WHEN WAS JESUS CONCEIVED?

And then Born?
 

Is it possible we've been deceived by many religions? 

 

For what purpose?

 

Are you seeking after Bible truths? If you are, dear English reader and speaker; open your King James Version -  KJV Bible. Why the KJV Bible? 

Because It was NOT copyrighted AND it is the enduring gift of 1611 from King James of England to English speaking peoples throughout the world AND it's in the public domain AND is therefore NOT subject to the "whims" and mistranslations of "latter day" revisionist religions, pastors, priests and popes.

Let's turn to Luke 1:5 and read together?

[5] There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Understanding that four letter word "Abia" opens the most important truths about the subject of the New Testament, The Son of God and our Lord; Jesus Christ (Emmanuel - God with us).

Can you get a copy of the A.V. (Authorized Version) KJV Companion Bible to read? 

If so good, please turn in the back to Appendix 179, “THE COURSE OF ABIA” where all is explained as follows; (if not please read) and PRAY for understanding?

This was the eighth of the priestly courses of ministration in the Temple (1 Chronicles 24:10), and occurred, as did the others, twice in the year.

The "Courses" were changed every week, beginning each with a Sabbath. (Friday sundown to Saturday sundown.)

The reckoning commenced on the 22nd day of Tisri or Ethanim (see Appendix 51. 5 - The Jewish Months). 

This was the eighth and last day of the Feast of Tabernacles = the "Great Day of the Feast" (John 7:37), and was a Sabbath (Leviticus 23:39). 

The first course fell by lot to Jehoiarib, and the eighth to Abia or Abijah (1 Chronicles 24:10).

Bearing in mind that all the courses served together at the three Great Feasts, the dates for the two yearly "ministrations" of Abia will be seen to fall as follows:

The first ⁹ ministration was from 12-18 Chisleu = December 6-12.

The second ministration was from 12-18 Sivan = June 13-19. 

The announcement therefore to Zacharias in the Temple as to the conception of John the Baptist took place between 12-18 SIVAN (June 13-19), in the year 5 B.C. 

After finishing his "ministration", the aged priest "departed to his own house" (Luke 1:23), which was in a city¹⁰ in "the hill country" of Juda (verse 39). 

The day following the end of the "Course of Abia" being a Sabbath (Sivan 19), he would not be able to leave Jerusalem before the 20th. 

The thirty miles journey would probably occupy, for an old man, a couple of days at least. He would therefore arrive at his house on the 21st or 22nd. 

This leaves ample time for the miraculous "conception" of Elizabeth to take place on or about 23rd of SIVAN ¹¹ - which would correspond to June 23-24 of that year. 

The fact of the conception and its date would necessarily be known at the time and afterwards, and hence the 23rd SIVAN would henceforth be associated with the conception of John Baptist as the 1st TEBETH would be with that of our Lord.

But the same influences that speedily obscured and presently obliterated the real dates of our Lord's "CONCEPTION or Begetting" and Birth, were also at work with regard to those of the Forerunner, and with the same results.

As soon as the true Birth day of Christ had been shifted from its proper date, videlicet: the 15th of Tisri (September 29), and a Festival Day from the Pagan Calendars substituted for it (videlicet: December 25), then everything else had to be altered too.  

Hence "Lady Day" in association with March 25 (new style) became necessarily connected with the Annunciation. 

And June 24 made its appearance, as it still is in our Calendar, as the date of "the Nativity of John the Baptist", instead of, as it really is, the date of his miraculous conception. 

The Four "Quarter Days" may therefore be set forth thus: first in the chronological order of the events with which they are associated, videlicet:

The conception of John Baptist	on or about 23rd SIVAN = June 24	in the year 5 B.C.
The Gennesis (Begetting) of our Lord	on or about 1st TEBETH = December 25	in the year 5 B.C.
The birth of John Baptist	on or about 4th-7th NISAN = March 25-28	in the year 4 B.C.
The birth of our Lord	on or about 15th TISRI = September 29	in the year 4 B.C.

   or, placing the two sets together naturally:-

{The conception of John	23rd SIVAN = June 23-24	in the year 5 B.C.
{The birth of John	7th NISAN = March 28-29	in the year 4 B.C.
{The Miraculous "Begetting"	1st TEBETH = December 25	in the year 5 B.C.
{The NATIVITY	15th TISRI = September 29	in the year 4 B.C.

NOTES

⁹ Reckoning of course from Ethanim or Tisri - the First month of the civil year. The sacred year was six month later, and began on 1st Nisan.

¹⁰ The "city" is not named (possibly Juttah, some 30 miles to the south of Jerusalem).

¹¹ The conception of John Baptist was, in view of Luke 1:7, as miraculous as that of Isaac; but it is not necessary to insist upon the complete period of forty sevens in the case of Elizabeth. Therefore the birth of the Forerunner may have been three or four days short of the full two hundred and eighty days, - as indicated in the above table.