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Bethlehem Luke 2:4 Excerpt The great importance of Bethlehem for Christ ians throughout the centuries is that the Gospels record the birth of Jesus as having taken place there, in fulfillment of a prophecy of Micah ( Mic.   5:2 ; Matt.   2 ; Luke   2 ; John  7:42 ). The traditional site of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid ( Luke   2:7 ) is a cave under the great Church of the Nativity, the place of the manger being marked by a star with the Latin inscription  Hic De Virgine Maria Jesus Christus Natus Est ,   ‘Here Jesus Christ Was Born of the Virgin Mary.’ A bitter dispute between the Orthodox and Roman Catholics about this star (1847-53) was one of the causes of the Crimean War (1853-56). The tombs of Jerome (d. 420) and his friends Paula (d. 404) and Eusebius of Cremona (d. ca. 423) are in neighboring grottoes.  More Achtemeier, Paul J., Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature.  Harper’s Bible dicti...

Bethlehem Luke 2:4 Excerpt The great importance of Bethlehem for Christians throughout the centuries is that the Gospels record the birth of Jesus as having taken place there, in fulfillment of a prophecy of Micah (Mic.  5:2 ; Matt.  2 ; Luke  2 ; John  7:42 ). The traditional site of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid (Luke  2:7 ) is a cave under the great Church of the Nativity, the place of the manger being marked by a star with the Latin inscription  Hic De Virgine Maria Jesus Christus Natus Est,  ‘Here Jesus Christ Was Born of the Virgin Mary.’ A bitter dispute between the Orthodox and Roman Catholics about this star (1847-53) was one of the causes of the Crimean War (1853-56). The tombs of Jerome (d. 420) and his friends Paula (d. 404) and Eusebius of Cremona (d. ca. 423) are in neighboring grottoes.  Achtemeier, Paul J., Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature. Harper’s Bible dictionary  1985 : 107. ...

Bethlehem, Ephratha, Rama—Medeba Map ‎Here, “Bethlehem” appears in Greek (top center) on the Medeba (Madaba) Map. Below that is “Ephratha,” the region that included Bethlehem ( Mic 5:2 ). To Ephratha’s right, the Greek says “Rama, a voice in Rama was heard.” Rama sits about five miles (eight km) north of Jerusalem, off this picture’s left edge. The mosaicist-cartographer refers to Jeremiah 31:15 , fulfilled by Herod’s infanticide around Bethlehem ( Matt 2:16–18 ). Jeremiah himself was remembering Rachel’s death in Rama, during childbirth, while traveling to Bethlehem. In his and Matthew’s minds, the two towns, many miles apart, were linked. ‎ Gen 35:16 , Gen. 35:19 , 1 Chr 4:4 , Jer 31:15 , Mic 5:2 , Matt 2:1–8 , Matt. 2:16–18 ‎Image by Jean Housen, from Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Bethlehem Luke 2:4 Excerpt ‎The great importance of Bethlehem for Christ ians throughout the centuries is that the Gospels record the birth of Jesus as having taken place there, in fulfillment of a prophecy of Micah ( Mic. 5:2 ; Matt. 2 ; Luke 2 ; John 7:42 ). The traditional site of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid ( Luke 2:7 ) is a cave under the great Church of the Nativity , the place of the manger being marked by a star with the Latin inscription Hic De Virgine Maria Jesus Christus Natus Est , ‘Here Jesus Christ Was Born of the Virgin Mary.’ A bitter dispute between the Orthodox and Roman Catholics about this star (1847-53) was one of the causes of the Crimean War (1853-56). The tombs of Jerome (d. 420) and his friends Paula (d. 404) and Eusebius of Cremona (d. ca. 423) are in neighboring grottoes.   Achtemeier, Paul J., Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature . Harper’s Bible dictionary 1985 : 107. Print.

Bethlehem Luke 2:4 Excerpt ‎The great importance of Bethlehem for Christ ians throughout the centuries is that the Gospels record the birth of Jesus as having taken place there, in fulfillment of a prophecy of Micah ( Mic. 5:2 ; Matt. 2 ; Luke 2 ; John 7:42 ).  The traditional site of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid ( Luke 2:7 ) is a cave under the great Church of the Nativity , the place of the manger being marked by a star with the Latin inscription Hic De Virgine Maria Jesus Christus Natus Est, ‘ Here Jesus Christ Was Born of the Virgin Mary.’ A bitter dispute between the Orthodox and Roman Catholics about this star (1847-53) was one of the causes of the Crimean War (1853-56).  The tombs of Jerome (d. 420) and his friends Paula (d. 404) and Eusebius of Cremona (d. ca. 423) are in neighboring grottoes.   Achtemeier, Paul J., Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature. Harper’s Bible dictionary 1985 : 107. Print. ...