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Gabriel
The angel of the Lord - no actual name is given
Elizabeth
Four - in dreams
We are not told
She was a virgin
Mary (Luke's gospel) and Joseph (Matthew's gosel)
About three months
Caesar Augustus
Quirinius
Galilee
Bethlehem
No - she was pledged to be married to Joseph
In a manger - a feeding trough for animals
A baby wrapped in strips of cloth and, lying in a manger
A heavenly army of angels
A Saviour who is Christ the Lord
They took off without haste to Bethlehem
The publicised the saying of the angels that a Saviour was born
She pondered in her heart all that the angels said about Jesus
A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Jesus - "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against."
Most pictures will show three and this is because they brought three gifts. However the fact is that the Bible doesn't say. They were from the east.
Jerusalem
"Where is he who is born King of the Jews?" This statement troubled Herod becasuse at that time Herod was the king in Judea and ruled over the Jews. He liked being king.
In a house with Mary
Gold, Frankinsense and Myrrh.
They bowed down and worshipped him - before they gave their gifts
They were warned in a dream not to go back to Herod and so returned to their country a different way
He sent out an order that all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, at that time, from two years old and under were to be killed.
The angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee.............. for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
The prohet Jeremiah
The voice was Rachel and it was heard in Ramah. "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more."
An angel of the Lord
Back to Israel because those who sought to kill Jesus were dead.
"he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there."
He was warned in a dream and went to Galilee.
That Jesus would be called a Nazarene because Joseph settled in Nazareth, in Galilee
"becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him."
The passover festival in Jerusalem
He stayed behind in the temple after all the celebrations were over
He was about his Father's business
His Father's house
and in favor with God and men."