Jesus and Britian

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Britons who don’t know where Jesus was born
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent

A survey found 27 per cent of Britons aged 18 and over were unable to identify Bethlehem as Jesus’s birth place, while the figure rose to 36 per cent of people aged between 18 and 24.

One in ten of those questioned thought the answer was Nazareth and a similar number said Jerusalem.

The poll also found that more than one in four people - 27 per cent - were unaware that an angel told Mary that she would give birth to a son, with some saying she was informed by the shepherds.

Most people surveyed believed that Joseph, Mary and Jesus fled to Nazareth rather than Egypt when they escaped from King Herod, and a few even said the holy family’s destination was Rome.

The survey also revealed that just over half did not know that John the Baptist was Jesus’s cousin . . .

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