45 Bible Verses about Jesus Birth
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The birth of Jesus Christ took place as follows:--His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but, before the marriage took place, she found herself to be with child by the power of the Holy Spirit.
And she gave birth to her first child, a son. And because there was no room for them in the inn, she swathed him round and laid him in a manger.
This day there has been born to you, in the town of David, a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.
Jacob of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, who is called 'Christ'.
After the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the reign of King Herod, some Astrologers from the East arrived in Jerusalem, asking:
He made Mary his wife, but did not live with her as her husband until after the birth of her son; and to this son he gave the name Jesus.
He shall be to you a joy and a delight; and many shall rejoice over his birth.
"Where is the new-born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and have come to do homage to him."
To be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was about to become a mother.
This is the way by which to know the inspiration of God--All inspiration that acknowledges Jesus Christ as come in our human nature is from God;
Is not it said in Scripture that it is of the race of David, and from Bethlehem, the village to which David belonged, that the Christ is to come?"
"Have no fear," the angel said. "For I bring you good news of a great joy in store for all the nation.
All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.
"The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.'
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has received the new Life from God; and every one who loves him who gave that Life loves him who has received it.
When the angel spoke again: "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
So the whole number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen; from David to the Exile to Babylon fourteen; and from the Exile to Babylon to the Christ fourteen.
Concerning his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord; who, as to his human nature, was descended from David,
"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
And now, you shall be with child and give birth to a son, and you shall give him the name Jesus.
In that same country-side were shepherds out in the open fields, watching their flocks that night,
For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.
She shall give birth to a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Some men, it is true, have from birth been disabled for marriage, while others have been disabled by their fellow men, and others again have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."
A week later they met to circumcise the child, and were about to call him 'Zechariah' after his father,
"How can a man," asked Nicodemus, "be born when he is old? Can he be born a second time?"
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not die until he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Eight days after the birth of the child, when it was time to circumcise him, he received the name Jesus--the name given him by the angel before his conception.
When Herod found that he had been trifled with by the Astrologers, he was very angry. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and the whole of that neighborhood, who were two years old or under, guided by the date which he had ascertained from the Astrologers.
It was from this man's descendants that God, in accordance with his promise, gave Israel a Savior--Jesus;
Among others Joseph went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem, the town of David, in Judea--because he belonged to the family and house of David--
When the period of purification of mother and child, enjoined by the Law of Moses, came to an end, his parents took the child up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord,
'Behold! the virgin shall be with child and shall give birth to a son, And they will give him the name Immanuel'--a word which means 'God is with us.'
But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law--
You for whom I am again enduring a mother's pains, till a likeness to Christ shall have been formed in you.
since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God.
