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4. The Birth of Jesus Christ


- Jesus Christ ... Christ không phải là "last name" của Chúa Jesus , mà Christ (tiếng Greek) có nghĩa là "the anointed one" hay "the chosen one" hay "Messiah" .. tiếng Việt là "Đấng Cứu Thế"

- mình biết La mã có nhiều ông Caesar ("title Caesar" mình tạm hiễu giống như "title Vua , Tỗng Thống"   ... Vân sẽ nói thêm về sau) , vào thời này thì ông Caesar Augustus đang cai trị La mã , và La mã đang cai trị Do thái ... ông ra lệnh "census - kiễm tra dân số" , mọi người phải quay về "quê" mình để đăng ký

- Kinh thánh nói ... Chúa Jesus phải thuộc dòng dõi vua David (Ê sai 9:6-7) ... nên ở đây mình hiểu , vua David có mấy người con trai , trong số đó có 1 người rất nổi tiếng là vua Solomon , và 1 người nữa là Nathan ... dòng vua Solomon dẫn  tới Joseph , dòng Nathan dẫn tới Mary (Mat 1:6 , Luca 3:31)

- THE TOWN OF DAVID có 2 chỗ .... Bethlehem là nơi David sanh ra .... Jerusalem là nơi David chiến thắng và làm vua ở đó  ... nơi mà Joseph và Mary phải trở về để đăng ký (register) là Bethlehem chứ không phải Jerusalem ... cả 2 nơi này đều được gọi là THE TOWN OF DAVID 



     .... đường chim bay đi từ Nazareth tới Bethlehem là 70 miles (nhưng họ không phải đi đường chim bay , mà có thể đi vòng để tránh đụng độ với người Samarians , không hợp với người Jews)


The distance “as the crow flies” from Nazareth to Bethlehem is about 70 miles. Under normal circumstances, without too many winding roads or rough spots to traverse, people might well have been able to travel (on foot or by donkey) about 20 miles a day, for a total one-way trip of perhaps four days. However, we must keep in mind several factors that might have made this particular journey last longer.

First, the land of Samaria lay along the most direct route between Nazareth and Bethlehem, and in Jesus’ day, there was considerable hostility between Jews and Samaritans. Even if, as I think we can assume, Our Lady and St. Joseph bore no animosity toward Samaritans, it would have been difficult and even dangerous for them to travel through that country. They might have been harassed and would almost certainly have been refused lodging, just as Jesus and His disciples were treated some years later (see Luke 9:51-56).


Surely St. Joseph would have sought to protect his wife, and the Child she carried, from such a threat. So, as was common among the Jews of the day, the holy couple would probably have journeyed far off the “direct” route to avoid Samaria, taking a detour from Galilee across the Jordan River and then back again into Judea farther south. That would have added many miles, and several days, to the journey.

Second, remember that Mary was close to the end of her pregnancy. No doubt they had to travel much more slowly than normal to avoid excessive discomfort for her and risks to the health of both mother and Child.

Given these factors, the one-way trip may have taken a week or ten days, and perhaps much longer.

Second, remember that Mary was close to the end of her pregnancy. No doubt they had to travel much more slowly than normal to avoid excessive discomfort for her and risks to the health of both mother and Child.

Given these factors, my guess is that the one-way trip took at least a week or ten days, and perhaps much longer.


https://www.stcatherinercc.org/single-po...-Bethlehem ... tài liệu từ Công giáo , Vân nhận ra vì có dùng chữ "Our Lady"