作为基督徒的圣诞节36 篇文章

耶稣为何出生在伯利恒?弥迦的预言与大卫之城



  • 耶稣出生在伯利恒,因为那是大卫王的家乡,先知弥迦也曾指明它是以色列统治者的出生地:“伯利恒以法他啊……必有一位从你那里出来,在以色列中为我作掌权的”(弥迦书 5:2)。
  • 路加记载,凯撒奥古斯都下令进行人口普查,使约瑟从拿撒勒前往伯利恒,“因为他本是大卫一族的人”(路加福音 2:4)。
  • 当撒母耳膏立大卫时,大卫正在伯利恒为他父亲放羊,神对他说:“你必牧养我的民以色列”(撒母耳记下 5:2);马太福音 2:6 将这句话与弥迦的预言联系了起来。
  • 弥迦是在公元前八世纪,即犹大王约坦、亚哈斯和希西家在位时,也就是以赛亚的时代进行预言的。
  • 犹太传统也将弥迦书 5:2(希伯来圣经中为 5:1)解读为对弥赛亚的应许:亚兰语塔古姆译本将“弥赛亚”一词放入经文中,拉希则将其解释为“大卫之子弥赛亚”。
  • 伯利恒在希伯来语中意为“粮食之家”,基督徒从这个名字中看到了耶稣的标志,他称自己为“神的粮”,是“赐生命给世界”的(约翰福音 6:33)。

Jesus was born in Bethlehem because it was David’s home town, and the ruler God promised was to come from there. The prophet Micah had named the town (Micah 5:2), and Luke tells how it came about: a Roman census sent Joseph there “because he was of the house and lineage of David” (Luke 2:4). Bethlehem was a shepherds’ town before it was a king’s. David was out with his father’s sheep there when the prophet Samuel came to anoint…

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