Faith & Reason Nexus

5 B.C.

• Announcement to Zacharias (Luke 1:5-25)

6 months later

• Announcement to Mary (Luke 1:26-38)
• Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-56)

3 months later

• Mary’s Return to Nazareth (Luke 1:56)
• Announcement to Joseph (Matthew 1:18-24)

4 B.C.

• Birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:57-80)
• Birth of Jesus (Matthew 1:25, Luke 2:1-7)
• Announcement to Shepherds (Luke 2:8-20)
• 8 days later: Jesus’ Circumcision (Luke 2:21)
• 32 days later: Jesus’ Presentation in the Temple (Luke 2:22-28)

3 B.C.

• Visit of the Wise Men (Matthew 2:1-12)
• Flight to Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15)
• Herod’s Slaughter of the Children (Matthew 2:16-18)

2 B.C.

• Return to Nazareth (Matthew 2:19-23)

“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” – Luke 2:7