Its very intesting Modern Gregorian Calendar Equivalent ! Month, Nisan is March–April, Sivan -May–June, Elul -August–September in bible. That why I dont know what is that words of months till I found it. Really fact a verses have proved that Jesus born on May/June. (Paste from Website) When Was Jesus Born? When we turn in the Scriptures (Luke 1:26–37), it says: Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!” But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” [Emphasis added.] Here we learn approximately when John was conceived, relative to when the Holy Spirit came upon Mary for the conception of Christ. John would have been conceived around 6 months before Jesus. If we assume John’s conception was the previous year’s final month or perhaps the first month of the year we can do some rough calculations. By assuming this, Elizabeth, John’s mother, could have been in her sixth month during the sixth month of the Jewish year. This meeting with Gabriel was presumably close to the time when the Holy Spirit would come upon Mary. In fact, it could have been almost immediate, as verse 28 indicates “the Lord is with you,” but it was likely soon after, as verse 35 says “will come upon you” (emphasis mine). In the Jewish calendar, there are 12 months of roughly 30 days each with a leap month every so often to get them back to about 365 days. The Jewish calendar equivalents are shown below: Month Name Scripture Reference Modern Gregorian Calendar Equivalent First Nisan Esther 3:7 March–April Second Iyar (Iyyar) N/A April–May Third Sivan Esther 8:9 May–June Fourth Tammuz N/A June–July Fifth Ab (Av) N/A July–August Sixth Elul Nehemiah 6:15 August–September Seventh Tishri N/A September–October Eighth Marchesvan (Heshvan) N/A October–November Ninth Chislev (Kislev) Nehemiah 1:1; Zechariah 7:1 November–December Tenth Tebet (Tevet) Esther 2:16 December–January Eleventh Sheni (Shevat) N/A January–February Twelfth Adar Esther 3:7, 9:1 February–March Leap month (intercalary) Adar Sheni (second Adar) N/A February–March on leap years This would have put John the Baptist at about six months in the womb around August/September. Assuming about nine months for pregnancy, John would have been born about November/December by the modern calendar based on the assumptions we used. If the Holy Spirit did come upon Mary in the sixth month (Elul) or around August/September, as it seems to indicate in Scripture, then Jesus should have been born about nine months later, which would place His birth around May/June. Since John the Baptist was still in the womb of Elizabeth when he leapt for joy in Jesus’ presence (Luke 1:39-42), this means that the conception had to take place within the next three months or so of the visit by Gabriel—before John was born. Regardless, by this reckoning, the birth of Christ isn’t even close to Christmas on the modern calendar. https://answersingenesis.org/holidays/christmas/the-origin-of-christmas/
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:36:49 +0000
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