JESUS' birth took place in Bethlehem because of the census decreed by Caesar Augustus.
Since Joseph was from the house and family of David, he together with Mary, went to register in Bethlehem, the hometown of David.
Jesus was born around this time, as reported in the Gospel of Luke, and laid in a manger because there was no place for them in the inn (Lk 2:1–7). Christian writers reported the b...
