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What is census?
The purpose was to leavy taxes so all families had to return to their hometown
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What are Angels?
brought the shepherds "good news of great joy"
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What is warned in a dream?
The reason the wise men knew not to return to Herod
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What is carpenter?
Joseph's job
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What is getting stoned?
The usual consequence for a woman getting pregnant before being married
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Who is Herod?
The ruler at the time of Jesus's birth who built a fortress taller than the pyramids
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What is Angel?
means messenger
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What is Herod?
The wise men first visit this person to ask where they might find the child born king of the Jews
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What is Bethlehem?
This place means "house of bread" and was the town of King David
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What is 13?
The approximate age of Mary when Gabriel first visited her
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What is a cave?
Rather than a wooden stable people kept their animals here. Jesus would have been born in this
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What is other people's lands?
Where the shepherds grazed their sheep
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What is the stars?
The "wise men" were scientist and priest that studied this
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What is dream?
The reason Joseph decided to mary Mary rather than dismiss her
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What is Nazareth?
Means "branch" or "shoot" and is the place where Mary lived
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What is 4-6 BC?
The time frame Jesus was actually believed to be born
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What is worship God?
After meeting Jesus the shepherds did this
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What is Zoroastrism?
The religion of the "wise men"
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What is Isaiah?
In this book of the bible there is a prophesy about Jesus that says, "the virgin shall concieve and bear a son"
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What is Elizabeth?
Mary's cousin, who is very old but gives birth to John the Baptist
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What is shepherd?
King David's profession before he was king, Jesus calls himself this
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What is all people?
The good news of great joy was for these
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What is in a house?
Where the "wise men" found Jesus
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What is Nazareth, Bethelhem, Egypt?
Three places Joseph lived
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What is the Magnificat?
The song that Mary sings to Elizabeth about being pregnant with Jesus
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