my question....unless all the stories of the birth of Jesus, the angelic choirs, the wise men, we three kings, the later circumcision of Jesus, his separation from His parents when He was preaching etc. etc. unless all these stories were passed on to the evangalists by either Mary or Joseph, how did they know that they happened....none of them were in Bethlehem when Jesus was born....how did they come to know that He was born in a stable????
No one knows for sure, but there are hints as to what may have happened.
John 19:27 states that the disciple whom Jesus loved took Mary into his home. We also know from Acts 2 that all who believed devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life and that every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area. It is conceivable that Mary and John as well as Matthew and Luke were part of that group and that Mary would have shared with them the events that occurred regarding the conception and birth of Jesus.
Questions for Day 2 on Luke 2
4a. How is the peace announced by the angel (2:14) different from the peace given by Caesar Augustus? (See Jer 33:6; John 14:27; Phil 4:4-7.)
4b. In what practical ways can you be a model of God’s peace in the world today?
5. Why do you suppose God chooses the lowly and unlikely to hear the good news (2:8-20)? (See 7:20-23; Pss9:19; 113:5-8; Zeph 2:12-13; 1 Cor 1:25-27.)
6. Is your response to the gospel message more like that of the shepherds (2:15-16). those they told (2:18) or Mary 2:19)?
Yer kiddin', right???
No one knows for sure, but there are hints as to what may have happened.
Ya think the Holy Spirit may have been aware of it??? How about Jesus, you think he knew??? I know for sure...
Joh_14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Joh 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Joh 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
We're having an online Catholic bible study and no one can figure out how the writers of the scriptures knew about the nativity??? WoW...