Re: [asa] Re: star/Bethlehem

Have any of you heard the following:

The word translated "Inn" in Luke is kataluma, which means guest chamber as
well as inn. James Martin, a missionary in Israel who presented a seminar I
attended a number of years ago theorizes that Jospeh (or his family) owned a
house in Bethlehem, and many family members were staying there for the
census. By the time Mary and Joseph arrived the guest room was full, so they
stayed in the stable below the house.

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Jim Armstrong <jarmstro99@q.com> wrote:

> I mentioned this discussion to my wife, including the matter of locating
> the inn, and including the (maybe) 250 dwellings that would have to be
> sorted through to find the right place, not (I said) too formidable task.
> She smiled and said, "But they were men. And wouldn't ask for directions!
> That's the true miracle, ...that they found it at all!" :-)
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