." {{bibleref2|John 3:30|NRSV}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic.com/qa/why-do-we-celebrate-jesus-birth-on-december-25|title=Why do we celebrate Jesus' birth on December 25? - Catholic Answers|website=www.catholic.com}}</ref>
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In the 1st and 2nd centuries, the [[Lord's Day]] (Sunday) was the earliest Christian celebration and included a number of theological themes. In the 2nd century, the [[Resurrection of Jesus]] became a separate feast as [[Easter]] and in the same century [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] began to be celebrated in the Churches of the East on 6 January.<ref>''An introductory dictionary of theology and religious studies'' by Orlando O. Espín, James B. Nickoloff 2007 {{ISBN|0-8146-5856-3}} page 237</ref> The festival of the Nativity which later turned into Christmas was a 4th-century feast in the [[Western Church]] notably in Rome and North Africa, although it is uncertain exactly where and when it was first celebrated.<ref>''Christian worship in Reformed Churches past and present'' by Lukas Vischer 2002 {{ISBN|0-8028-0520-5}} pages 400–401</ref>
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The earliest source stating 25 December as the date of birth of Jesus is likely by [[Hippolytus of Rome]], written very early in the 3rd century, based on the assumption that the conception of Jesus took place at the [[Spring equinox]] which he placed on 25 March, and then added nine months – festivals on that date were then celebrated.<ref>''Mercer Dictionary'' of the Bible by Watson E. Mills, Edgar V. McKnight and Roger A. Bullard 2001 {{ISBN|0-86554-373-9}} page 142</ref> 25 March would also roughly be the date of his crucifixion, which ancient Christians would have seen as confirming the date of his birth, since there was a notion that the great prophets were conceived into the afterlife on the same date they were conceived into the world. [[John Chrysostom]] also argued for a 25 December date in the late 4th century, basing his argument on the assumption that the offering of incense in Luke 1:8–11 was the offering of incense by a high priest on [[Yom Kippur]] (early October), and, as above, counting fifteen months forward. However, this was very likely a retrospective justification of a choice already made rather than a genuine attempt to derive the correct birth date.<ref>Roger T. Beckwith (2001). Calendar and chronology, Jewish and Christian: biblical, intertestamental and patristic studies, p. 72</ref>
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Lastly, 25 December might be a reference to the date of the Feast of the Dedication, which occurs on the 25 Kislev of the [[Jewish calendar]]. This would require that early Christians simply translated Kislev directly to December.
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In Islam, the Quran references a fruit branch which Mary shook as she gave birth.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=3YhpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67&dq=Quran+Jesus+19&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ4_H4_4_YAhWMNY8KHd1OAG8Q6AEIWzAJ#v=onepage&q=Quran%20Jesus%2019&f=false|title=Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation|last=Stowasser|first=Barbara Freyer|date=22 August 1996|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199761838|language=en}}</ref> This fruit, the date, is known to ripen during the summer months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dateland.com/how-are-dates-grown/|title=How are Dates Grown? Harvesting Dates at Dateland Date Gardens|website=www.dateland.com|language=en|access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref>
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* [[Adoration of the shepherds]]
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* [[Life of Jesus in the New Testament]]
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* [[Timeline of the Bible]]
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| colspan="7" |Tishrei 3755 Babylonian year (3756)
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|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|26
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|
|-
|27
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|
|-
|28
|14*
|15
|16
|17
|18
|19
|20
|Feast of Booths (Sukkot) starts at sunset* month 4
|-
|29
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|26
|27
|
|-
|30
|28
|29
|30
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Cheshvan
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|30
|
|
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|
|-
|31
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|
|-
|32
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|17
|18
|month 5
|-
|33
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|
|-
|34
|*26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|
|
|
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Kislen
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|34
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|2
|
|-
|35
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|
|-
|36
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|*15
|16
|month 6
|-
|37
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|
|-
|38
|24
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30**
|Start of *month 6 for Elizabeth **month 6 - Mary conceives 6th day of Chanukah
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Tevet
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|39
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|Week 1 of Mary with child
|-
|40
|8
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|2
|-
|41
|15
|*16 (25 DEC)
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|*Julius Ceasar declared himself god plus other pagan events like worship of the many different sun gods - 3
|-
|42
|22
|23
|24
|25
|26
|27
|28
|4
|-
|43
|29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|5
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Shevat
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|43
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|5
|-
|44
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|6
|-
|45
|14
|15
|16
|17
|18
|19
|20
|7
|-
|46
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|26
|27
|8
|-
|47
|28
|29
|30
|
|
|
|
|9
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Adar
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|47
|
|
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|9
|-
|48
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|10
|-
|49
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|17
|18
|11
|-
|50
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|12
|-
|51
|26
|27
|28
|29
|
|
|
|13
|-
|
| colspan="7" |NISAN-3756
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|51
|
|
|
|
|1
|2
|'''''3'''''
|*John is born ushering in the Messianic age, the new beginning
|-
|52
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|14
|-
|53
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|17
|15
|-
|54
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22*
|23
|24
|16
|-
|55
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|
|17
|-
|
| colspan="7" |IYAR
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|55
|
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|17
|-
|56
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|18
|-
|57
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|19
|-
|58
|16
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|20
|-
|59
|23
|24
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|21
|-
|
| colspan="7" |SIVAN
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|60
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|22
|-
|61
|8
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|23
|-
|62
|15
|16
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|24
|-
|63
|22
|23
|24
|25
|26
|27
|28
|25
|-
|64
|29
|30
|
|
|
|
|
|26
|-
|
| colspan="7" |TAMMUZ
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|64
|
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|26
|-
|65
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|12
|27
|-
|66
|13
|14
|15
|16
|17
|18
|19
|28
|-
|67
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|26
|29
|-
|68
|27
|28
|29
|
|
|
|
|30
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Av
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|68
|
|
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|30
|-
|69
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|31
|-
|70
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|17
|18
|32
|-
|71
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|33
|-
|72
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|
|
|34
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Elul
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|72
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|2
|34
|-
|73
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|35
|-
|74
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|36
|-
|75
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|37
|-
|76
|24
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|
|38
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Tishrei 3756 (3757)
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|76
|
|
|
|
|
|
|*1
|*Feast of Trumpets -38
|-
|77
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|39
|-
|78
|9
|*10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|'''''15'''''
|*Yom Kippur on the 10th, Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) on the 15th and very probably the birth of Yeshua (Jesus) Galatians 4:4.  The third appointed time for all to go to the temple in Jerusalem. - 40th week. Also 14 perfect lambs in their 1st year are part of the burnt offering, 14 being the number for salvation
|-
|79
|16
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|* 22
|* Messiah given His name Yeshua (Salvation).
|-
|80
|23
|24
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|
|-
|81
|30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Cheshvan
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|81
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|
|-
|82
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|
|-
|83
|14
|15
|16
|17
|18
|19
|20
|
|-
|84
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|26
|27
|
|-
|85
|28
|29
|30
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Kislen
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|85
|
|
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|
|-
|86
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|
|-
|87
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|17
|18
|
|-
|88
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|
|-
|89
|26
|27
|28
|29
|30
|
|
|
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Tevet
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|89
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|2
|
|-
|90
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|
|-
|91
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|
|-
|92
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|
|-
|93
|24
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|
|
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Shevat
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|1
|
|-
|94
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|
|-
|95
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|
|-
|96
|16
|17
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|
|-
|97
|23
|24
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|
|-
|98
|30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Adar
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|98
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|5
|6
|
|-
|99
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|12
|13
|
|-
|100
|14
|15
|16
|17
|18
|19
|20
|
|-
|101
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|26
|27
|
|-
|102
|28
|29
|30
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Adar II
|
|-
|103
|
|
|
|1
|2
|3
|4
|
|-
|104
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|11
|
|-
|105
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|17
|18
|
|-
|106
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|25
|
|-
|107
|26
|27
|28
|29
|
|
|
|
|-
|
| colspan="7" |Nisan-3757
|
|-
|
|Sun
|Mon
|Tue
|Wed
|Thur
|Fri
|Sat
|
|-
|107
|
|
|
|
|1
|2
|3
|
|-
|108
|4
|5
|6
|7
|8
|9
|10
|
|-
|109
|11
|12
|13
|14
|15
|16
|17
|
|-
|110
|18
|19
|20
|21
|22
|23
|24
|
|-
|111
|25
|26
|27
|28
|29
|
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Note 1:
|It is believed that G-d blesses a union between a man and a woman on Sabbath
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|The father of John the Immerser or Baptizer not Baptist was chosen by lot
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|meaning that Zechariah was not the High Priest.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Note 2:
|10 All the people were outside, praying, at the time of the incense burning,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the hour...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|10 At the hour of incense the whole assembly of the people...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|Luke Verse 10 if all were there this had to be Shavuot one of the 3 times all go to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|Jerusalem for the feast. The different translations above seem to verify this.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
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The date of birth of Jesus is stated in the gospel of Luke chapter 1, Luke addresses this information to the High Priest, Theophilos during this time. Sources: God's Word both in English and Hebrew, the Babylonian Talmud and Josephus. This is a very complex subject and replaces a 400 year tradition in the US and a 1500 year tradition created by the monk Dennis the small and influenced by Constantine. What follows is missing a lot of the details but gives us a correct date according to God's Word.

WEEK # NISAN- Hebrew name Aviv, year 3755 Read all of Luke  1
Sun (Day 1) Mon (Day 2) Tue (Day 3) Wed (Day 4) Thur (Day 5) Fri (Day 6) Sat (Day 7) The birth of Yeshua (Jesus) Based on the book of Luke 1
1 (18 Mar 5 BCE) There are several places in the Torah (First five books of the Bible) that God calls Nisan the first month of the year.  Just about ever time God refers to passover He says the event is during the first month (Exodus 12:2, Ester 3:7, etc.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 week 1 of Cohen division - Zechariah belonged to the Aviyah division or week 8 of Temple duty
2 9 10 11 12 13 14* 15** *Passover starts at sunset on the 13th, week 2 of Cohen division is the major part of this week **Feast of Passover/Unleavened Bread is first of three appointed times that calls for all God's chosen males to attend in Jerusalem.  This requires all people responsible for the Temple to prepare for the Feast.
3 16* 17 18 19 20 21 End of Feast of Matza 22 Start count  7 Shabbats All Priest, etc work during this period, from Passover to  End of Feast of Matzah which is also the start of counting the Omer, 49 days + 1 is Shavuot/Pentecost - *Feast of First Fruits
4 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 week 3 of Cohen division
5 30 week 4 of Cohen division
IYAR
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
5 1 2 3 4 5 6 week 5 of Cohen division
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 week 6 of Cohen division
7 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 week 7 of Cohen division
8 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 week 8 of Cohen division
9 28 29 week 9 of Cohen division
SIVAN
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
9 1 2 3 4 5 week 9 of Cohen division
10 6* 7 8 9 10 11 12** *50th day (49+1 also known as Shavu`ot and Pentecost) this is the second appointed time that calls for all to attend.  This is a one day event during week 8 of the Cohen division thus confirming we are in the correct half of the year - SEE NOTE 2 for different translations of Luke 1:10 **Elizabeth conceives John
11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
12 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
13 27 28 29 30
TAMMUZ
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
13 1 2 3
14 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 month 1
16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
17 25 26 27 28 29
Av
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
17 1 2
18 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 month 2
20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Elul
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
23 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 month 3
24 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
25 22 *23 24 25 26 27 28
26 29
Tishrei 3755 Babylonian year (3756)
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
26 1 2 3 4 5 6
27 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
28 14* 15 16 17 18 19 20 Feast of Booths (Sukkot) starts at sunset* month 4
29 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
30 28 29 30
Cheshvan
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
30 1 2 3 4
31 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
32 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 month 5
33 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
34 *26 27 28 29 30
Kislen
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
34 1 2
35 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
36 10 11 12 13 14 *15 16 month 6
37 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
38 24 25 26 27 28 29 30** Start of *month 6 for Elizabeth **month 6 - Mary conceives 6th day of Chanukah
Tevet
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Week 1 of Mary with child
40 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2
41 15 *16 (25 DEC) 17 18 19 20 21 *Julius Ceasar declared himself god plus other pagan events like worship of the many different sun gods - 3
42 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4
43 29 5
Shevat
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
43 1 2 3 4 5 6 5
44 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6
45 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 7
46 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 8
47 28 29 30 9
Adar
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
47 1 2 3 4 9
48 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10
49 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11
50 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 12
51 26 27 28 29 13
NISAN-3756
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
51 1 2 3 *John is born ushering in the Messianic age, the new beginning
52 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14
53 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15
54 18 19 20 21 22* 23 24 16
55 25 26 27 28 29 30 17
IYAR
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
55 1 17
56 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 18
57 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19
58 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20
59 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 21
SIVAN
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
60 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 22
61 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 23
62 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24
63 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25
64 29 30 26
TAMMUZ
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
64 1 2 3 4 5 26
65 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 27
66 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 28
67 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29
68 27 28 29 30
Av
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
68 1 2 3 4 30
69 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 31
70 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 32
71 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 33
72 26 27 28 29 30 34
Elul
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
72 1 2 34
73 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 35
74 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 36
75 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 37
76 24 25 26 27 28 29 38
Tishrei 3756 (3757)
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
76 *1 *Feast of Trumpets -38
77 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 39
78 9 *10 11 12 13 14 15 *Yom Kippur on the 10th, Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) on the 15th and very probably the birth of Yeshua (Jesus) Galatians 4:4.  The third appointed time for all to go to the temple in Jerusalem. - 40th week. Also 14 perfect lambs in their 1st year are part of the burnt offering, 14 being the number for salvation
79 16 17 18 19 20 21 * 22 * Messiah given His name Yeshua (Salvation).
80 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
81 30
Cheshvan
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
81 1 2 3 4 5 6
82 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
83 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
84 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
85 28 29 30
Kislen
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
85 1 2 3 4
86 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
87 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
88 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
89 26 27 28 29 30
Tevet
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
89 1 2
90 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
91 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
92 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
93 24 25 26 27 28 29
Shevat
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
93 1
94 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
95 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
96 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
97 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
98 30
Adar
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
98 1 2 3 4 5 6
99 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
100 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
101 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
102 28 29 30
Adar II
103 1 2 3 4
104 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
105 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
106 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
107 26 27 28 29
Nisan-3757
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat
107 1 2 3
108 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
109 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
110 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
111 25 26 27 28 29
Note 1: It is believed that G-d blesses a union between a man and a woman on Sabbath
The father of John the Immerser or Baptizer not Baptist was chosen by lot
meaning that Zechariah was not the High Priest.
Note 2: 10 All the people were outside, praying, at the time of the incense burning,
10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the hour...
10 At the hour of incense the whole assembly of the people...
Luke Verse 10 if all were there this had to be Shavuot one of the 3 times all go to
Jerusalem for the feast. The different translations above seem to verify this.


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