1) What is the first verse indicating Jesus’ date of birth?

Question

What is the first verse indicating Jesus’ date of birth? What is its importance?

Answer

Ezra 7: 8-10.

8 He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

9 For on the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him.

10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. (Ezra 7: 8-10)

Fifth month in Nisan Calendar is Av.

Month	Hebrew	Transliteration
1	נִיסָן	Nīsān
2	אִיָּר / אייר	ʼIyyār
3	סִיוָן / סיוון	Sīwān
4	תַּמּוּז	Tammūz
5	אָב	ʼĀḇ
6	אֱלוּל	ʼĔlūl
7	תִּשׁרִי	Tišrī
8	מַרְחֶשְׁוָן / מרחשוון	Marħešwān
9	כִּסְלֵו / כסליו	Kislēw
10	טֵבֵת	Ṭēḇēṯ
11	שְׁבָט	Šəḇāṭ
12	אֲדָר א׳
12	אֲדָר / אֲדָר ב׳	ʼĂḏār

This verse indicates that the course of priests referred to in Luke 1: 5 began at Av, although it does not mention the date. It, then, refutes an assumption that the course began at Nisan.

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