In the Beginning: The Bible Stories
Season 1, Episode 26: The Birth of Jesus
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Mary is traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem because Herod the Great has decided to collect taxes from the Jews, and demands that all the people register as residents. It is a difficult journey for the pregnant Mary, but she endures the pain with a firm sense of mission that she is carrying a sacred life within her. Mary and her husband Joseph arrive at her cousin Elizabeth's house. She has a baby too, and his name is John. Mary gives birth to a baby boy in the stable. The sky that night is lit by a start marking the event.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
The Creation
Episode 2
Cain and Abel
Episode 3
The Story of Noah
Episode 4
The Tower of Babel
Episode 5
Abraham, The Forefather
Episode 6
Sodom and Gomorrah
Episode 7
Isaac and Ishmael
Episode 8
Isaac's Destiny
Episode 9
Jacob's Children
Episode 10
Joseph's Triumph
Episode 11
Moses, The Egyptian
Episode 12
The Fire in the Desert
Episode 13
Moses and Pharaoh
Episode 14
The Exodus
Episode 15
Laws Carved in Stone
Episode 16
Israel's Treachery
Episode 17
New Alliance
Episode 18
Jericho
Episode 19
One King for Israel
Episode 20
King Saul
Episode 21
King David
Episode 22
King Solomon
Episode 23
The Exile of Israel
Episode 24
Release from Bondage
Episode 25
Prophets in the Desert
Episode 26
The Birth of Jesus