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The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is documented in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Judaea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.
Theology ofPope Benedict XVI. Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives ( German: Jesus von Nazareth. Die Kindheitsgeschichten) is a book written by Pope Benedict XVI, first published on November 21, 2012, by Image Books. The book is the third and final volume of the author's three-volume meditation on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Annunciation to the shepherds. This late 15th-century Flemish miniature shows the annunciation to the shepherds. The annunciation to the shepherds is an episode in the Nativity of Jesus described in the Bible in Luke 2, in which angels tell a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus. It is a common subject of Christian art and of Christmas ...
The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and further elaborated by written, oral and artistic tradition. Christian art includes a great many representations of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child.
v. t. e. The return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth Palestine , also known as the return from Egypt, appears in the reports of the early life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels. Both of the gospels which describe the nativity of Jesus agree that he was born in Bethlehem and then later moved with his family to live in Nazareth.
Adoration of the Shepherds. Adoration of the Shepherds is the name of numerous paintings depicting an episode in the story of Jesus's nativity in which shepherds are near witnesses to his birth in Bethlehem, arriving soon after he is actually born. The episode is recounted, or at least implied, in the Gospel of Luke and follows on from the ...
Jesus preaches in a ship. This narrative is told in Luke 5:1-3, [1] Mark 4:1, and Matthew 13:1-3. [2] Owing to the vast crowds that followed him from the surrounding towns and villages to listen to his doctrine, Jesus retired to the sea coast. There he entered a boat, that he used as a pulpit, and addressed the crowd on the shore.
The Gospel of Luke[note 1] tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. [4] Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts, [5] accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament. [6] The combined work divides the history of first-century Christianity into ...