When was Jesus Born

WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN
burning incense in the Temple, when an angel told him that his wife
Elizabeth will conceive a child who should be called John. Considering
this as 0, Elizabeth conceived John after the termination of Zechariah’s
duty anytime during the next seven days. Here we have an error of +/-
7 days. Mary was told that she would conceive Jesus on the sixth
month. This is usually taken to mean that “sixth month after Elizabeth
conceived John. Though the text itself could mean as the sixth month of
the year, Greek grammar permit this interpretation
Thus if we can identify the end of the service of Zechariah’s
temple service we could identify
Annunciation of Mary took place after 150 days
John’s Birth took place after 280 days
Jesus’ birth took place after 430 days
Thus the birth of Jesus would be soon after (430-360/365) = 70/65
days of the final day of Succoth, Hoshana Raba (Rosh Hoshana) – the
next year. We should also allow a week or two for Zechariah to travel
back to his village home and for Elizabeth to conceive. The uncertain
number of days in the Hebrew year should also be taken into account.
1. Zechariah belonged to the levitical division of Abijah.
Luke 1:5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest
named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah;
his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron
2. We can try to locate the time when Zechariah served as High Priest
in the temple from this.
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