1:20). Both narratives insist that Jesus’ coming is in continuity with and the ultimate realization of Israel’s covenant with God. They repeatedly draw upon Israel’s scriptures to assert this. Both ...

Yet the New Testament Gospels do not agree about the details of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem. Some do not mention Bethlehem or Jesus' birth at all. The Gospels' different views might be hard to ...

One important category is prophecy: Prophecy in the bible refers to the words spoken ... hundreds of years before Jesus was born. Often the messages would call people to obey God's law and live ...

Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem enables Matthew to link his coming to ... 2:23’s “He will be called a Nazorean,” matches no exact text in Israel’s scriptures. Some have suggested a word-play on Judges 13:5: ...

It was his Bible. Jefferson was convinced that ... Jesus was uniquely inspired by God. Jefferson saw Jesus as a man, of illegitimate birth, of a benevolent heart, (and an) enthusiastic mind ...

The Bible itself leaves the question unsolved ... Even today, most Protestant biblical commentators will uphold the fact that Mary had other children after Jesus' birth, even those who have manifested ...

Gabriel foretells two miraculous births: the birth of John the Baptist ... The Pharisees are a consistent foil to Jesus' message. The scribes (Scripture copyists), lawyers (experts in the law ...