On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Shannon McSheffrey wrote:
> that Mary got pregnant, is exactly 9 months before Christmas. Do the Welsh
> think that Jesus was a 6-month premie (sp?)? ;)
There is a Jewish tradition that states that all prophets are born after a
period of only seven months pregnancy. But seven is not six.
Our son was born after eight, so I guess he doesn'r quite make it to be a
prophet either ...
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