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Was Jesus really born in a stable?

No.

At least not in the New Testament. The theory that Jesus was born in a barn is an assumption that arose from a single phrase from the Gospel of Luke: "The baby was lying in the cattle trough."

Likewise, no authoritative biblical source mentions the presence of animals at Christmas time. Of course, we are all very familiar with the scene in the manger that we see in churches and schools every Christmas Eve, but in fact, 1000 years have passed since the birth of Jesus before this "biblical" image was invented.

It is believed that the first person to set up a Christmas manger was Saint Francis of Assisi. On Christmas Eve 1223, in a cave on the hills above Greccio (Italy), he placed an armful of hay on a flat stone (which can still be seen today), placed a baby on top and added carved figures of an ox and a donkey (but without Joseph, Mary, wise men, shepherds, angels and lobsters).

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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In 1943, Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan invented the scuba gear. He allowed to discover the secrets of the underwater world. With this equipment, the diver could stay underwater for a long time. The supply of air, compressed under pressure, is contained in cylinders that are mounted on the back of the swimmer.

Breathing in an underwater swimmer is as natural as on the surface. The regulator mounted on the cylinder supplies air at the same pressure as at the depth at which the scuba diver is. There is a valve for this. The only thing a diver has to do to get oxygen is to take a breath. Scuba will give him a portion of air under the necessary pressure, depending on how deep he is. After the invention of scuba diving, scuba diving has spread widely throughout the world.

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