Image Credit: Amazoú The Birth of Jesus “The people of Israel believed firmly that they were God’s people. After all, God had made a promise to Abraham. Moses and Samuel had helped them to live as God’s people God’s laws helped them understand right from wrong. Great David had won battles and, he became the…
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The Story of the Angel Who Visited the Virgin Mary in Nazareth, as Re-told by Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazonp “In the sixth onth, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings,…
The Story of the Magi, as Re-told by Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazon In his Book of Bible Stories, Tomie dePaola tells the story of the Magic who traveled to visit Jesus as follows: “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked,…
The Story of the Birth of Jesus, as Re-told by Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola’s Book of Bible Stories Image Credit: Tomie dePaola on Amazon In his Book of Bible Stories, Tomie dePaola tells the story of the birth of Jesus as follows: Jesus Is Born “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first…