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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
throne of his father David, And he will reign over the house of Jacob<br />
forever; his kingdom will never end.<br />
On the sixth month would then well be “on the sixth month of the<br />
civil year i.e. in the month of ‘Adar” which is also the “sixth month<br />
of pregnancy of Elizabeth.”<br />
The Birth of <strong>Jesus</strong> must have been soon after 430 days from 22 nd of<br />
Tishri. If we allow 20 days for discrepancies in the calendar<br />
adjustments and for Zachariah to get back home and for Elizabeth to<br />
conceive that will be a fair scenario. Thus adding 450 days we arrive at<br />
Teveth 3 which is exactly December 25 th , if the year as we reckoned<br />
<strong>was</strong> indeed 6 BC. Whatever the year of birth <strong>was</strong>, the Hebrew month<br />
of Tevet always fell in December/January of the Gregorian calendar<br />
reckoning.<br />
Thus the date of Christmas which we celebrate and given to us by<br />
tradition is indeed the correct Birthday of <strong>Jesus</strong><br />
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