Is it true that according to the BIBLE, Jesus Christ was born in the month of March?

If yes,then what is the significance of the 25th of December?





Sincere answers please...Thanks.Is it true that according to the BIBLE, Jesus Christ was born in the month of March?
25th of December is close to the ancient tradition of celebrating the Winter Solstice





It was chosen to either ';allow pagans to continue their celebrations under the guise of the newly enforced religion'; or to ';wipe out pagan celebrations by replacing them';, depending upon who you ask and who you believe.





If the bible is to be believed, which itself is debatable, but only a scriptural answer usually satisfies a scriptural question, then it is incredibly unlikely that shepherds would have been in the fields with their flocks in December in Judea. The roman census would not have happened in mid-winter.





The concept of a god being born in the spring (a time of renewal and birth in general in our natural world) is probably older than any current religion.





In addition the bible has the following to say about the *year* of jesus' alleged birth:





* Jesus was born during the reign of Caesar Augustus (Luke 2:1). Thus, Jesus was born sometime between 27 B.C. and A.D. 14 (the period in which Augustus was in power)


* Jesus was born after Augustus decreed some kind of census (Luke 2:1). Ancient history indicates there was no singular, empire-wide census ordered by Augustus, but rather a series of censuses taken throughout the empire as Augustus tried to rein in corruption by instituting census counts for tax purposes. This plausibly affirms the context of Luke's account, but sheds no light on the date of Jesus' birth.


* Jesus was born while Quirinius was governor of Syria (Luke 2:2). Luke tells us that the specific census which led Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem was under Quirinius. History reveals that ';Quirinius'; was governor of Syria from 6-9 A.D. and served in a similar capacity (perhaps even as governor) from 12-2 B.C. (especially in the years 3-2 B.C.). This puts Jesus' birth sometime between 12 B.C. and 9 A.D.


* Jesus was born during the reign of King Herod (Matthew 2). This would be ';Herod the Great,'; and history tells us Herod died in 4 B.C. Thus, Jesus was born before 4 B.C.


* The narrative of the ';wise men of the East'; visiting Jesus (after seeing Herod) and then Herod massacring those under 2 years of age in the Bethlehem area when the wise men didn't return to him (Matthew 2) indicates that Jesus was up to 2 years old at the time Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt. This would put Jesus' birth between 6 and 4 B.C. - perhaps as early as 7 B.C.


* Jesus began his active ministry when he was ';about thirty years old'; (Luke 3:23) and did so during the active ministry of John the Baptist (Luke 3). According to Luke, John the Baptist started preaching and baptizing in the 15th year of Tiberius' reign and when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. This puts Jesus' entry into public life sometime after 27 or 28 A.D. Subtract ';about thirty years'; from that - and you're back to about the time Herod died (4 B.C.), depending on how you define ';about thirty years.';Is it true that according to the BIBLE, Jesus Christ was born in the month of March?
Close...he was actually born in late September, and all can be totally and actually biblically proven. Thank you for this excellent question.





The proof you seek can be found on this website below; just look for the topic, and it is right there for your convenience.
No it is not true that the bible teaches Jesus was born in March.





This is what the bible actually does teach:





Luke 2:8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields near by, keeping watch over their flocks at night.





The rest is mere speculation and inference.





The THEORY goes like this:





The shepherds were keeping watch over their flock in the fields as it was warm, if it were cold they would have been indoors. The reason they were keeping watch at night was because it was lambing season otherwise they would not have been keeping watch at all. Sheep have lambs in the spring ergo Jesus was born in the spring, probably around March/April.





This is a very week argument as:





1. Shepherds tend to their flock all year round.


2. Sheep are out in the fields all year round.


3. Sometimes lambs are born out of season (not that it matters since this verse does not mention lambs being born).





The fact is, we simply don't know when Jesus was born as the first century gospel writers and early christians didn't think it was important to celebrate Christ's birthday, birthday's you see were for pagans, hence the only birthdays mentioned in the bible are Pharaoh's and Herod's.





There is a 1/365.25 chance Jesus was born on 25th December, it really is that arbitrary.





Now the date December 25th was chosen as it was believed that the sun was created on the fourth day (the first being a Sunday making the date the sun was created a Wednesday) It was believed that the sun was created on the day when days start getting longer that is to say the date of the winter solstice (December 21st). We have subsequently discovered that the assumptions made as to the year of Jesus' birth were mistaken hence we now believe Jesus was born somewhere between 10BCE and 4BCE so we changed the dating to ';Before Common Era'; from ';Before Christ'; and a few centuries ago shifted the calendar by 10 days and added a leap second but the year the early christians believed was the year of Jesus' birth is still called 1CE (Common Era) or 1AD (Ano Domini which is Latin for ';in the year of our Lord';.





Hence the 25th December was chosen as the date of the first Wednesday following the winter solstice in 1AD or 1CE.





Since early christians used the date of the supposed creation of the sun and based their date on the observation of lengthening of days, it would naturally coincide with many other pagan celebrations which were also based on the observation of the behaviour of the sun.





There is no reason why this shouldn't have been a deliberate choice to force people into choosing to celebrate the birth of christ or the birth of whatever local deity they were worshipping on that day in an attempt to stamp out the local religions or it could have been an astronomical (and I mean that literally) coincidence.
Not according to the bible but according to fact he was. They chose Dec because all of the other pagan gods had the same date, Mithra, Horus, many others, and Constantine was trying to solidify a political empire.
Bible doesn't say





25th of December was a speculation that Mary was with child during the passover and add 9 months.


not a definite thing and doesn't matter





I do like that we celebrate Jesus birth on the darkest night of the year because He is the light shines in the darkness and the darkness
If you work from the known date when John the Baptist's father was doing his course in the temple, then 6 weeks for Elizabeth to get pregnant, then Mary goes to tell her she's pregnant, it works out that Jesus could have been conceived at the end of December, and thus born in the Autumn, at the Feast of Trumpets.
July as the 1st census was commissioned by Julies Augustus , December25 in the roman pagan day of festivities which was later adapted by Constantine to become christmas
Here are a couple links you might consider. There is some reading involved but, it's worth considering I think. The 25th could possibly be the day the Magi found Jesus (He wasn't an infant). Start with ';Setting the Stage'; He also talks about when Jesus might have been born.





I can't say for sure what it was that lead the Magi but, it at least seems certain something was going on in the stars. The movie is good too, it may be in your local library system for free.
The Bible does not say when Jesus was born
I've never heard march ..... I've heard fall alot October and Nov.. not the spring.





You would think if astrologers were any good they could have come to a consensus as to his personality and been able to tell you when his birthday was .