Origins of Christianity

4. religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus.
7. roman method of execution by nailing a person to a wooden cross.
8. rising from the dead.
9. region where Jesus was born.
11. Savior sent by God
13. twenty-seven books of the Bible written after the birth of Jesus.
14. sacred writings of the Christian religion
15. supremely good, sacred or beautiful.
16. Christian missionaries followers of Jesus who spread his message
18. four books in the New Testament that tell the story of Jesus life and teachings.

1. someone who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
2. governor of the Roman province of judaea
3. town where Jesus grew up.
5. sacred city in the Holy Land.
6. emperor of Rome who adopted Christianity.
10. existence of life after death.
12. follower of Jesus who spread Christianity throughout the Roman world.
17. a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.
19. the forty-six books that make up the first part of the Bible before the coming of Jesus