Christmas crossword answers

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Across:

7. A rite for which Mary and Joseph went to the temple 33 days after Jesus’ birth (Leviticus 12): Purification

8. Boaz’s wife: Ruth

10. Gold, frankincense and myrrh

14. Joseph and Mary’s hometown: Nazareth

15. His kingdom will never end: Jesus

16. The usual sacrifice that poor people could replace with two doves or young pigeons: Lamb

17. The Lord took away her disgrace: Elizabeth

19. “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning”

20. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel: Simeon

21. “Out of Egypt I called my son”

22. The town of David: Bethlehem

Down:

1. He stands in the presence of God: Gabriel

2. The eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child

3. An old woman who never left the temple: Anna

4. He will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah: John

5. King of Judea: Herod

6. The governor of Syria when the first census took place: Quirinius

8. “Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted”

9. He issued a decree that a census should be taken (two words): Caesar Augustus

11. He was visited by an angel three times: Joseph

12. Men from the East: Magi

13. Boaz’s mother: Rahab

18. “God with us”: Immanuel