Does Jesus' Childhood Make Sense? Matthew Luke Infancy Narratives | The Jimmy Akin Podcast

The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 065 (December 17, 2025) Everyone’s Christmas nativity scene is wrong! And skeptics use this to argue that Matthew and Luke contradict each other. In this blockbuster episode, Jimmy Akin takes Bart Ehrman’s challenge head-on: he lines up every event in Matthew’s and Luke’s infancy narratives side-by-side and weaves them into one jaw-droppingly coherent timeline—with NO contradictions. Shepherds, Magi, Egypt, Nazareth, census, star… it all fits perfectly! Discover the real movements of the Holy Family you’ve never heard before and why the classic “barn + three kings on the same night” isn’t correct. Mind-blowing biblical detective work that will change how you see Christmas forever! Timecodes 00:00 – Coming Up 00:18 – Intro 00:40 – 1 Introduction 05:08 – 2 Partial Accounts 06:53 – 3 Matthew’s Approach and Luke’s Approach 08:07 – 4 Integrating the Infancy Narratives 21:13 – 5 More on the Return to Nazareth 27:40 – 6 Why More Likely? 31:06 – 7 Conclusion 35:05 – Closing/Outro 36:01 – End