RE: [asa] Re: star/Bethlehem

"...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."

That would be pretty rude of family members making them stay in the stable!!! That's a million times worse than a young kid not giving up his seat for an elderly person on the bus, since they were pregnant.

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of William Hamilton
Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 8:35 AM
To: Jim Armstrong
Cc: ASA
Subject: 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<mailto: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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