Bible Quiz: True or False: Christmas in the Bible (10 Questions and Answers)

Category: Family · 10 questions

Ten statements to separate what the Bible says about Christmas from what comes from tradition.

1. The Bible says there were three wise men.
   Answer: False
   Matthew mentions wise men without giving their number; three was only inferred from the three gifts (Matthew 2:1, 11).
2. Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
   Answer: True
   Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod (Matthew 2:1).
3. Mary rode a donkey to Bethlehem.
   Answer: False
   The text mentions no donkey. It only says that Joseph went up to Bethlehem with Mary (Luke 2:4-5).
4. Mary laid Jesus in a manger.
   Answer: True
   Mary wrapped her firstborn son in cloths and laid him in a manger (Luke 2:7).
5. The Bible gives December 25 as the date of Jesus' birth.
   Answer: False
   The Gospels give no date at all for the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:6-7).
6. The Bible says it was snowing the night Jesus was born.
   Answer: False
   No snow is mentioned, and the shepherds were out in the fields at night (Luke 2:8).
7. The Bible speaks of an innkeeper who turned Mary and Joseph away.
   Answer: False
   Luke only says there was no room for them in the guest room, with no innkeeper and no refusal (Luke 2:7).
8. The wise men found Jesus in a house.
   Answer: True
   The wise men entered the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother (Matthew 2:11).
9. Herod truly wanted to worship Jesus.
   Answer: False
   Herod lied to the wise men, then had the children of Bethlehem killed (Matthew 2:8, 16).
10. The wise men's star stopped over the place where the child was.
    Answer: True
    The star went ahead of the wise men until it stopped over the place where the child was (Matthew 2:9).