companions for studying the New Testament in 2023 ... he addresses claims about the astrology of Jesus’ birth, and a mondo-bizarro conspiracy theory that Satan’s throne is in Geneva.

"The promise of the Messiah was delivered in the Old Testament prophecy and was revealed in the person of Jesus of Nazareth ... he used that same date to celebrate the birth of Christ.

Even the "comfort and joy" heralded is more about general feelings of delight and glee than the meaning of the birth of ... of the New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew — Jesus is the strongest ...

For instance, at almost exactly the time of the birth of Jesus (4-6 B.C.), some Jews became fed up with the Jewish King Herod ...

Nor do they appear in all the Gospels of the New Testament. The events surrounding Jesus’ birth ... he started to date the years from the“year of the incarnation [i.e., birth] of our Lord ...

One of the most compelling realities surrounding the nativity narrative is Jesus’s birth was foretold long before the manger, with the Old Testament ... this reality in a new, four-part holiday ...

How does this relate to the birth of Jesus? Fast forward a few hundred years to the writers of the Gospels in the New Testament. To confirm that Jesus was the Messiah sent from God, they referred ...

In the New Testament, the Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ birth—the first Christmas. Set during the rise of the Roman Empire, the stories create a radiant image of a young couple giving birth ...

Written before the formation of a New Testament or even the widespread recognition ... The significance of the fragment lies in its date and contents. In conjunction with distinguished ...