NATIVITY STORY
This object, normally used for feeding livestock.
What is a manger?
These two individuals accepted divine instruction and became Jesus’ earthly caregivers.
Who are Mary and Joseph?
This prophet foretold a ruler of Israel from the tribe of Judah.
Who is Micah?
This empire exercised political authority over Judea during Jesus’ birth.
What is the Roman Empire?
This Roman administrative requirement compelled families to travel to ancestral towns.
What is a census?
This ruler’s fear of losing power caused him to secretly consult religious scholars.
Who is King Herod?
This term describes Old Testament writings that anticipate the coming Messiah.
What is Messianic prophecy?
This emperor presided over an era of enforced peace that enabled widespread travel across the empire.
Who is Caesar Augustus?
This small Judean town, central to the Nativity.
What is Bethlehem?
These visitors interpreted a sign as evidence of a royal birth rather than a natural phenomenon.
Who are the Wise Men?
This prophet described a suffering servant who would bear the sins of many.
Who is Isaiah?
This Gospel opens by tracing Jesus’ lineage through Abraham and King David.
What is the Gospel of Matthew?
This humble setting highlights the simplicity and vulnerability surrounding Jesus’ birth.
What is a stable?
This priest temporarily lost his ability to speak after questioning an angelic message in the temple.
Who is Zechariah?
This prophet foretold a new covenant written on the hearts of God’s people.
Who is Jeremiah?
This group’s presence in the Nativity story highlights God’s message reaching ordinary people first.
Who are shepherds?
This pair of Gospel writers preserves the Nativity story through different narrative focuses and audiences.
Who are Matthew and Luke?
This woman’s miraculous pregnancy paralleled Mary’s and confirmed God’s unfolding plan.
Who is Elizabeth?
This prophet spoke of the “Anointed One” who would be cut off before the destruction of Jerusalem.
Who is Daniel?
This language dominated Judea’s political administration despite Jewish religious life being conducted in Hebrew and Aramaic.
What is Latin?