Jesus Birth In The Bible Mark. 2 in those days caesar augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire roman world. 2 (this was the first census that took place while [] quirinius was governor of syria.() 3 and everyone went to their own town to register4 so joseph also went up from the town of nazareth in galilee to judea, to bethlehem the town of david, because he belonged to the.
The story of jesus’ birth. Like peter’s sermon in chapter 2 of the book of act’s, mark is focused only on the public life, ministry, death and resurrection of jesus. Biblical prophecy about the birth of jesus becomes more specific in isaiah:
God foreshadowed the coming of a savior to rescue israel from their enemies.
To us a son is given.” israel was still about 700 years away from the birth of christ. The shepherds were the first to be notified of jesus’ birth and are an important part of the nativity story. (this was the first census that took place while quirinius was governor of syria.) When his mother mary had been betrothed to joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the holy spirit.