Across
- 2. Iscariot (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver
- 5. A tax collector mentioned in chapter 19 in the Gospel of Luke
- 7. (in the Bible) A Hebrew patriarch, second son of Jacob and Leah
- 10. The building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious observance and instruction
- 12. Peter disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
- 13. A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is considered to be divine
- 14. A country in northeastern Africa
- 17. A small town which was the native city of King David
- 18. The central figure of the Christian religion
- 19. The action or practice of circumcising a young boy or man
- 21. In the New Testament, the brother of Mary and Martha
- 22. The sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible: "teachings of the Scriptures"
- 24. A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God: "the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah"
- 25. A town in lower Galilee, mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Mary and Joseph
- 28. Caesar Augustus The first emperor in the ancient Roman Empire, who issued an order which fulfilled a biblical prophecy made 600 years before he was born
- 29. The Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments.
- 30. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
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- 1. (in the Bible) A Hebrew patriarch, son of Jacob and Rachel
- 3. The major Jewish spring festival that commemorates the liberation (freedom) of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage (slavery)
- 4. Magdalene A follower of Jesus
- 6. The teaching or revelation of Christ
- 8. A personal follower of Jesus during his life (one of the 12 Apostels)
- 9. A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God
- 11. A region of northern Israel; the center of Jesus's ministry
- 15. an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection
- 16. A city in east central Israel which was holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims
- 20. A person who makes and repairs wooden objects and structures
- 23. (in Judaism) The law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures (the Pentateuch)
- 26. King of Judea (40-4) who, according to the New Testament, attempted to kill the infant Jesus by ordering the death of all children under the age of two in Bethlehem
- 27. A town in Palestine, occupied by the Israelis, on the West Bank, north of the Dead Sea