Comments on: Del.icio.us Links http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/09/delicious-links-19/ Because illogic is a lifestyle choice. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:37:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/09/delicious-links-19/comment-page-1/#comment-6301 RodeoClown Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:25:01 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=223#comment-6301 Interesting thought Graham, I know my grandfather thought that it may well have been the room of a house, rather than of an 'inn' per sé. For those of you too lazy to follow the link, here's Graham's comment: <blockquote> I’ve heard before that the word translated in most English bibles as “the inn” (”She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7) pretty much means “Guest Room” and was used in Greek to describe both a room in a Hotel and the room where guests would stay in your own house. It is likely that Joseph & Mary DID stay with Joseph’s family but, because of the census and hence the number of people that would have been there, they weren’t able to fit in the guest room, so slept in the animal room. (I have also heard that Israeli houses typically had a room in the house where the animals slept.) </blockquote> Interesting thought Graham, I know my grandfather thought that it may well have been the room of a house, rather than of an ‘inn’ per sé.

For those of you too lazy to follow the link, here’s Graham’s comment:

I’ve heard before that the word translated in most English bibles as “the inn” (”She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7) pretty much means “Guest Room” and was used in Greek to describe both a room in a Hotel and the room where guests would stay in your own house.

It is likely that Joseph & Mary DID stay with Joseph’s family but, because of the census and hence the number of people that would have been there, they weren’t able to fit in the guest room, so slept in the animal room. (I have also heard that Israeli houses typically had a room in the house where the animals slept.)

]]> By: Graham Lea http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/09/delicious-links-19/comment-page-1/#comment-6300 Graham Lea Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:12:16 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=223#comment-6300 I've added my totally unverified knowledge on Joseph's housing situation to the original blog. I’ve added my totally unverified knowledge on Joseph’s housing situation to the original blog.

]]> By: RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/09/delicious-links-19/comment-page-1/#comment-6294 RodeoClown Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:06:05 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=223#comment-6294 Yeah, I know - but surely he would have had some second cousins there or someone he could crash with :) Yeah, I know – but surely he would have had some second cousins there or someone he could crash with :)

]]> By: Tracy http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/09/delicious-links-19/comment-page-1/#comment-6293 Tracy Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:41:03 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=223#comment-6293 I like the moon song. Sorry to disagree with the Joseph issue. He was returning to the city of David for a census because he was of the lineage of David. Not because he was born and raised in Bethlehem himself. Luk 2:4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, I like the moon song.

Sorry to disagree with the Joseph issue. He was returning to the city of David for a census because he was of the lineage of David. Not because he was born and raised in Bethlehem himself.

Luk 2:4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

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