How well do you know the Nativity story?

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Test your knowledge on the greatest story ever told. Questions and answers are based on the King James version of the New Testament and "The Complete Guide to the Bible" by Stephen Miller.

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    Wise man came from the west to worship the Christ.

  2. 2

    Emmanuel, one of Jesus' aliases, is interpreted as "God of grace."

  3. 3

    The angel of the Lord and the angel Gabriel deliver at least four documented messages around the time of Jesus' birth.

  4. 4

    Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem to pay taxes.

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    Mary's newborn was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a feeding trough for animals.

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    After learning her fate as the mother of the Son of man, Mary goes to visit her pregnant cousin Elizabeth for three months.

  7. 7

    Wise men visit Mary and her young child in a house.

  8. 8

    Both Mary and Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, penned songs of praise regarding the birth of their baby boys.

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    Bonus Bible Study question: The Apostle Paul refers to Jesus as the firstborn of creation.

  10. 10

    King Herod and all of Jerusalem were troubled to hear about a future "king of the Jews."

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    The book of Matthew begins with a list of kinsmen that are not biologically related to Jesus.

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    According to early Christian leaders, the book of Luke, which contains details of Jesus' birth, is written by a non-Jewish doctor.

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    Many prophets predicted the location of Jesus' birth in the Old Testament, but chief scribes and priests were the first to tell King Herod.

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    The 60-mile trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem would have lasted at least three days.

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    Shepherds guarding their flocks of geese were the first to visit the baby Jesus.

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