Did John know about Matthew and Luke and just said, ‘I’m familiar with this, but I’m not going to repeat it. … I’m going to tell you a bunch of new stuff.’ ” In Matthew, Mary and Joseph live in ...
There was a man named Simeon who was “led by the Holy Spirit to come into the temple” at the same time that Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were there. (Luke 2:27) Then he walks up, takes Jesus in his arms ...
However, this is not always the case. St Mary’s Chesham does not have a window depicting the Nativity, although one does represent the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:22-40), another ...
Jesus wasn’t born to impress the world with earthly power, glory or force. He was born without sin to reconcile us to God. Far from being the most exciting thing in the world, Jesus, the Son of God, ...