I get that Jesus was born about six month after John, but I don’t get where John was born about Passover time. Help me out here.
By the Roman calendar, June 24 is the 8th day before the Kalends of July, and December 25 is the 8th day before the Kalends of January.
I don't think there is anything in the New Testament that indicates the time of year that John the Baptist was born, or it would have been used to fix the feastdays.
St. John's, Newfoundland, is so called because John Cabot discovered it on June 24, 1497.
>> “I get that Jesus was born about six month after John, but I don’t get where John was born about Passover time. Help me out here.” <<
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John was not born at Passover.
The scripture says that John was conceived after his father returned home after serving his course in the temple, the course of Abia.
Add nine months to that course, and you get his birth. six months later, at Sukkot, Yeshua was born.
Luke 1 tells us.
18 And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.” 19 And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. 20 And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.” 21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in the temple. 22 And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them and remained mute. 23 And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home.
Lets go back to 1 Chronicles 24 when David was organizing the priests and when they would serve in the temple.
7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
Luke tells us
5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.
So...We know that Zachariah was of the lineage of Abijah, and that Abijah served in the temple the eigth term or cycle. Serving cycles in the temple began on the first Sabbath of Nisan. Passover and Shavu'ot require ALL priests to serve, so Abijah and John would have served the 10th Sabbath from Nisan. (8+2=10)
The Jewish calendar floats on our calendar, so Nisan 1 was March 31 this year. 10 weeks later (this year) would be the second week of June.
Luke then goes on to tell us
21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in the temple. 22 And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he kept making signs to them and remained mute. 23 And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home. 24 After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying, 25 “Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”
We are not given an exact time frame, but reading the Word, one would believe that John and Elizabeth "got busy" right after his serving duties.
The rest of Luke 1 spells out the other 6 months.