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If Mary in advanced pregnancy had to travel to Bethlehem from Nazareth it makes sense that she would have gone to nearby Bethlehem of Galilee and not the distant Bethlehem of Judea.
However the Christian church wished to link Jesus to King David of Bethlehem in Judea and so probably rewrote history.
Jesus is clearly identified in the Gospels as coming from Galilee where he was active for most of his life.
According to the geneology of the Christ, we know that Joseph was a decendant of Judah, not Zebulun. Jews were ordered to return to each person's town of ancestry during the census. When Joseph and Mary traveled for this purpose, they surely would have gone to the Bethlehem in Judea. This is both prophesy and history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.209.185.59 (talk) 01:46, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting this article makes no reference to Bethlehem Ephrathah (from Micah 5:2, or Genesis 48:7, etc.) of which there is still a settlement called Ephrat near Bethlehem in Judah. Just because Joseph was working, and Mary living in Nazareth near what we know today as Bethlehem of Galilee, does not somehow prove they remained in Galilee instead of going to Joseph's birthplace Bethlehem Ephrath in Judah, during the census. People also tend to go where the work is found which would better explain Joseph in Nazareth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.67.33.21 (talk) 20:55, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
