In the Beginning: The Bible Stories

Season 1 Episode 26: The Birth of Jesus

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.

Genre:

Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

26

Cast:

Mayumi Tanaka, Kinryu Arimoto, Yorie Terauchi

Quality:

HD

Duration:

25 min

First Air:

1992

Rating:

5.4