Prophecies
The place prophesied to the be birthplace of the Messiah.
What is Bethlehem?
The angel who appeared to Mary in what we now call the Annunciation.
Who is Gabriel?
The place Mary and Joseph were forced to stay when there was no room in the inn.
What is a stable?
The first people to visit the newborn King.
Who are the shepherds?
The traditional number of magi who visited the infant Jesus.
What is three?
The name of the boy prophesied to be the forerunner of the Messiah.
Who is John the Baptist?
Cousin of Mary
Who is Elizabeth?
The distance from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.
What is 5 miles?
The number of days after his birth when Jesus was presented in the temple.
What is 40 days?
The person who the magi asked for directions.
Who is King Herod?
The Messiah was prophesied to be a descendant from his line.
Who is King David?
The word used by the angel to explain what the Holy Spirit would do to bring about the conception of Jesus and also in the Old Testament to describe the presence of God descending upon the Tabernacle.
The reason that Joseph had to travel to Bethlehem.
What is a census?
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What is his place of ancestry?
The number of days after his birth when Jesus was circumcised.
What is eight days?
The three gifts brought by the magi.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
The name of the man who was promised that he would see the Messiah before he died.
Who is Simeon?
Double Jeopardy!!!!
The title given to Mary by the angel that signified the absence of Original Sin within her.
What is "Full of Grace"?
The significance of the shepherds being the first to receive the Good News.
What is the fact that David was a shepherd?
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What is the fact that shepherds were considered the lowest in society?
The atrocity ordered by Herod after the birth of Jesus.
What is the "killing of the innocents"?
The traditional names for the three magi.
What are Caspar, Melchior, and Bathazar?
What was prophesied would happen to Mary by the man in the Temple at the Presentation of Jesus.
What is a sword piercing her soul?
Mary is considered the fulfillment of this Old Testament type.
What is the Ark of the Covenant?
The significance of Jesus being placed in a manger.
What is the fact that a manger is a feeding trough and Jesus said that he is the bread of life?
The age at which Jesus was found teaching the teachers of the law in the Temple.
What is 12 years old?
What each of the three gifts of the magi may have represented.
What are king, priest, and prophet?