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Christmas Quiz Answers

About the quiz in December's Link, we have been asked "Are you sure there's only one right answer to each question?" Yes, we are: each time only one is definitely true, the others are either definitely wrong or doubtful.

1:C. December 25th is Jesus’ “official” birthday, not his real one. The bible doesn’t say when he was born, but it’s a safe bet that the census was not carried out in winter when travel would have been difficult. “Our God, heaven cannot hold him” in the carol means that God is too concerned for the world for him simply to sit still and do nothing: his love compelled him to send Jesus.

2:B. The bible insists that Jesus was a real person like us, not just a lookalike imitation. All babies laugh and cry. “Looks down from the sky” is a poetic way of saying Jesus watches over us, but of course the sky is not where Jesus lives now.

3:A. Joseph had to go to Bethlehem to register because he was of “the house and line of David” (Mt 1:6, Lk 2:4 & Lk 3:31).

4:C. The angel told Joseph in a dream to call him Jesus (Mt 1:21). Mary was also told his name by an angel (Lk 1:31). “Jesus” doesn’t mean “God with us” – that name is “Emmanuel” (Is 7:14 & Mt 1:23).

5:A. Jesus (“Yeshua” in Hebrew) is the same name as Joshua in the Old Testament.

6:B. When the wise men asked Herod, he asked the chief priests and teachers of the law, who quoted the prophet Micah on where the Messiah’s was to be born (Micah 5:2 & Mt 2:6).

7:C. Mary “placed him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn” (Lk 2:7).

8:C. The shepherds would know the place by this sign: “You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger” (Lk 2:12).

9:A. In the temple two old folk, Simeon and Anna, both thanked God for Jesus (Lk 2:28 & 38). He wasn’t baptized until years later (Mt 3:16, Mk 1:9, Lk 3:21).

10:A. The wise men were looking for one “born king of the Jews” (Mt 2:2). They came from the East (Egypt is South), and the bible does not say how many there were.

11:C. “Being warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another way” (Mt 2:12). Herod had not told them his plans, and Jerusalem would have been on the way home.

12:A. Matthew makes it clear that Joseph was fulfilling the prophecy of Hosea 11:1 in taking Jesus to Egypt (Mt 2:14-15). The famine in Palestine comes much earlier in biblical history (Gen 41-42).

Did you get them right? Why not read the whole bible account again?

John Hartley

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Home Page. Index of articles. Quiz. In this issue: (January 2001) Vicar's Letter, Read the bible? Question, Quiz answers, Jelley baby.	Christmas Quiz Answers About the quiz in December's Link, we have been asked "Are you sure there's only one right answer to each question?" Yes, we are: each time only one is definitely true, the others are either definitely wrong or doubtful. 1:C. December 25th is Jesus’ “official” birthday, not his real one. The bible doesn’t say when he was born, but it’s a safe bet that the census was not carried out in winter when travel would have been difficult. “Our God, heaven cannot hold him” in the carol means that God is too concerned for the world for him simply to sit still and do nothing: his love compelled him to send Jesus. 2:B. The bible insists that Jesus was a real person like us, not just a lookalike imitation. All babies laugh and cry. “Looks down from the sky” is a poetic way of saying Jesus watches over us, but of course the sky is not where Jesus lives now. 3:A. Joseph had to go to Bethlehem to register because he was of “the house and line of David” (Mt 1:6, Lk 2:4 & Lk 3:31). 4:C. The angel told Joseph in a dream to call him Jesus (Mt 1:21). Mary was also told his name by an angel (Lk 1:31). “Jesus” doesn’t mean “God with us” – that name is “Emmanuel” (Is 7:14 & Mt 1:23). 5:A. Jesus (“Yeshua” in Hebrew) is the same name as Joshua in the Old Testament. 6:B. When the wise men asked Herod, he asked the chief priests and teachers of the law, who quoted the prophet Micah on where the Messiah’s was to be born (Micah 5:2 & Mt 2:6). 7:C. Mary “placed him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn” (Lk 2:7). 8:C. The shepherds would know the place by this sign: “You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger” (Lk 2:12). 9:A. In the temple two old folk, Simeon and Anna, both thanked God for Jesus (Lk 2:28 & 38). He wasn’t baptized until years later (Mt 3:16, Mk 1:9, Lk 3:21). 10:A. The wise men were looking for one “born king of the Jews” (Mt 2:2). They came from the East (Egypt is South), and the bible does not say how many there were. 11:C. “Being warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another way” (Mt 2:12). Herod had not told them his plans, and Jerusalem would have been on the way home. 12:A. Matthew makes it clear that Joseph was fulfilling the prophecy of Hosea 11:1 in taking Jesus to Egypt (Mt 2:14-15). The famine in Palestine comes much earlier in biblical history (Gen 41-42). Did you get them right? Why not read the whole bible account again? John Hartley
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