4/29/2023 0 Comments Birth of christ video shorts![]() The word kataluma is also used in Luke 22. The Guest Chamber?ġst Century Jewish Home: Upper Room Guest Chamber Lower Level for Sheltering Animals Suggesting an innkeeper is actually adding to what the biblical text says. We can agree that the innkeeper is theatrical license. The innkeeper is an addition, often portrayed in nativity plays. We should also note that there is no mention of Mary and Joseph being turned-away by an innkeeper in the biblical narrative. It does not speak of lodging in a public place or of paid accommodations. It is a place of rest, lodging, or guest quarters. This clearly tells us that the meaning of the word kataluma, used in Luke 2. to halt for the night:–destroy, dissolve, be guest, lodge, come to nought, overthrow, throw down. Kataluo: to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e. (by impl.) a lodging-place:–guestchamber, inn. a dissolution (breaking up of a journey, i.e. Kataluma is defined by Strong’s Dictionary as:įrom G2647 prop. We assume that the English word “inn” used in Luke 2:7 refers to paid lodging, but could it refer to something else? Could it be the home of a relative? The English word “inn” is a translation from the Greek word kataluma. Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn. The Inn?īut what about Luke 2:7? That verse says they went to an inn not the home of a relative. Therefore, if they went to the home of a relative, it could have already been filled with other relatives who were also there to comply with the census. We should also consider that their travel to Bethlehem was likely to have very been slow because of Mary’s condition - almost full term pregnant. Reasoning would suggest that Joseph and Mary might have sought lodging with a relative in Bethlehem. The Bible does not give any indication where they might have lodged, only that they were turned away from an inn because there was no room. This would have been quite a hardship for Mary and Joseph - physically for Mary because of her pregnancy and financially for Joseph because they had little money. The Bible tells that Joseph took his betrothed wife Mary and traveled to Bethlehem, the city of their father David, to comply with the census that was required by Caesar Augustus (Luke 2:1). A House?Īnother very credible and insightful theory, but one that is not as widely circulated, is that Jesus was born in the lower level of a house. ![]() It only tells that Jesus was laid in a manger, a phatne, a crib for fodder or a stall. Again, the Bible does not tell what type of building sheltered Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. There are historical records to suggest that during the first-century animals were also kept in caves. While traditionally Jesus’ birthplace is said to be a stable, many think that Jesus might have been born in a cave. However, the Bible does not tell us that there were animals or that His birth took place in a stable. Since Jesus was “laid in a manger” (Luke 2:7) it is likely that there were animals nearby, as nativity scenes always depict. Therefore, nativity scenes that depict a baby in a straw-laden feeding trough are mostly biblically accurate (during that time feed troughs were made of stone, not wood). A Stable or a Cave?Ī manger (phatne) was a type of feed trough for animals. Phatne, fat’-nay from pateomai (to eat) a crib (for fodder):–manger, stall. The Greek word for manger is phatne and The Strong’s Dictionary defines it as: Luke 2:7, 12 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger… And this shall be a sign unto you Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. That claim is based on the fact that, at His birth, Jesus was laid in a manger. Tradition tells us that Jesus was born in a stable. ![]() ![]() However, we can reason through this, using the Bible, and we can consider where Jesus might have been born. We can’t be certain because the Bible does not specifically answer this question. ![]() Was Jesus born in a stable? Or could it have been a cave? Or a house? The easy answer to this is, we do not know. ![]()
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