In these days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census
should be taken of all the world. The census first took place when
Quirinius was governor of Syria; and everyone went to enroll himself,
each man to his own town. So Joseph went up from Galilee, from the
town of Nazareth, to Judaea,... [ Continue Reading ]
JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM (Luke 2:1-7)... [ Continue Reading ]
In this country there were shepherds who were in the fields, keeping
watch over their flock by night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were much
afraid. The angel said to them. "Do not be afraid; for--look you--I am
bringing you good new... [ Continue Reading ]
When the eight days necessarily prior to circumcision had elapsed, he
was called by the name of Jesus, the name by which he had been called
by the angel before he had been conceived in the womb. When the time
which, according to the law of Moses, must precede the ceremony of
purification had elapsed... [ Continue Reading ]
Now--look you--there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon. This man
was good and pious. He was waiting for the comforting of Israel and
the Holy Spirit was upon him. He had received a message from the Holy
Spirit that he would not see death until he had seen the Lord's
Anointed One. So he came in th... [ Continue Reading ]
There was a prophetess called Anna. She was the daughter of Phanuel
and she belonged to the tribe of Asher. She was far advanced in years.
She had lived with her husband ever since seven years after she came
to womanhood; and now she was a widow of eighty-four years of age. She
never left the Temple... [ Continue Reading ]
Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the
Passover. When he was twelve years of age, they went up according to
the custom of the feast, and when they had completed the days of the
feast and returned home, the child Jesus stayed on in Jerusalem. His
parents were not aware of... [ Continue Reading ]