I'm tired of people applying 21st Century standards to Jesus birth
place
Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem.
Luke 2:7
"While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born. 7And
she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling
cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them
in the inn."
A manger in a stable might not be a good place to have a baby
today, but 2,000 years ago a stable was probably the best
place for a visitor to Bethlehem to have her first baby.
There are two suggested definitions for what "inn"
means. One type "inn" had a large common room in which people
slept on the floor .I've forgotten the name of
.the preacher who pointed out that offering Mary room in
a stable would have provided her with privacy for her truly blessed
event she wouldn’t have had in a large common room.
The alternate "inn" was a guest room in a private home. Some
believe the owner rejected Joseph and Mary because they
weren’t married. It seems more likely Joseph, to
protect Mary's honor , told people they were married and
he was the father.
Most guest room owners probably had a policy of not offering a room
to those with young children or women about to give
birth. New babies would be undesirable in either type
"inn" because of their crying.
Most people think of Luke as if it said "because there was no
room --- in the inn." instead of '" because there was no room
for them in the inn." The inn might have had room
for someone other than Joseph and Mary.
Biblehub.com points out the stable would have been empty
and clean because the animals were in the fields Mary had
privacy and didn’t have to worry that people would complain
when her baby cried.
The stable, unlike the inns, had ample room for the shepherds who
came to Jesus birthday party. The shepherds assured Mary people
wanted her baby even if "inn-keepers" had rejected
her because of the baby.
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