Who Said It?
Who was it that told Herod about an Old Testament prophecy that Israel’s Messiah-King would be born in Bethlehem?
It was the Jewish chief priests and scribes, who quoted the Old Testament words of Micah 5:2 that revealed the birthplace of the coming Messiah (Matthew 2:4-6 ).
How did Joseph find out about Mary's pregnancy?
Joseph found out about Mary's pregnancy through a dream (Matthew 1:18-25)
What baby was born to a relative of Mary’s, about six months before the birth of Jesus?
John the Baptist, who was to announce Christ’s coming, was born to Zacharias and Elizabeth six months before Jesus was born (Luke 1:31, 36, 56-57, 76).
Who saw the Star in the East?
The Magi
When hosts of angels appear to them, announcing Jesus’ birth, a carol says the “shepherds quake at the sight.” In what carol is the quoted line found?
(Luke 2:9)
Silent Night
A voice of one calling: ‘In the desert prepare the way for the LORD ; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.”
Isaiah
Isaiah 40:3
Who prophesied the Town of Bethlehem in Judea to be the birthplace of Jesus?
Micah
Micah 5:1–4
When was Jesus given his name by Mary and Joseph? (Yes arguibly by the Angel)
Bonus: Why the 8th Day? (Leviticus 12:3)
Bonus Bonus: Why? (Galatians 4:4)
Who returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told? (Luke 2)
The Shepherds
What carol says of Christ’s coming to earth, “Mild He lays His glory by, / Born that man no more may die”?
The lines come from Charles Wesley’s great hymn, “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.” Loaded with references to Scripture passages, it is the most theologically detailed of our carols. Wesley leaves no doubt as to Christ’s identity, saying, “Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, / Hail the incarnate Deity, / Pleased as man with men to dwell, / Jesus our Emmanuel.”
Who gave Mary the news of what was about to happen?
When the wise men arrived in the Holy Land, where did they go first?
Bonus: Who Prophesied the birthplace?
The wise men went to the city of Jerusalem (Matthew 2:1-2), likely because they expected a “King” to be born in a palace in the capital city.
Had they known their Scripture - who prophesied he would be born in the City of David - Bethlehem?
Micah 5:2
What four women are mentioned in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus?
Tamar who disguised herself as a prostitute to entice Judah to fulfill his patriarchal obligation to her (which he had shirked).
Rahab, a prostitute and a foreigner in Jericho, who sheltered the Hebrew spies and believed their God.
Ruth was not only a foreigner, but a foreigner from Moab, an enemy of Israel. God seems quite intent on showing his grace toward sinners, victims and outsiders by including them in the family tree of Jesus."
The wife of Uriah the Hittite." That would be Bathsheba, But God redeemed her shame and guilt by choosing her to be the mother of David's successor, Solomon, and the one through which the line of the Messiah would come.
Since there were likely other babies in Bethlehem at the time what sign did the angel give the shepherds that would enable them to identify the baby Jesus?
The angel said He would be “wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger” (Luke 2:12). Swaddling (or swathing) cloths were strips of cloth commonly used to wrap a newborn.
What carol contains the line, “Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing”?
Speaking of the Lord Jesus as “the Word” sent from heaven by God the Father, John’s Gospel declares, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory” (John 1:14). The carol that refers to this is “O Come, All Ye Faithful.”
Who Said: Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel
Isaiah in Isaiah 7:14
As well as being a gift from the wise men, at what other time was “myrrh” associated with Christ?
Bonus: Who Prophesied it?
During His crucifixion, During His Burial
Isaiah: 60:5-6
Whose Genealogy depicts Jesus as the one promised in the Abrahamic Covenant?
Matthew's
Bonus: What does Luke's Genealogy depict Jesus as?
What is the name of the person who was told he would not die until he saw the Savior?
Simeon. Luke 2:25, 26.
Referring to the English custom of ringing church bells on Christmas morning, what carol says, “Then pealed the bells more loud and deep” / ‘God is not dead: nor doth He sleep'”?
The carol is “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” which expresses a longing for peace on earth. At the time when it was written, the American Civil War was raging. The author, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, had a son fighting in the conflict, and he was deeply worried about him.
"Out of Egypt I called my son"
Yes God - but who spoke it verbally
Hosea 11:1
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his
Jacob
Genesis 49:10
The French word “Noel” is often used around Christmas, but what was its original meaning in Latin?
Birth
Who was confident he would see the Goodness of the Lord in the land of the living?
David
Psalm 27
What carol says to the wise men, “Sages, leave your contemplations, / Brighter visions beam afar”?
The carol “Angels from the Realms of Glory” in this way invites the wise men to follow the Bethlehem star, and go in search of “the King of the Jews” (Matthew 2:2)