Historians and scientific researchers have long been divided over the exact birth location of Jesus Christ, along with other ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

"Our earliest Gospel—Mark—says nothing about his birth. And the Apostle Paul—who knew the brothers of Jesus—says nothing about Bethlehem," Dr. Taylor is cited by the Daily Mail. This ...

It is supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ but we get caught ... they made their journey to Bethlehem—which was David’s hometown (Luke 2:1-5). When this announcement ...

The Bethlehem story may have been added later to align Jesus' birth with the Old Testament prophecy of the Messiah coming from the city of David. The earliest Gospel, Mark, omits Jesus' birth ...

According to the Christmas story, Mary was forced to give birth to Jesus in a stable because there was no room at the inn. Today, nearly all of Bethlehem’s 5,500 hotel rooms are empty.