Zvisinei, tsika yokuti Jesu akaberekerwa muBheterehema yakanga yakakurumbira muchechi yokutanga. Munenge muna 155, mufundisi Justin Martyr akakurudzira kuti avo vaipokana kuti Jesu akaberekerwa muBheterehema vaigona kuenda ikoko ndokushanyira bako chairo umo aifanira kunge akaberekerwa. Bako rimwe chetero rinotaurwawo neEvhangeri yeApokirifa yaJakobho uye neyemakore mana munyori wenhoroondo yechechi Eusebius Tamerese. Mushure mekunge Barba (c. 132136 CE) aramba kuti Kristu ave muKristu, mambo wechiKristu akanga ashandurwa kuva muKristu wekare uye Evhangeri yaMako, evhangeri yekutanga, haatauri kuti Jesu akaberekerwa muBheterehema, achingoti chete kuti akabva kuNazareta. Kunyange zvakadaro, tsika yokuti Jesu akaberekerwa muBheterehema yaive yakakurumbira muchechi yekutanga. Munenge muna 396 CE, munyori wenhoroondo Jerome uye dzimwe nyanzvi dzakatsigira kuti mufananidzo uyu wainge wakamboshandurwa kuva mufananidzo wechihedheni wechihedheni waEris Eusebius
chechi