Jesus' Birth
What is the name of Jesus' cousin, born six months before him?
Who is John? Luke 1:36 - John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ.
Who was the father of Jesus?
Who is God? Mark 1:1 - Jesus had no genetic connection to Joseph. Jesus was conceived from God the Holy Spirit, acting upon Mary and for this reason His father is God and his mother was Mary. Throughout the gospels Jesus is called both the Son of God and the Son of Man.
What does the name Emmanuel mean?
What is God is with us?
Immanuel (OT) Emmanuel (NT) means "God with us". Isaiah 7:14 Matthew 1:23
Who first came to visit Jesus when He was born?
Who are shepherds? Luke 2:15
Who wanted to kill Jesus when He was born?
Who is Herod?
Matthew 2:16 - Herod was threatened by a rival who was to be a future King of the Jews. He sought to kill him to remove the threat to his throne.
What was Jesus wrapped in when he was born?
What are swaddling clothes?
Luke 2:7 - When a Jewish child was born, it was usual to be washed in water, rubbed in salt and wrapped in strips of cloth and blankets that confined the limbs closely.
What did Joseph want to do when he discovered Mary was pregnant?
What is quietly divorce her?
Matthew 1:19 - the option of divorce was available under the Law of Moses, Deut 24:1.
What is the name of the angel who appeared to Mary?
Who is Gabriel? Luke 1:26 - Gabriel, who also announced the birth of John the Baptist and was presumably the same Gabriel who appeared to Daniel 500 years earlier.
How many wise men does the Bible say came to visit Jesus?
What is it doesn't say? There is no indication of how many wise men visited Jesus, except that there were at least two because the word 'magi' is plural.
Who later during Jesus' ministry plot to kill Him?
Who are the Pharisees?
Matthew 12:14
Double Jeopardy
Who was involved in the death of Jesus?
What city was Jesus born in?
What is the city of David. Luke 2:11
Double Jeopardy
What is the name of the town and its meaning?
In what city was Jesus raised as a child?
What is Nazareth?
Matthew 2:23 The prophecy that he shall be called a Nazarene was fulfilled.
What did the prophet Micah say about Jesus' birth?
What is that He would be born in Bethlehem?
Micah 5:2 - Bethlehem Ephratah
How did the wise men know that the King of the Jews had been born?
What is they saw a star in the East?
Matthew 2:2
Who betrayed Jesus?
Who is Judas Iscariot?
Matthew 26:14-16
Double Jeopardy - What did Judas betray Jesus for?
What country did the family escape too after they were warned of the threat to kill Jesus?
What is Egypt?
Matthew 2:14 - They departed immediately under the cover of darkness.
Who decreed that all the world should be registered?
Who is Caesar Augustus?
Double Jeopardy
Who was governor of Syria? Luke 2:1-3
What was the name of the old prophetess who saw Jesus in the temple when he was presented to the Lord after his birth?
Who is Anna? Luke 2:36 - daughter of Phanuel.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
What are the gifts the Wise Men brought to Jesus?
Double Jeopardy
What do each of the gifts represents?
How did Jesus die?
What is by being crucified on a cross?
This is an ancient method of painful execution to kill the condemned. John 19:18
What ritual did Jesus undergo when he was eight days old?
What is circumcision?
Luke 2:21 - Jesus was born to Jewish parents.
What was special about Jesus' mother Mary?
What is she was a virgin? Matthew 1:23
Luke 1:34 implies that the conception was miraculous.
Fulfills Isaiah's prophecy Isaiah 7:14
How was Joseph warned about Herod?
What is in a dream?
Matthew 2:13 - The angel only appeared to Joseph in a dream to warn him of the danger.
Where did the wise men visited Jesus?
What is a house?
Matthew 2:16
Who donated his own tomb for the burial of Jesus' body?
Who is Joseph of Arimathea?
John 19:38-42