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Why are Matthew’s and Luke’s Nativity accounts so strikingly different?

They agree Jesus was born to a virgin in Bethlehem, and little else

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G.F. Erichsen
Dec 10, 2023
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Nativity scene using figures on Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus, shepherds and wise men.
A nativity scene conflating the accounts of Matthew and Luke. Photo by Al Elmes; licensed by Unsplash.

When we see crèches or other portrayals of the birth of Jesus, we often think of a solitary story beginning with Mary and Joseph being visited by angels and culminating in a stable where the newborn baby is visited by shepherds and magi. But it doesn’t…

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