Introduction to The Hebraic biography of Y'shua

(Euphrates) time in 3 B.C., a

year ago

their country to

avoid Herod

Activity

Y‘shua

Y‘shua was

born in

Bethlehem

on 15 Tishri

3 B.C., the

first day of

the Feast of

Succoth –

Tabernacles

and the

enrollment

took place

Y‘shua‘s

redemption

ceremony

was

completed

in

Jerusalem

and they

went back

to Nazareth

(for a year)

Y‘shua now a

―young child‖, a

piadion, toddler

(verse 9) with

his family once

again back in

Bethlehem for

the Feast of

Succoth

YHWH warned

Yoseph and

Miriam later in

the night

through an

angel to flee

the same night

to Egypt

Y‘shua and

family on

their way

to Egypt

Let us now carefully look at Matt 2:1-3 again without attempting to read ―things‖ into the verse, which are not
factual:

―Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came
wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen
his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with him‖. (Matt 2:1-3)

Strongs number 2250 describes the word ―days‖ and one of the meanings is: ―a period (always defines more
or less clearly by the context), time or years‖. Let‘s read the verse again this time in the right contexts:

―Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days^2250 (period, time or years) of Herod the
king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the
Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard
these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him‖. (Matt 2:1-3)

This all happened during Herod‘s ―period of reign‖ and a journey from the east could not have happened ―in
one day‖.

―Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days (period, time or years) of Herod the king,
behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?
for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these
things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him‖. (Matt 2:1-3)

Other Bibles give a more accurate translation, such as the New Living Translation and the New Revised
Standard Version.

―Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time
some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, "Where is the newborn king of the Jews?
We have seen his star as it arose, and we have come to worship him‖. Herod was deeply disturbed by
their question, as was all of Jerusalem. (Matt 2:1-3 NLT)
―In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came
to Jerusalem, asking, "Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at
its rising, and have come to pay him homage‖. When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all
Jerusalem with him‖. (Matt 2:1-3 NRSV)

They saw the star in 3 B.C. from their own country (probably Babylon) in the east for the first time. This is the
day when Y‘shua‘s was born. It took them ±one year to travel to Jerusalem and then eventually they arrived
in Jerusalem in 2 B.C., just before the Succoth feast of that year started.

As said earlier, Luke gives us great insight that Yoseph and Miriam first went back to their home in Nazareth,
immediately after Y‘shua‘s birth when they completed all the Torah requirements in Jerusalem, and not to
Egypt. This proves that a time lapsed before they returned the next year for the feasts.

(39) ―And when they (Yoseph and Miriam) had performed all things according to the law of the Lord
(Torah requirements during Y‘shua‘s birth), they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
(40) And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon
him.