It is widely agreed that Jesus was born in a cave used for housing animals. But how realistic are the Renaissance images of Joseph, Mary and the newborn Jesus surrounded by a menagerie of camels, oxen, cows, chickens, pheasants and peacocks? Not very, according to Strange. Since the stable was part of the inn, the only animals likely to be found there would have been donkeys used for travel--and perhaps a few sheep, he said.
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Bethlehem is about six miles south of Jerusalem. It is a pretty reasonable guess that Joseph and Mary traveled past Jerusalem on the way to Bethlehem, as it was in the direct path from Nazareth to Bethlehem, although the biblical account does not specify this. It would be fair to say that Bethlehem and Jerusalem were politically connected at that time, since they were close to one another and they were in the same province of the Roman empire. Nazareth had no connection to Bethlehem at all.
Second, remember that Mary was close to the end of her pregnancy. No doubt they had to travel much more slowly than normal to avoid excessive discomfort for her and risks to the health of both mother and Child.
Given these factors, the one-way trip may have taken a week or ten days, and perhaps much longer.
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