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Christmas Bible Stories
The Christmas story is bigger than one night in a stable. It starts with an old priest who had stopped expecting an answer to his prayers, and a young woman in Nazareth who said yes to God.
Read these in order for a short Advent journey to the manger and beyond.
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”
Luke 2:11 (KJV)- Thy Prayer Is HeardLuke 1:5–25, 57–80 · Book 4, Day 10
Zacharias was a priest, and his wife, Elisabeth, was also from a priestly family. The Bible says they were both righteous before God. But they had no…
- Be It unto MeLuke 1:26–38 · Book 4, Day 4
In the small town of Nazareth lived a young woman named Mary. She was engaged to a carpenter named Joseph, and as far as she knew, her life would be…
- Fear Not to Take MaryMatthew 1:18–25 · Book 4, Day 12
Joseph was a carpenter in Nazareth, engaged to a young woman named Mary. Then he received devastating news. Mary was pregnant, and he knew the child…
- Out of BethlehemMicah 5:2; Luke 2:1–7 · Book 6, Day 22
About seven hundred years before Jesus was born, the prophet Micah made a remarkably specific prediction. The ruler of Israel, the One whose origins go…
- Good Tidings of Great JoyLuke 2:8–20 · Book 4, Day 16
On the night Jesus was born, there were shepherds out in the fields near Bethlehem, keeping watch over their flocks. Shepherds were not important…
- Another WayMatthew 2:1–12 · Book 4, Day 18
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem. “Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in…
- Simeon’s Long WaitLuke 2:25–35 · Book 6, Day 23
In Jerusalem there lived an old man named Simeon. The Bible describes him as “just and devout,” a man waiting for “the consolation of Israel,” the day…
- AnnaLuke 2:36–38 · Book 6, Day 24
Simeon wasn’t the only one in the temple that day. There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, from the tribe of Asher. Her story…
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