The birth of Jesus Lesson 12 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
2 A Roman census took them to Bethlehem; there was no room at the inn, so the baby was laid in a manger, an animal feeding trough, and angels sent shepherds to see him. 3 Wise men from the East followed a star with gold, frankincense and myrrh, while jealous King Herod tried to kill the child, so the family fled to Egypt as refugees. 4 Christians believe that in Jesus God himself became a human being (the Incarnation) — «Emmanuel, God with us» — and came humbly, close to poor and ordinary people; that is why Christmas is about welcome and giving, not only presents. 5 The angel Gabriel told Mary in Nazareth that she would have a son, Jesus, the Son of God; this is called the Annunciation. 6 Mary said yes to God: «Let it be to me according to your word». 7 Joseph was a carpenter who was told in a dream to take Mary as his wife and care for the child. 8 Mary and Joseph travelled to Bethlehem for a Roman census, a count of all the people, and there was no room for them at the inn. 9 Jesus was laid in a manger, which is an animal feeding trough. 11 Shepherds were ordinary, often looked-down-on workers, and Christians note that the good news came to them first. 12 Wise men (magi) from the East followed a star and brought gold, frankincense and myrrh (two sweet-smelling tree gums); the Bible does not say there were three of them, only three gifts. 13 King Herod was jealous and tried to kill the baby, so Jesus' family escaped to Egypt as refugees. 14 Emmanuel is a name for Jesus meaning «God with us». 15 The Incarnation is the Christian belief that God the Son became a real human being in Jesus. 16 When Jesus was twelve he stayed behind in the Temple in Jerusalem asking and answering questions, and his parents searched for him for three days. 17 After being found in the Temple, Jesus went home to Nazareth and obeyed his parents. ← previous Psalms and Proverbsnext → Jesus' life and teaching↑ back to Religion ethics This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/