Origins of Christianity

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Across
  1. 1. New Testament books about Jesus’ life
  2. 5. city of Jesus’ birth
  3. 7. Jesus teaches using simple stories called __
  4. 11. Jesus’ closest disciples who are sent to spread the gospel
  5. 12. important symbol of Christianity
  6. 14. Pontius __ sentences Jesus to death
  7. 16. Christianity starts as a form of __
  8. 17. Simon Peter is a __ of Jesus
  9. 19. final event Jesus shares with his disciples, Last __
  10. 21. Jesus’ mother
  11. 23. one of the authors of the four canonical Gospels
  12. 24. Jesus’ cousin, __ the Baptist
  13. 25. collection of Jesus’ core ethical teachings, Sermon on the __
  14. 27. Peter is often considered the first __
  15. 28. __ Testament includes stories about Jesus’ life
Down
  1. 2. Holy Communion in Christianity
  2. 3. place of Jesus’ arrest by the Romans, Garden of __
  3. 4. city that is home to Jesus
  4. 5. Christian holy book
  5. 6. Jesus’ resurrection is celebrated at __
  6. 8. man to whom Christians and Jews trace their religion
  7. 9. New Testament consists of twenty-__ books
  8. 10. method of capital punishment in Jesus’ time
  9. 13. Bible is divided into many __
  10. 15. disciple who betrays Jesus
  11. 16. most important figure in Christianity
  12. 18. where Christianity originates, Middle __
  13. 20. group that kills Jesus
  14. 22. __Rule: “Do unto others as you would them do unto you”
  15. 26. holy text for Jews and Christians, __ Testament