{"id":20938,"date":"2024-11-29T21:04:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20938"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:15:30","slug":"star-of-bethlehem-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/star-of-bethlehem-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Wat was de ster van Bethlehem en wat betekent deze?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Nobody knows what the Star of Bethlehem was. Only Matthew tells of it: wise men saw &quot;his star in the east,&quot; followed it to Bethlehem, and watched it stop over &quot;where the young child was&quot; (Matthew 2:2, 9). Astronomers suggest a meeting of planets, a comet or a new star; many Christians see a light God sent for this purpose. Every explanation has to meet that last detail. Stars and planets cross the sky from east to west every night,\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>Nobody knows what the Star of Bethlehem was: a conjunction, a comet or a sign from God. Christians see in it Christ&#039;s light for every nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-history","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00060.webp?fit=900%2C675&ssl=1","mfb_acf":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113090,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20938\/revisions\/113090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20938"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=20938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}