圣诞节英语小故事：圣诞节关于耶稣基督出生的故事（中英双语）
according to the bible, the holy book of christians, god decided to allow his only son, jesus christ, to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand god better and learn to love god and each other more. "christmas"- meaning "celebration of christ "- honors the time when jesus was born to a young jewish woman mary.
mary was engaged to be married to joseph, a carpenter, but before they came together, she was found to be with child. because joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. but after he had considered this, an angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "do not be afraid to take mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the holy spirit. she will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
【圣诞节的故事】
耶稣基督出生的故事已经流传了多个世纪，主要根据基督教福音书中的马太福音和路加福音而来。马可福音及约翰福音没有着重记载耶稣的童年生活，路加医师在符类福音（马太、马可、路加）的作者中最严，比较详尽地介绍了耶稣早期的生活细节。
路加描述说，玛丽娅年幼时收到天使加百列的消息，身为处女的她藉由圣灵受孕。当时罗马皇帝奥古斯都有下旨，叫天下人民各归各城人口普查，于是她和丈夫约瑟离开在加利利的拿撒勒城上犹太去,这是居里扭作叙利亚总督之后，头一次报名上册，途中他们经过约瑟祖先大卫生活的伯利恒城，在伯利恒因为在乡村旅店已经没有空房，他们只好寄宿在旅舍外面，玛利亚在那儿的马厩里生下了耶稣，这里的"马厩"根据圣经版本不同而不同，但通常是一个喂食槽或是个畜栏。基督出生在伯利恒，伯利恒是约瑟祖先大卫王的家，这就实现了以色列的预言。后来耶稣家逃到埃及是为了逃避愤怒的大希律王的追杀，因为希律王听说了在伯利恒出生一个新的犹太王。当希律王死后，新的犹太王继位，他并不认识耶稣和他的父母，因此耶稣的生命就没有了威胁，这样耶稣和家人返回了以色列，他们定居在拿撒勒。
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