{"id":20937,"date":"2024-11-27T13:04:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20937"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:20:43","slug":"jesus-birth-nazareth-bethlehem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/jesus-birth-nazareth-bethlehem\/","title":{"rendered":"Waar werd Jezus geboren? Bethlehem, en Hij groeide op in Nazareth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth. Both Gospels that tell of his birth, Matthew and Luke, place it in Bethlehem, King David&#039;s town in Judea. Nazareth, a village in Galilee, was his home for most of his life, so people knew him as Jesus of Nazareth, and the name stayed with him. The name puzzled people from the start. Philip found his friend Nathanael and told him they had found the one &quot;of whom Moses in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Matthew and Luke agree, and grew up in Nazareth, so he was called Jesus of Nazareth. What the Gospels say and why some doubt it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11620,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/meaning-of-philip-in-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":20937,"position":0},"title":"Philip Is in the Bible \u2014 Twice, and Both Said &#8220;Come and See&#8221;","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"december 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Philip means \"friend of horses\" and is in the Bible twice. 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