#12501 Was Jesus Born in a Barn? – Christmas Myths - Steve Ray
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🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Was Jesus born in a barn?” This question leads to a discussion about the circumstances of Christ’s birth, including the uncertainty surrounding the exact location. Other topics include the number of wise men mentioned in St. Matthew, the implications of December 25th for the nativity, and the significance of lambs wrapped in swaddling bands as a symbol of Jesus as the Lamb of God.
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Questions Covered:
- 04:00 – Jesus was born in a barn?
- 10:00 – We really have no idea where Jesus was born
- 14:45 – There were exactly three wise men in St. Matthew
- 17:00 – Can’t be Dec 25 because it is winter and no sheep are in the fields.
- 18:43 – We shouldn’t celebrate Christmas because it is based on a pagan festival.
- 22:36 – Pagans have denied the virgin birth — claiming Jesus was an illegitimate birth.
- 29:15 – Lambs were wrapped in swaddling bands — thus pointing to Jesus as the Lamb of God
- 33:30 – Angels were all hovering in the air above the Shepherds
- 36:42 – Did St. Francis get the idea of the Christmas nativity scene from German?
- 41:58 – Was the virgin birth actually in a house?
- 46:02 – Was Jesus already named Jesus prior to being born?
- 48:08 – How do we respond to the claim that Mary was not a virgin and was forced upon by a Roman soldier?
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| 0:30.4 | I'm Sykeld, your host, and it's getting almost to the Christmas season, Advent season. |
| 0:36.0 | We had the pink. |
| 0:37.3 | Is it pink? I don't know if it's right to say pink. |
| 0:39.2 | Is it pink, Darren, that they wore, that the priest wore on, on, was, oh, it's rose. I'm sorry, |
| 0:44.4 | it's rose. Okay, it's rose. That makes them feel better about it. But that means we're getting |
| 0:50.7 | close here. And so let's have a little bit of a Christmas show this hour. Perfect if you're riding in the car or getting off school and we're going to debunk some of the myths about Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. And who better to do that with than Steve Ray? Always you can find out all about Steve Ray, |
| 1:11.6 | everything we discuss over at Catholiccombert.com. He takes people to the Holy Land. He was just |
| 1:16.7 | telling me he's heading back to the Holy Land in just a few short days. But also he's done |
| 1:22.9 | magnificent book writing and production of media. If you want to know, if you want media on |
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| 1:34.6 | happen. Steve, Ray, welcome. Well, thank you very much. Always good to be here with you, |
| 1:39.3 | Cy. You're talking about pink, our pink vestments for Christmas on this last week our priest is a black belt |
| 1:48.1 | and karate and he'll say don't even think of calling this pink this is this is rose but you know what |
| 1:55.2 | they say like pink didn't it didn't become a feminine color until the 20th century that before before that, it wasn't thought of as very feminine, but whatever. |
| 2:04.7 | It's all right. |
| 2:05.1 | So, sorry, Father, especially if you have a black belt. |
| 2:07.4 | It's Rose that you were wearing. |
| 2:10.2 | Steve, we have one of the reasons I really like doing these myths debunk shows with you, I'm just going to tell you right up front is I feel like kids listen, and then they're a little bit protected against some of the nonsense they're going to get. |
| 2:25.3 | Because there's a lot of nonsense about Jesus and about the Holy Family and about, and if you're a little bit, if you have a slight little bit of |
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