Q 01/05

Which angel told Mary that she would conceive and bear a son?

A) Gabriel

B) Michael

C) Raphael

D) Uriel

Answer · why

A) Gabriel

Luke has the same angel visit John the Baptist's father in the Temple first, and the Book of Daniel is the only book of the Hebrew Bible that names hi...

Q 02/05

In which town of Galilee was Mary living when the angel visited her?

A) Capernaum

B) Cana

C) Tiberias

D) Nazareth

Answer · why

D) Nazareth

Luke calls Mary a virgin betrothed to Joseph; the town later gave Jesus the label the Gospels render as 'the Nazarene'.

Q 03/05

Where did Mary lay the newborn Jesus after wrapping him in swaddling clothes?

A) A basket

B) A stone bench

C) A manger

D) A cradle

Answer · why

C) A manger

The Greek word usually translated 'inn', katalyma, may in fact mean the guest room of a private house.

Q 04/05

In Luke, which Roman emperor ordered the census that sent Joseph to Bethlehem?

A) Tiberius

B) Augustus

C) Nero

D) Claudius

Answer · why

B) Augustus

Joseph had to go to Bethlehem because he was of the house of David, and Bethlehem was David's city.

Q 05/05

According to Luke, the registration took place while which man was governor of Syria?

A) Sentius Saturninus

B) Quirinius

C) Quinctilius Varus

D) Pontius Pilate

Answer · why

B) Quirinius

Historians place his census in AD 6, roughly a decade after Herod the Great died, which is why the nativity's chronology is still argued over.