On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 16:55:07 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/09/07 15:54, Florian Kulzer wrote:
[...] > > It always struck me as odd that the gospels could not agree on whether > > Josef and Maria had to go Bethlehem for a census or if they had been ^^^^^ ^^^^^ Interesting how I slipped back into childhood there without even noticing... > > living there already. > > Which canon Gospel is that in? Both Matthew and Luke say that the > couple traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Only Luke has the taxation/census story. Matthew states that Jesus was born in Bethlehem without mentioning any preceding journey (Mt 2:1). He has the family settling in Nazareth once they return from Egypt, but it sounds like that is the first time that Joseph comes to that city (Mt 2:22-23). The contradiction is not as clear as I remembered it, though. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]