Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity ... on this spot 2,000 years ago: the birth of Jesus Christ. As the war between Israel and Hamas ...

Jesus was born in Bethlehem because Joseph and Mary had travelled there to take part in a census which the Roman rulers had ordered. When Mary and Joseph arrived in Bethlehem the local inn was ...

TEACHER: According to the Bible, Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem. After Jesus was born, he moved back to his family's hometown of Nazareth. Although the Bible teaches that Jesus was God's ...

Mary is visited by the angel Gabriel, who tells her she will bear the Son of God. Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem to take part in Herod's census, where Jesus is born.