Careful interpretation is needed. These slides discuss some of the issues involved. For instance, both Matthew and Luke date Jesus’ birth toward the end of the reign of King Herod the Great, who we ...

The Evangelist Luke repeatedly compares Jesus with John the Baptizer, who is not mentioned at all in Matthew’s infancy account. In Matthew’s narrative, Jesus’ birth is detected by foreign priests, the ...

The quest to determine Jesus' actual birth date reveals fascinating intersections of history, astronomy, and theology. While evidence points toward a spring or fall birth in 4–6 BC, the exact ...

As a careful historian, Luke sets the scene of Jesus' birth in its political context by mentioning various rulers and places at the time (2:1-4). Luke's gospel begins with dramatic appearances of ...

1:19). Certainly Luke shared with Paul the fruits of his research into the beginnings of Christianity. And his account of the Virgin Birth makes intelligible how the Jesus whom Paul preached had ...

During this time, Mary gave birth to Jesus in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:6-7). An angel of the Lord first announced the birth to the shepherds. The shepherds ...

What did Luke write? Luke wrote two works, the third gospel, an account of the life and teachings of Jesus, and the Book of Acts, which is an account of the growth and expansion of Christianity ...