To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Herod killed all boys less than 3 years old in the first persecution of Christian innocents, so the birth had to be at least 2 years previous to the visit of the foreigners to Herod's court. Not necessarily. Matthew 2:16 states, "from two years old and under." Several possible variables: 1) how age is counted in a particular culture--is a newborn "one" or "zero"? 2); Herod could have been covering his bases and adding a little cushion, just to be sure; 3) how much time elapsed between the magi's initial appearance in Jerusalem and Herod's realization they weren't coming back; 4) "and under" includes all the younger ones.
Doesn't give a city either as I recall.
It does, several times. Bethlehem.
To: Charles Henrickson
Birth certainly at Bethlehem. But were they still at Betrhlehen when the Magi arrived?
The Magi then were told about the prophecy (Son of David... Bethlehem ... " but that doesn't mean that the family was still in Bethlehem when they (the Magi) visited, does it?
He did grow up in Nazareth, so at some point the family went back to there.
190 posted on
12/08/2005 9:37:42 AM PST by
Robert A Cook PE
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