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The Christmas Story from the Bible from the book
of Luke     In the sixth month, God sent the
angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to
a virgin pledged to be married to a man named
Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name
was Mary. The angel went to her and said,
"Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord
is with you."     Mary was greatly troubled at
his words and wondered what kind of greeting this
might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be
afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You
will be with child and give birth to a son, and
you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be
great and will be called the Son of the Most
High. The Lord God will give him the throne of
his father David, and he will reign over the
house of Jacob forever his kingdom will never
end."     "How will this be," Mary asked the
angel, "since I am a virgin?"     The angel
answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow
you. So the holy one to be born will be called
the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is
going to have a child in her old age, and she who
was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For
nothing is impossible with God."     "I am the
Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me
as you have said." Then the angel left her.    
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town
in the hill country of Judea, where she entered
Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. When
Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped
in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed
"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the
child you will bear! But why am I so favored,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As
soon as the sound of your greeting reached my
ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed
is she who has believed that what the Lord has
said to her will be accomplished!"     And Mary
said "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit
rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been
mindful of the humble state of his servant. From
now on all generations will call me blessed, for
the Mighty One has done great things for me--holy
is his name. His mercy extends to those who fear
him, from generation to generation. He has
performed mighty deeds with his arm he has
scattered those who are proud in their inmost
thoughts. He has brought down rulers from their
thrones but has lifted up the humble. He has
filled the hungry with good things but has sent
the rich away empty. He has helped his servant
Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and
his descendants forever, even as he said to our
fathers."     Mary stayed with Elizabeth for
about three months and then returned home.     
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree
that a census should be taken of the entire Roman
world. (This was the first census that took place
while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And
everyone went to his own town to register.    
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth
in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of
David, because he belonged to the house and line
of David. He went there to register with Mary,
who was pledged to be married to him and was
expecting a child. While they were there, the
time came for the baby to be born, and she gave
birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in
cloths and placed him in a manger, because there
was no room for them in the inn.     And there
were shepherds living out in the fields nearby,
keeping watch over their flocks at night. An
angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory
of the Lord shone around them, and they were
terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be
afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that
will be for all the people. Today in the town of
David a Savior has been born to you he is Christ
the Lord. This will be a sign to you You will
find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a
manger."     Suddenly a great company of the
heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising
God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and
on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
    When the angels had left them and gone into
heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's
go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has
happened, which the Lord has told us about."    
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph,
and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When
they had seen him, they spread the word
concerning what had been told them about this
child, and all who heard it were amazed at what
the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up
all these things and pondered them in her heart.
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising
God for all the things they had heard and seen,
which were just as they had been told.     On
the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise
him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had
given him before he had been conceived. When the
time of their purification according to the Law
of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took
him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as
it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every
firstborn male is to be consecrated to the
Lord"), and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with
what is said in the Law of the Lord "a pair of
doves or two young pigeons."     Now there was a
man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous
and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of
Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had
been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he
would not die before he had seen the Lord's
Christ. Moved by the Spirit, he went into the
temple courts. When the parents brought in the
child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the
Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and
praised God, saying "Sovereign Lord, as you have
promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace.
For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you
have prepared in the sight of all people, a light
for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to
your people Israel."     The child's father and
mother marveled at what was said about him. Then
Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother
"This child is destined to cause the falling and
rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that
will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of
many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will
pierce your own soul too."     There was also a
prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the
tribe of Asher. She was very old she had lived
with her husband seven years after her marriage,
and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.
She never left the temple but worshiped night and
day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at
that very moment, she gave thanks to God and
spoke about the child to all who were looking
forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.     When
Joseph and Mary had done everything required by
the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to
their own town of Nazareth. And the child grew
and became strong he was filled with wisdom, and
the grace of God was upon him.         --Luke
126 - 240 New International Version
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The Christmas Story As told by Matthew    
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about
His mother Mary was pledged to be married to
Joseph, but before they came together, she was
found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man
and did not want to expose her to public
disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
    But after he had considered this, an angel
of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
"Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take
Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived
in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give
birth to a son, and you are to give him the name
Jesus, because he will save his people from their
sins."     All this took place to fulfill what
the Lord had said through the prophet "The
virgin will be with child and will give birth to
a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which
means, "God with us."     When Joseph woke up,
he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded
him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no
union with her until she gave birth to a son. And
he gave him the name Jesus.     After Jesus was
born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of
King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem
and asked, "Where is the one who has been born
king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and
have come to worship him."     When King Herod
heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem
with him. When he had called together all the
people's chief priests and teachers of the law,
he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
"In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this
is what the prophet has written "'But you,
Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means
least among the rulers of Judah for out of you
will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my
people Israel.'" Then Herod called the Magi
secretly and found out from them the exact time
the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem
and said, "Go and make a careful search for the
child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so
that I too may go and worship him."     After
they had heard the king, they went on their way,
and the star they had seen in the east went ahead
of them until it stopped over the place where the
child was. When they saw the star, they were
overjoyed.     On coming to the house, they saw
the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed
down and worshiped him. Then they opened their
treasures and presented him with gifts of gold
and of incense and of myrrh. And having been
warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they
returned to their country by another route.    
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared
to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take
the child and his mother and escape to Egypt.
Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going
to search for the child to kill him."     So he
got up, took the child and his mother during the
night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until
the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the
Lord had said through the prophet "Out of Egypt
I called my son."     When Herod realized that
he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was
furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys
in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years
old and under, in accordance with the time he had
learned from the Magi. Then what was said through
the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled "A voice is
heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to
be comforted, because they are no more."    
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared
in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, "Get up,
take the child and his mother and go to the land
of Israel, for those who were trying to take the
child's life are dead."     So he got up, took
the child and his mother and went to the land of
Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was
reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod,
he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in
a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.
So was fulfilled what was said through the
prophets "He will be called a Nazarene."
        --Matthew 118 - 223 New International
Version
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I.     When was Jesus born? A.     Popular myth
puts his birth on December 25th in the year 1
C.E. B.     The New Testament gives no date or
year for Jesus birth.  The earliest gospel St.
Marks, written about 65 CE begins with the
baptism of an adult Jesus.  This suggests that
the earliest Christians lacked interest in or
knowledge of Jesus birthdate. C.     The year of
Jesus birth was determined by Dionysius Exiguus,
a Scythian monk, abbot of a Roman monastery. 
His calculation went as follows a.       In the
Roman, pre-Christian era, years were counted from
ab urbe condita (the founding of the City
Rome).  Thus 1 AUC signifies the year Rome was
founded, 5 AUC signifies the 5th year of Romes
reign, etc. b.     Dionysius received a tradition
that the Roman emperor Augustus reigned 43 years,
and was followed by the emperor
Tiberius. c.       Luke 31,23 indicates that
when Jesus turned 30 years old, it was the 15th
year of Tiberius reign. d.      If Jesus was 30
years old in Tiberius reign, then he lived 15
years under Augustus (placing Jesus birth in
Augustus 28th year of reign). e.       Augustus
took power in 727 AUC.  Therefore, Dionysius put
Jesus birth in 754 AUC. f.        However, Luke
15 places Jesus birth in the days of Herod, and
Herod died in 750 AUC four years before the
year in which Dionysius places Jesus
birth. D.     Joseph A. Fitzmyer Professor
Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the Catholic
University of America, member of the Pontifical
Biblical Commission, and former president of the
Catholic Biblical Association writing in the
Catholic Churchs official commentary on the New
Testament1, writes about the date of Jesus
birth, Though the year of Jesus birth is not
reckoned with certainty, the birth did not occur
in AD 1.  The Christian era, supposed to have its
starting point in the year of Jesus birth, is
based on a miscalculation introduced ca. 533 by
Dionysius Exiguus. E.      The DePascha
Computus, an anonymous document believed to have
been written in North Africa around 243 CE,
placed Jesus birth on March 28.  Clement, a
bishop of Alexandria (d. ca. 215 CE), thought
Jesus was born on November 18.  Based on
historical records, Fitzmyer guesses that Jesus
birth occurred on September 11, 3 BCE.   II.    
How Did Christmas Come to Be Celebrated on
December 25? A.    Roman pagans first introduced
the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of
lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25. 
During this period, Roman courts were closed, and
Roman law dictated that no one could be punished
for damaging property or injuring people during
the weeklong celebration.  The festival began
when Roman authorities chose an enemy of the
Roman people to represent the Lord of
Misrule.  Each Roman community selected a victim
whom they forced to indulge in food and other
physical pleasures throughout the week.  At the
festivals conclusion, December 25th, Roman
authorities believed they were destroying the
forces of darkness by brutally murdering this
innocent man or woman. B.    The ancient Greek
writer poet and historian Lucian (in his dialogue
entitled Saturnalia) describes the festivals
observance in his time.  In addition to human
sacrifice, he mentions these customs widespread
intoxication going from house to house while
singing naked rape and other sexual license and
consuming human-shaped biscuits (still produced
in some English and most German bakeries during
the Christmas season). C.    In the 4th century
CE, Christianity imported the Saturnalia festival
hoping to take the pagan masses in with it. 
Christian leaders succeeded in converting to
Christianity large numbers of pagans by promising
them that they could continue to celebrate the
Saturnalia as Christians.2 D.    The problem
was that there was nothing intrinsically
Christian about Saturnalia. To remedy this, these
Christian leaders named Saturnalias concluding
day, December 25th, to be Jesus
birthday. E.      Christians had little success,
however, refining the practices of Saturnalia. 
As Stephen Nissenbaum, professor history at the
University of Massachussetts, Amherst, writes,
In return for ensuring massive observance of the
anniversary of the Saviors birth by assigning it
to this resonant date, the Church for its part
tacitly agreed to allow the holiday to be
celebrated more or less the way it had always
been.  The earliest Christmas holidays were
celebrated by drinking, sexual indulgence,
singing naked in the streets (a precursor of
modern caroling), etc. F.      The Reverend
Increase Mather of Boston observed in 1687 that
the early Christians who  first observed the
Nativity on December 25 did not do so thinking
that Christ was born in that Month, but because
the Heathens Saturnalia was at that time kept in
Rome, and they were willing to have those Pagan
Holidays metamorphosed into Christian ones.3 
Because of its known pagan origin, Christmas was
banned by the Puritans and its observance was
illegal in Massachusetts between 1659 and
1681.4  However, Christmas was and still is
celebrated by most Christians. G.    Some of the
most depraved customs of the Saturnalia carnival
were intentionally revived by the Catholic Church
in 1466 when Pope Paul II, for the amusement of
his Roman citizens, forced Jews to race naked
through the streets of the city.  An eyewitness
account reports, Before they were to run, the
Jews were richly fed, so as to make the race more
difficult for them and at the same time more
amusing for spectators.  They ran amid Romes
taunting shrieks and peals of laughter, while the
Holy Father stood upon a richly ornamented
balcony and laughed heartily.5 H.     As part
of the Saturnalia carnival throughout the 18th
and 19th centuries CE, rabbis of the ghetto in
Rome were forced to wear clownish outfits and
march through the city streets to the jeers of
the crowd, pelted by a variety of missiles. When
the Jewish community of Rome sent a petition
in1836 to Pope Gregory XVI begging him to stop
the annual Saturnalia abuse of the Jewish
community, he responded, It is not opportune to
make any innovation.6  On December 25, 1881,
Christian leaders whipped the Polish masses into
Antisemitic frenzies that led to riots across the
country.  In Warsaw 12 Jews were brutally
murdered, huge numbers maimed, and many Jewish
women were raped.  Two million rubles worth of
property was destroyed.   III.     The Origins
of Christmas Customs A.     Christmas TreesJust
as early Christians recruited Roman pagans by
associating Christmas with the Saturnalia, so too
worshippers of the Asheira cult and its offshoots
were recruited by the Church sanctioning
Christmas Trees.7  Pagans had long worshipped
trees in the forest, or brought them into their
homes and decorated them, and this observance was
adopted and painted with a Christian veneer by
the Church. B.     MistletoeNorse mythology
recounts how the god Balder was killed using a
mistletoe arrow by his rival god Hoder while
fighting for the female Nanna.  Druid rituals use
mistletoe to poison their human sacrificial
victim.8  The Christian custom of kissing
under the mistletoe is a later synthesis of the
sexual license of Saturnalia with the Druidic
sacrificial cult.9 C.     Christmas PresentsIn
pre-Christian Rome, the emperors compelled their
most despised citizens to bring offerings and
gifts during the Saturnalia (in December) and
Kalends (in January).  Later, this ritual
expanded to include gift-giving among the general
populace.  The Catholic Church gave this custom a
Christian flavor by re-rooting it in the supposed
gift-giving of Saint Nicholas (see
below).10 D.     Santa Claus a.       Nicholas
was born in Parara, Turkey in 270 CE and later
became Bishop of Myra.  He died in 345 CE on
December 6th.  He was only named a saint in the
19th century. b.      Nicholas was among the most
senior bishops who convened the Council of Nicaea
in 325 CE and created the New Testament.  The
text they produced portrayed Jews as the
children of the devil11 who sentenced Jesus to
death. c.       In 1087, a group of sailors who
idolized Nicholas moved his bones from Turkey to
a sanctuary in Bari, Italy.  There Nicholas
supplanted a female boon-giving deity called The
Grandmother, or Pasqua Epiphania, who used to
fill the children's stockings with her gifts. 
The Grandmother was ousted from her shrine at
Bari, which became the center of the Nicholas
cult.  Members of this group gave each other
gifts during a pageant they conducted annually on
the anniversary of Nicholas death, December
6. d.      The Nicholas cult spread north until
it was adopted by German and Celtic pagans. 
These groups worshipped a pantheon led by Woden
their chief god and the father of Thor, Balder,
and Tiw.  Woden had a long, white beard and rode
a horse through the heavens one evening each
Autumn.  When Nicholas merged with Woden, he shed
his Mediterranean appearance, grew a beard,
mounted a flying horse, rescheduled his flight
for December, and donned heavy winter
clothing. e.       In a bid for pagan adherents
in Northern Europe, the Catholic Church adopted
the Nicholas cult and taught that he did (and
they should) distribute gifts on December 25th
instead of December 6th. f.        In 1809, the
novelist Washington Irving (most famous his The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle) wrote
a satire of Dutch culture entitled Knickerbocker
History.  The satire refers several times to the
white bearded, flying-horse riding Saint Nicholas
using his Dutch name, Santa Claus. g.       Dr.
Clement Moore, a professor at Union Seminary,
read Knickerbocker History, and in 1822 he
published a poem based on the character Santa
Claus Twas the night before Christmas, when all
through the house, not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse.  The stockings were hung by the
chimney with care, in the hope that Saint
Nicholas soon would be there  Moore innovated
by portraying a Santa with eight reindeer who
descended through chimneys. h.       The Bavarian
illustrator Thomas Nast almost completed the
modern picture of Santa Claus.  From 1862 through
1886, based on Moores poem, Nast drew more than
2,200 cartoon images of Santa for Harpers
Weekly.  Before Nast, Saint Nicholas had been
pictured as everything from a stern looking
bishop to a gnome-like figure in a frock.  Nast
also gave Santa a home at the North Pole, his
workshop filled with elves, and his list of the
good and bad children of the world.  All Santa
was missing was his red outfit. i.         In
1931, the Coca Cola Corporation contracted the
Swedish commercial artist Haddon Sundblom to
create a coke-drinking Santa.  Sundblom modeled
his Santa on his friend Lou Prentice, chosen for
his cheerful, chubby face.  The corporation
insisted that Santas fur-trimmed suit be bright,
Coca Cola red.  And Santa was born a blend of
Christian crusader, pagan god, and commercial
idol.   IV.     The Christmas Challenge        
Christmas has always been a holiday celebrated
carelessly.  For millennia, pagans, Christians,
and even Jews have been swept away in the
seasons festivities, and very few people ever
pause to consider the celebrations intrinsic
meaning, history, or origins.        Christmas
celebrates the birth of the Christian god who
came to rescue mankind from the curse of the
Torah.  It is a 24-hour declaration that Judaism
is no longer valid.         Christmas is a lie. 
There is no Christian church with a tradition
that Jesus was really born on December
25th.         December 25 is a day on which Jews
have been shamed, tortured, and
murdered.         Many of the most popular
Christmas customs including Christmas trees,
mistletoe, Christmas presents, and Santa Claus
are modern incarnations of the most depraved
pagan rituals ever practiced on earth.   Many who
are excitedly preparing for their Christmas
celebrations would prefer not knowing about the
holidays real significance.  If they do know the
history, they often object that their celebration
has nothing to do with the holidays monstrous
history and meaning.  We are just having
fun. Imagine that between 1933-45, the Nazi
regime celebrated Adolf Hitlers birthday April
20 as a holiday.  Imagine that they named the
day, Hitlerday, and observed the day with
feasting, drunkenness, gift-giving, and various
pagan practices.  Imagine that on that day, Jews
were historically subject to perverse tortures
and abuse, and that this continued for
centuries. Now, imagine that your
great-great-great-grandchildren were about to
celebrate Hitlerday.  April 20th arrived. They
had long forgotten about Auschwitz and Bergen
Belsen.  They had never heard of gas chambers or
death marches.  They had purchased champagne and
caviar, and were about to begin the party, when
someone reminded them of the days real history
and their ancestors agony.  Imagine that they
initially objected, We arent celebrating the
Holocaust were just having a little Hitlerday
party.  If you could travel forward in time and
meet them if you could say a few words to them,
what would you advise them to do on Hitlerday? On
December 25, 1941, Julius Streicher, one of the
most vicious of Hitlers assistants, celebrated
Christmas by penning the following editorial in
his rabidly Antisemitic newspaper, Der
Stuermer If one really wants to put an end to
the continued prospering of this curse from
heaven that is the Jewish blood, there is only
one way to do it to eradicate this people, this
Satans son, root and branch. It was an
appropriate thought for the day.  This Christmas,
how will we celebrate? AUTHOR LAWRENCE KELEMEN
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http//www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/songs.html The
Christmas Story - a play/musical gt for lyrics,
tune and sheet music for the suggested songs,
visit our songs section You can substitute other
songs for the ones I've suggested.  You can have
one child recite each verse of the poem or you
can have one person read the whole thing while
the children sing. My thought was to have 3
groups of children each sing a different song,
dressed in different costumes.  Then have all of
the children join together to sing the final
song. I've added a second song suggestion, in red
in case you have more than three groups of
singers. Once upon a time, A long, long time
ago.Begins the story of a baby,That most of you
should know. His daddy's name was Joseph,And
Mary was His mom,This babe was very special He
was God's only Son. "Mary's Boy Child"  (one
singer can be dressed as Mary holding a baby
doll, one as Joseph and others as various
animals) "What Child is This?" Mary rode a
camel,And Joseph walked along,While angels
watched from afarCelebrating in
song.(JLM)When they arrived in Bethlehem,The
couple was turned away,By keepers of the
innTelling them of no place to stay.(JLM)Now
Joseph- he insistedThat his wife has someplace
to stay,The keeper told him of a stableWith
animals and hay.(JLM) Mary and Josephs journey
endedIn a stable filled with hay,It was there
that Mary gave birth,To our King on this
day.(JLM) Some angels came from heaven,And they
began to sing.To the shepherds in the fields
below,"Glad tidings do we bring!" "Hark the
Herald Angels Sing"  (singers can be dressed as
angels, shepherds and sheep) "The First
Noel" Word of the Kings arrivalSoon spread very
fast,The Angels told ShepherdsThat a Savior was
born at last.(JLM) A bright star lit the
heavens,To light the magi's way,To the baby in
the mangerWho was born on Christmas day. "Away
in a Manger"  (singers can be dressed as the
three kings/magi and as stars (use poster board
cut in a star shape and wear it as a sandwich
board -- decorate the star shape with
garland)) "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
(toddler/preschool aged children dressed as
stars) And all who gathered round Him,Rejoiced
and praised His birth.For the babe, the King,
named Jesus,Is our Saviour here on earth! So as
we celebrate ChristmasWith Candy and presents
and moreRemember we have a Savior,Giving us
life evermore.(JLM) "Joy to the World"  (all
singers, singing together)     (written by
Leanne Guenther with adaptations by Jerry Lynn
Maldet)Thanks a bunch Jerry for your extra
verses!  "I found the "Christmas Story" very
helpful, but I needed to add extra verses for all
of the children participating in our play."
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• Christmas Story Quiz(25 Questions)The
  Christmas story quiz is designed to teach the
  Body of Christ Biblical truths about the birth of
  Jesus. The quiz consists of twenty five
  true/false questions. After completing the
  Christian living quiz, print it out and give it
  to a friend. These facts about spiritual growth
  make great Bible study materials by teaching the
  Word of God.
• Joseph was a direct descendant of King David.
• The correct answer is True.Matthew 116-17 - And
  Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom
  was born Jesus, who is called Christ. So all the
  generations from Abraham to David are fourteen
  generations and from David until the carrying
  away into Babylon are fourteen generations and
  from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ
  are fourteen generations.
• 2. The circumstances of Jesus' birth fulfilled
  Old Testament prophecy.
• The correct answer is True.Matthew 121-23 - And
  she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call
  his name JESUS for he shall save his people from
  their sins. Now all this was done, that it might
  be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the
  prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with
  child, and shall bring forth a son, and they
  shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
  interpreted is, God with us.
• 3. Mary was living in Nazareth when the angel
  Gabriel appeared to her.
• The correct answer is True.Luke 126-27 - And in
  the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from
  God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a
  virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph,
  of the house of David and the virgin's name was
  Mary.
• 4. Mary was first troubled by Gabriel's greeting.
• The correct answer is True.Luke 129-31 - And
  when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying,
  and cast in her mind what manner of salutation
  this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear
  not, Mary for thou hast found favour with God.
  And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and
  bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS

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5. After Gabriel delivered his message, Mary went
to see Elizabeth. The correct answer is
True.Luke 139-40 - And Mary arose in those
days, and went into the hill country with haste,
into a city of Juda And entered into the house
of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 6. Mary
stayed with Elizabeth for about three months. The
correct answer is True.Luke 156 - And Mary
abode with her about three months, and returned
to her own house. 7. When Joseph found out Mary
was pregnant, he decided to put her away
privately. The correct answer is True.Matthew
118-19 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on
this wise When as his mother Mary was espoused
to Joseph, before they came together, she was
found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph
her husband, being a just man, and not willing to
make her a public example, was minded to put her
away privily. 8. An angel told Joseph to take
Mary as his wife. The correct answer is
True.Matthew 120-21 - But while he thought on
these things, behold, the angel of the LORD
appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph,
thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee
Mary thy wife for that which is conceived in her
is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a
son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS for he
shall save his people from their sins. 9. During
the census, descendants of David had to go to
Bethlehem. The correct answer is True.Luke 24-5
- And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of
the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city
of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he
was of the house and lineage of David) To be
taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great
with child. 10. After Jesus was born, he was
placed in an animal's feeding trough. The correct
answer is True.Luke 26-7 - And so it was, that,
while they were there, the days were accomplished
that she should be delivered. And she brought
forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger
because there was no room for them in the
inn. 11. The first to hear of Jesus' birth were
magistrates from Jerusalem. The correct answer
is False.Luke 28-10 - And there were in the
same country shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo,
the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the
glory of the Lord shone round about them and
they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto
them, Fear not for, behold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all
people.
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12. The angel commanded the shepherds to go
worship Jesus. The correct answer is False.Luke
210-14 - And the angel said unto them, Fear not
for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great
joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you
is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a
sign unto you Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of
the heavenly host praising God, and saying. Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good
will toward men. 13. The shepherds immediately
went to see Jesus. The correct answer is
True.Luke 215-16 - And it came to pass, as the
angels were gone away from them into heaven, the
shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even
unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come
to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and
Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 14.
Jesus was given his name when he was born. The
correct answer is False.Luke 221 - And when
eight days were accomplished for the circumcising
of the child, his name was called JESUS, which
was so named of the angel before he was conceived
in the womb. 15. Joseph and Mary devoutly
followed the Law. The correct answer is
True.Luke 222-24 - And when the days of her
purification according to the law of Moses were
accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to
present him to the Lord (As it is written in the
law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb
shall be called holy to the Lord) And to offer a
sacrifice according to that which is said in the
law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two
young pigeons. 16. Three wise men from the east
came to find Jesus. The correct answer is
False.Matthew 21-2 - Now when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the
king, behold, there came wise men from the east
to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born
King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in
the east, and are come to worship him. 17. When
the wise men told Herod about Jesus, all of
Jerusalem was troubled. The correct answer is
True.Matthew 23 - When Herod the king had heard
these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him. 18. It was prophesied that Jesus would
be born in the region of Judea. The correct
answer is True.Matthew 24-6 - And when he had
gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the
people together, he demanded of them where Christ
should be born. And they said unto him, In
Bethlehem of Judaea for thus it is written by
the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of
Juda, art not the least among the princes of
Juda for out of thee shall come a Governor, that
shall rule my people Israel.
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19. Herod told the wise men he wanted to worship
Jesus when they found him. The correct answer is
True.Matthew 27-8 - Then Herod, when he had
privily called the wise men, enquired of them
diligently what time the star appeared. And he
sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search
diligently for the young child and when ye have
found him, bring me word again, that I may come
and worship him also. 20. The star the wise men
were following stopped over the stable where
Jesus was born. The correct answer is
False.Matthew 211 - And when they were come
into the house, they saw the young child with
Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped
him and when they had opened their treasures,
they presented unto him gifts gold, and
frankincense and myrrh. 21. God told the wise
men to go home by a different route. The correct
answer is True.Matthew 212 - And being warned
of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country
another way. 22. After the wise men left, an
angel told Joseph to escape to Nazareth. The
correct answer is False.Matthew 213-14 - And
when they were departed, behold, the angel of the
Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying,
Arise, and take the young child and his mother,
and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I
bring thee word for Herod will seek the young
child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the
young child and his mother by night, and departed
into Egypt 23. Herod gave an order to kill all
the boys under age 10 in Bethlehem. The correct
answer is False.Matthew 216-18 - Then Herod,
when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men,
was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all
the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all
the coasts thereof, from two years old and under,
according to the time which he had diligently
inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that
which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and
weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for
her children, and would not be comforted, because
they are not. 24. After Herod died, an angel
told Mary to go back to Israel. The correct
answer is False.Matthew 219-20 - But when Herod
was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth
in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and
take the young child and his mother, and go into
the land of Israel for they are dead which
sought the young child's life. 25. Jesus came
into the world to bring judgment. The correct
answer is False.John 316-17 - For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent
not his Son into the world to condemn the world
but that the world through him might be saved.