re: Jesus' birth in Matthew and Luke

they went to pay taxes and Christ was born at the time how long did they stay between the time Christ was born and the time they left


which bible u have may i asked i have the e-sword from the http://www.e-sword.net/bibles.htmlwhere you can compare diff. bibles.

Quoting Mrs.Livingston:“ they went to pay taxes and Christ was born at the time how long did they stay between the time Christ ... [snip!] ... bible u have may i asked i have the e-sword from the http://www.e-sword.net/bibles.htmlwhere you can compare diff. bibles.”

Doesn't matter how long they stayed, since Herod died 10 years earlier.

C.

go here http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/jesus/quirinius.htmand scroll down till you see a blue link click it. that is the web address i wanted to post but i can't due to some "href attributes may not contain the javascript: protocol"

Quoting God:“ I've often been told that the Bible contains "no contradictions", and that any that are found are not ... [snip!] ... to be the case? Or, offer some insight as to how one account could be metaphorical and not intended to be taken literally? C.”

Well, there could be several explanations. The Bible could be completely, unquestionably true if say you got your dates that Kind Herod existed in the 7th century from a site that was wrong. The person who said Herod existed at that time can be wrong. I read in science books all the time of them discovering things that put dates back for years sometimes because they find that they were wrong about the time of existence...Like say they were basing his time on a carbon dating...they may be wrong about what they have dated and do more tests and find that, oh itactually existed a century earlier.(was that a clear sentence?) That happens a lot.

Another explanation...Since they didn't write for many years after Jesus' death, maybe theygot something wrong...some date...maybe there was mis-interpretation or even a typo is possible. You never know.

Quoting God:“ I've often been told that the Bible contains "no contradictions", and that any that are found are not ... [snip!] ... to be the case? Or, offer some insight as to how one account could be metaphorical and not intended to be taken literally? C.”

the way i see it is..to err is human..
so of course there is going to be mistakes, and contradictions.

if God personally wrote the bible, the pages would glow or something.. im sure of it.


so i guess what it comes down to is, i cant answer your question..  

Quoting Tid Bit:“ I think that's part of the problem with Christians, most are completely unwilling to answer questions...instead ... [snip!] ... We all have questions, and someone who has never questioned their faith is more delusional than someone who has none. IMO”

 
I could not agree with anything more.

a little off topic but most prophets were born of virgins because the virgins mated with supernatural beings.... or angels that fell prey  to their humanly beauty.

Quoting HollieSpirit:“ a little off topic but most prophets were born of virgins because the virgins mated with supernatural beings.... or angels that fell prey to their humanly beauty.”

Where does it say that in the Bible?

Quoting Mrs. Autaubo:“ Where does it say that in the Bible?”

she isn't speaking biblically.