Life of Jesus

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Any amazing or wonderful occurrence (7)
  2. 6. King of Judea who tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two (5)
  3. 8. The Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (13)
  4. 10. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration (7)
  5. 13. Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce (10)
  6. 15. An ardent early supporter of a cause or reform (7)

Down

  1. 2. A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine (9)
  2. 3. The act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world (11)
  3. 4. The traditional Passover ___ of Jesus with his disciples on the eve of his crucifixion (10)
  4. 5. The awaited king of the Jews (7)
  5. 7. The rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion (12)
  6. 8. Any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message (7)
  7. 9. A historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary (8)
  8. 11. A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River (9)
  9. 12. A recklessly extravagant consumer (8)
  10. 14. Religious ___ collectively (8)