Most of us know the story. Jesus was born in Bethlehem but grew up in Nazareth. Both Matthew and

Luke agree on this, but key details raise questions for scholars. Today, Dr. Bart Erman and I

dive into why gospel writers place Jesus birth in Bethlehem. Was it historical facts or shaped by

theology? Why does Luke have Mary travel 100 miles while pregnant?

And why does Matthew's story send the family fleeing to Egypt? Let's explore.

Welcome to misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman. The only show where a six-time New York Times bestselling author and

world-renowned Bible scholar, uncovers the many fascinating, little-known facts about the New Testament,

the historical Jesus, and the rise of Christianity. I'm your host, Megan Lewis. Let's begin.

Bart, hello, how are you doing today? I'm doing well, thanks. Yep,

Christmas is bearing down upon us. How are you doing? Not prepared. Good, but not prepared.

Which kind of describes my general state of life, to be honest, not prepared. We're doing it in London,

as we normally do with Sarah's family. We are like tied up until we get in the evening of the 23rd, and family's coming to our place.

It's like you're talking about unprepared.

Oh, my God.

We've let everybody know we're unprepared.

We will have just arrived.

There might be suitcases.

Right.

Excellent. Well, today we are going to be talking about specific detail from the Christmas

narratives that is looking at the locations of Nazareth and Bethlehem.

Why was Jesus born in one and then moved to another?

Really, what is going on there?

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