• Some traditions about Jesus’ birth are wrong
    • Born in stable?
    • Three wise men?
    • Wise men to stable?
    • December 25th or September/October?
  • No special religious significance to Jesus’ birth
  • The story of Jesus’ birth (Luke 1:
    • Zacharias and Elizabeth
    • Their son John
    • John would “Prepare the way of the Lord”
    • Mary speaks to Gabriel
  • Luke 2
    • Bethlehem to register
    • Encounter with Simeon and Anna at the temple