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• Luke 2:10-11

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage in which an angel announces the birth of Jesus to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem, calling him "Savior," "Christ," and "Lord." Because it contains the heart of the Christmas message, it is one of the texts most frequently read in Christmas services and sermons.

• Luke 3

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  Luke 3 recounts John the Baptist's preaching of a baptism of repentance and his imprisonment, the descent of the Holy Spirit and the voice from heaven at Jesus' baptism, and the genealogy of Jesus, traced back from Joseph to Adam and to God.

• Psalm 105:16–22

  [Bible Verses]

  This passage retells, as an act of God's providence, the story of Joseph, who was sold as a slave and imprisoned before becoming ruler in Egypt. It is frequently cited in discussions of suffering, refinement, and providence.

• Cupbearer

  [Bible]

  A cupbearer was a court official in ancient royal palaces who poured wine and served it to the king. In the Bible, the best-known examples are Pharaoh's chief butler in the story of Joseph and Nehemiah, who served the Persian king Artaxerxes.

• Song of Simeon

  [Bible]

  The Song of Simeon is the short hymn of praise that Simeon sang in the Temple while holding the infant Jesus, recorded in Luke 2:29-32. It is also called the Nunc Dimittis, from its opening words in Latin.

• John 19

  [Bible]

  John 19 records how, at the close of Pilate's trial, Jesus is crucified and dies, and how Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus bury his body in a new tomb.

• Genesis

  [Bible]

  Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament. It recounts the creation of the world, the fall of humanity, the Flood, and the stories of Israel's ancestors from Abraham to Joseph. It contains fifty chapters.

• The Exodus

  [Bible]

  The Exodus is the event in which the people of Israel, led by Moses, escaped slavery in Egypt, crossed the Red Sea, and journeyed to Mount Sinai. It is regarded as the defining example of God's salvation in the Old Testament.

• Nile River

  [Bible]

  The Nile is a river in northeastern Africa that flows northward through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible it is the setting of Pharaoh's dream, which Joseph interpreted, of the birth of Moses, and of the ten plagues.

• Zechariah 11

  [Bible]

  Zechariah 11 records the prophet's symbolic actions. He takes two staffs, "Beauty" and "Bands," feeds the flock of the slaughter, and then breaks the staffs. He also receives thirty pieces of silver as his wages and casts them to the potter.

• Matthew 1:22–23

  [Bible Verses]

  Matthew 1:22–23 is the Gospel writer's comment interpreting Jesus' conception by the Holy Spirit as the fulfillment of Isaiah 7:14. Cited every Christmas as the basis for the name "Emmanuel" ("God with us") and for the doctrine of the virgin birth, the passage is also debated over its rendering "virgin."

• Taxes

  [Bible]

  Taxes are money or goods collected from the people by a state or by the temple. Scripture mentions taxes under Egypt, the Israelite monarchy, Persia, and Rome, as well as the temple tax. The subject is best known through the saying "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's."

• Acts 7

  [Bible]

  Acts 7 records Stephen's defense before the council, in which he retraces the history of Israel from Abraham to Solomon, followed immediately by his martyrdom by stoning.

• Ephrath

  [Bible]

  Ephrath (Ephratah) is an ancient name for Bethlehem of Judah or its surrounding region. Scripture mentions it as the burial place of Rachel and the hometown of David's family, and the Book of Micah names it as the place from which a ruler would come forth.

• Store City

  [Bible]

  A store city was a city built to store a nation's grain, supplies, weapons, and similar provisions. Pithom and Raamses, which the Israelites built for Pharaoh according to Exodus 1:11, are the best-known examples.

• Cyprus

  [Bible]

  Cyprus is an island in the eastern Mediterranean, still known today by the same name. In the Book of Acts it appears as the home of Barnabas and as the first place where the gospel was preached on Paul's first missionary journey.

• Joshua 16

  [Bible]

  Joshua 16 records the boundaries of the land allotted by lot to the descendants of Joseph and, within that territory, the boundaries of the inheritance that the tribe of Ephraim received according to its families. The chapter closes by noting that the Canaanites of Gezer were not driven out.

• Samaritan Woman

  [People]

  The Samaritan woman is an unnamed woman in John 4 who spoke with Jesus at Jacob's well near the Samaritan town of Sychar and then told the people of her town about him.

• Exodus 1

  [Bible]

  In Exodus 1, a new king who did not know Joseph oppresses the children of Israel, who have multiplied greatly in Egypt, subjecting them to forced labor and ordering that Hebrew baby boys be killed. The midwives fear God and refuse to carry out the order.

• Psalm 105

  [Bible]

  Psalm 105 is a psalm of 45 verses that recounts the history of Israel, from the covenant with Abraham through Joseph, the Exodus, the wilderness, and the settlement in Canaan, and praises God for keeping His covenant.