Christmas · 3:02
The Christmas story
The Christmas story as the Bible tells it, in order: the promise in Isaiah, Gabriel and Mary, Joseph’s dream, Bethlehem, the manger, the shepherds, the star and the magi. Every verse is from the Lumin Translation.
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What’s on screen
Every verse in the film is quoted from the Lumin Translation as it read when the film was made. The linked passages show the current text. The pictures are places and light only: no one in the story is drawn.
- 0:00The Christmas story The Christmas story, as the Bible tells it. 12 scenes, word for word from the Lumin Translation.
- 0:07The promise About 700 years before Bethlehem, Isaiah wrote of a child. “For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us, and authority will rest on his shoulder. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6
- 0:23Gabriel visits Mary In Nazareth, the angel Gabriel comes to Mary. “Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found favor in God’s eyes. Listen: you will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will give him the name Jesus.” Luke 1:30-31
- 0:37Mary’s song Mary visits her relative Elizabeth, and praises God. “My soul declares the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit is overjoyed in God my Savior…” Luke 1:46-47
- 0:48Joseph’s dream An angel speaks to Joseph in a dream. “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife… She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, for he is the one who will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:20-21
- 1:05The road to Bethlehem Caesar Augustus orders a registration. Everyone goes to his own town. “Joseph too went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judea, to David’s city, which is called Bethlehem…” Luke 2:4
- 1:17The birth In Bethlehem, Mary’s time comes. “…she bore a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him down in a manger, since the guest room had no space for them.” Luke 2:7
- 1:30The angel and the shepherds Shepherds are out in the fields at night. An angel stands over them. “Do not be afraid, for look, I am proclaiming to you good news of great joy that will belong to all the people: this very day in David’s city a Savior has been born for you. He is the Messiah, the Lord.” Luke 2:10-11
- 1:49Glory to God in the highest “All at once there was with the angel a vast crowd of heaven’s army, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people in whom he delights!’” Luke 2:13-14
- 2:02The shepherds find him The shepherds go to Bethlehem to see. “They went quickly and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and to the baby lying in the manger.” Luke 2:16
- 2:13The star and the magi Magi from the east follow a star to the child. “At the sight of the star, they rejoiced with very great joy. They went into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, and falling down, they worshiped him.” Matthew 2:10-11
- 2:28The escape to Egypt King Herod wants the child dead. Joseph is warned in a dream. “So Joseph got up, and during the night he took the child and his mother and went away to Egypt.” Matthew 2:14
- 2:40What it means John begins before creation, and says who the child is. “The Word became flesh and pitched his tent among us. We looked on his glory, glory like that of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
Music: “Silent Night” (Franz Gruber, 1818), arranged for this film. The tune is in the public domain. Instrument sounds: FluidR3 GM by Frank Wen, used under theCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
