Jesus's birth and death

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. One of Jesus' twelve disciples (4)
  2. 4. Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts (6)
  3. 5. Mother of Jesus (4)
  4. 6. To kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment (8)
  5. 9. The end of life (5)
  6. 10. The rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion (12)
  7. 13. A historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary (8)
  8. 14. The commercial exchange of goods and services (5)

Down

  1. 1. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)
  2. 2. Jesus' earthly father (6)
  3. 4. A town in eastern Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River to the northwest of Philadelphia (9)
  4. 5. A government department under the direction of a ___ of state (8)
  5. 7. A person who is ___ (7)
  6. 8. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  7. 11. Heavenly messenger with wings (5)
  8. 12. A Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ (6)