De omvang van Bethlehem: hoe groot was het toen Jezus werd geboren?

What was the population of Bethlehem when Jesus was born? According to the historical records we have, Bethlehem was a relatively small town in Judea, with an estimated population of only around 1,000 people at the time of Jesus’ nativity.(Taylor, 2019) This quaint village, nestled in the rolling hills just a few miles south of the great city of Jerusalem, was hardly a place one would expect the long-awaited Messiah to be born. And yet, it was in this tiny…