John Prepares the Way of the Lord

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea (6)
  2. 5. One of Jesus' twelve disciples (4)
  3. 6. The awaited king of the Jews (7)
  4. 12. A state of disfavor (10)
  5. 13. What you wear on your feet (5)
  6. 14. To turn away from sin or do penitence (6)
  7. 15. The first of the major Hebrew prophets (6)

Down

  1. 1. A country with a king as head of state (7)
  2. 2. The creator and ruler worshipped in many faiths (3)
  3. 4. Migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae (plural) (7)
  4. 5. The southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah (5)
  5. 7. The third person in the Trinity (9)
  6. 8. The child of your aunt or uncle (plural) (7)
  7. 9. To administer ___ to (7)
  8. 10. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  9. 11. A Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC (9)