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129:0.1 [[Jesus]] had fully and finally separated himself from the [[management]] of the [[domestic]] affairs of the [[Nazareth]] [[family]] and from the [[immediate]] direction of its [[individuals]]. He continued, right up to the [[event]] of his [[baptism]], to contribute to the [[family]] [[finances]] and to take a keen [[personal]] interest in the [[spiritual]] welfare of every one of his brothers and sisters. And always was he ready to do everything humanly possible for the [[comfort]] and [[happiness]] of his [[widow]]ed [[mother]].

129:0.1 [[Jesus]] had fully and finally separated himself from the [[management]] of the [[domestic]] affairs of the [[Nazareth]] [[family]] and from the [[immediate]] direction of its [[individuals]]. He continued, right up to the [[event]] of his [[baptism]], to contribute to the [[family]] [[finances]] and to take a keen [[personal]] interest in the [[spiritual]] welfare of every one of his brothers and sisters. And always was he ready to do everything humanly possible for the [[comfort]] and [[happiness]] of his [[widow]]ed [[mother]].

129:0.2 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] had now made every [[preparation]] for detaching himself permanently from the [[Nazareth]] [[home]]; and this was not easy for him to do. [[Jesus]] [[naturally]] loved his people; he loved his [[family]], and this [[natural]] [[affection]] had been tremendously augmented by his extraordinary [[devotion]] to them. The more fully we [[bestow]] ourselves upon our fellows, the more we come to [[love]] them; and since [[Jesus]] had given himself so fully to his [[family]], he loved them with a great and fervent [[affection]].

129:0.2 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] had now made every [[preparation]] for detaching himself permanently from the [[Nazareth]] [[home]]; and this was not easy for him to do. [[Jesus]] [[naturally]] loved his people; he loved his [[family]], and this [[natural]] [[affection]] had been tremendously augmented by his extraordinary [[devotion]] to them. The more fully we [[bestow]] ourselves upon our fellows, the more we come to [[love]] them; and since [[Jesus]] had given himself so fully to his [[family]], he loved them with a great and fervent [[affection]].

129:0.3 All the [[family]] had slowly [[awakened]] to the [[realization]] that [[Jesus]] was making ready to leave them. The sadness of the [[anticipated]] [[separation]] was only tempered by this [[graduated]] [[method]] of preparing them for the announcement of his intended departure. For more than four years they [[discerned]] that he was planning for this [[eventual]] separation.

129:0.3 All the [[family]] had slowly [[awakened]] to the [[realization]] that [[Jesus]] was making ready to leave them. The sadness of the [[anticipated]] [[separation]] was only tempered by this [[graduated]] [[method]] of preparing them for the announcement of his intended departure. For more than four years they [[discerned]] that he was planning for this [[eventual]] separation.

==129:1. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR (A.D. 21)==

==129:1. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR (A.D. 21)==

129:1.1 In January of this year, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_AD A.D. 21], on a rainy Sunday morning, [[Jesus]] took unceremonious leave of his [[family]], only [[explaining]] that he was going over to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias Tiberias] and then on a [[visit]] to other [[cities]] about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee]. And thus he left them, never again to be a regular member of that household.

129:1.1 In January of this year, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_AD A.D. 21], on a rainy Sunday morning, [[Jesus]] took unceremonious leave of his [[family]], only [[explaining]] that he was going over to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias Tiberias] and then on a [[visit]] to other [[cities]] about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee]. And thus he left them, never again to be a regular member of that household.

129:1.2 He spent one week at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias Tiberias], the new [[city]] which was soon to succeed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris] as the capital of [[Galilee]]; and finding little to interest him, he passed on successively through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magdala] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], where he stopped to pay a visit to his [[father]]'s friend Zebedee. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s sons were fishermen; he himself was a boatbuilder. [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] was an expert in both [[design]]ing and building; he was a master at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodworking working with wood]; and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] had long known of the [[skill]] of the [[Nazareth]] craftsman. For a long time Zebedee had [[contemplated]] making improved boats; he now laid his [[plans]] before [[Jesus]] and invited the visiting [[carpenter]] to join him in the [[enterprise]], and [[Jesus]] readily consented.

129:1.2 He spent one week at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberias Tiberias], the new [[city]] which was soon to succeed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris] as the capital of [[Galilee]]; and finding little to interest him, he passed on successively through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magdala] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], where he stopped to pay a visit to his [[father]]'s friend Zebedee. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s sons were fishermen; he himself was a boatbuilder. [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] was an expert in both [[design]]ing and building; he was a master at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodworking working with wood]; and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] had long known of the [[skill]] of the [[Nazareth]] craftsman. For a long time Zebedee had [[contemplated]] making improved boats; he now laid his [[plans]] before [[Jesus]] and invited the visiting [[carpenter]] to join him in the [[enterprise]], and [[Jesus]] readily consented.

129:1.3 [[Jesus]] worked with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] only a little more than one year, but during that time he created a new style of boat and established entirely new [[methods]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat_building boatmaking]. By superior [[technique]] and greatly improved [[methods]] of steaming the boards, [[Jesus]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] began to build boats of a very superior type, craft which were far more safe for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing sailing] the lake than were the older types. For several years Zebedee had more [[work]], turning out these new-style boats, than his small establishment could handle; in less than five years practically all the craft on the [[lake]] had been built in the shop of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. [[Jesus]] became well known to the [[Galilean]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fisherfolk] as the designer of the new boats.

129:1.3 [[Jesus]] worked with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] only a little more than one year, but during that time he created a new style of boat and established entirely new [[methods]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat_building boatmaking]. By superior [[technique]] and greatly improved [[methods]] of steaming the boards, [[Jesus]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] began to build boats of a very superior type, craft which were far more safe for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing sailing] the lake than were the older types. For several years Zebedee had more [[work]], turning out these new-style boats, than his small establishment could handle; in less than five years practically all the craft on the [[lake]] had been built in the shop of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. [[Jesus]] became well known to the [[Galilean]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fisherfolk] as the designer of the new boats.

129:1.4 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] was a moderately well-to-do man; his boatbuilding shops were on the [[lake]] to the south of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], and his [[home]] was situated down the [[lake]] shore near the fishing [[headquarters]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. [[Jesus]] lived in the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] during the year and more he remained at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. He had long worked alone in the world, that is, without a [[father]], and greatly enjoyed this period of working with a [[father]]-[[partner]].

129:1.4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] was a moderately well-to-do man; his boatbuilding shops were on the [[lake]] to the south of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], and his [[home]] was situated down the [[lake]] shore near the fishing [[headquarters]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. [[Jesus]] lived in the [[home]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] during the year and more he remained at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. He had long worked alone in the world, that is, without a [[father]], and greatly enjoyed this period of working with a [[father]]-[[partner]].

129:1.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[wife]], Salome, was a [[relative]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas], onetime [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_High_Priests_of_Israel high priest] at [[Jerusalem]] and still the most [[influential]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadducees Sadducean] group, having been deposed only eight years previously. Salome became a great admirer of [[Jesus]]. She [[loved]] him as she loved her own sons, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James,_son_of_Zebedee James], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Apostle John], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_149#PAPER_149:_THE_SECOND_PREACHING_TOUR David], while her four daughters looked upon Jesus as their [[elder]] [[brother]]. Jesus often went out fishing with James, John, and David, and they [[learned]] that he was an experienced fisherman as well as an expert boatbuilder.

129:1.5 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[wife]], Salome, was a [[relative]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas], onetime [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_High_Priests_of_Israel high priest] at [[Jerusalem]] and still the most [[influential]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadducees Sadducean] group, having been deposed only eight years previously. Salome became a great admirer of [[Jesus]]. She [[loved]] him as she loved her own sons, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James,_son_of_Zebedee James], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Apostle John], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_149#PAPER_149:_THE_SECOND_PREACHING_TOUR David], while her four daughters looked upon Jesus as their [[elder]] [[brother]]. Jesus often went out fishing with James, John, and David, and they [[learned]] that he was an experienced fisherman as well as an expert boatbuilder.

129:1.6 All this year [[Jesus]] sent [[money]] each month to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James]. He returned to [[Nazareth]] in October to attend Martha's wedding, and he was not again in Nazareth for over two years, when he returned shortly before the double [[wedding]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(brother_of_Jesus) Simon] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude].

129:1.6 All this year [[Jesus]] sent [[money]] each month to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James]. He returned to [[Nazareth]] in October to attend Martha's wedding, and he was not again in Nazareth for over two years, when he returned shortly before the double [[wedding]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(brother_of_Jesus) Simon] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude].

129:1.7 Throughout this year [[Jesus]] built boats and continued to [[observe]] how men lived on [[earth]]. Frequently he would go down to [[visit]] at the [[caravan]] station, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] being on the direct [[travel]] route from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] to the south. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] was a strong [[Roman]] [[military]] post, and the garrison's commanding officer was a [[gentile]] believer in [[Yahweh]], " a devout man, " as the [[Jews]] were wont to designate such [[proselytes]]. This officer belonged to a [[wealthy]] [[Roman]] [[family]], and he took it upon himself to build a [[beautiful]] [[synagogue]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], which had been presented to the [[Jews]] a short time before [[Jesus]] came to live with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]. [[Jesus]] conducted the services in this new [[synagogue]] more than half the time this year, and some of the [[caravan]] people who chanced to attend remembered him as the [[carpenter]] from [[Nazareth]].

129:1.7 Throughout this year [[Jesus]] built boats and continued to [[observe]] how men lived on [[earth]]. Frequently he would go down to [[visit]] at the [[caravan]] station, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] being on the direct [[travel]] route from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] to the south. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] was a strong [[Roman]] [[military]] post, and the garrison's commanding officer was a [[gentile]] believer in [[Yahweh]], " a devout man, " as the [[Jews]] were wont to designate such [[proselytes]]. This officer belonged to a [[wealthy]] [[Roman]] [[family]], and he took it upon himself to build a [[beautiful]] [[synagogue]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], which had been presented to the [[Jews]] a short time before [[Jesus]] came to live with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]. [[Jesus]] conducted the services in this new [[synagogue]] more than half the time this year, and some of the [[caravan]] people who chanced to attend remembered him as the [[carpenter]] from [[Nazareth]].

129:1.8 When it came to the payment of [[taxes]], Jesus registered himself as a " skilled craftsman of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. " From this day on to the end of his [[earth]] life he was known as a resident of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. He never claimed any other [[legal]] residence, although he did, for various reasons, [[permit]] others to assign his residence to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany], [[Nazareth]], and even [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria].

129:1.8 When it came to the payment of [[taxes]], Jesus registered himself as a " skilled craftsman of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. " From this day on to the end of his [[earth]] life he was known as a resident of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. He never claimed any other [[legal]] residence, although he did, for various reasons, [[permit]] others to assign his residence to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany], [[Nazareth]], and even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria].

129:1.9 At the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] [[synagogue]] he found many new [[books]] in the [[library]] chests, and he spent at least five evenings a week at [[intense]] [[study]]. One evening he [[devoted]] to [[social]] life with the older folks, and one evening he spent with the [[Youth|young]] people. There was something [[gracious]] and [[inspiring]] about the [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] which invariably attracted young people. He always made them feel at ease in his [[presence]]. Perhaps his great [[secret]] in getting along with them consisted in the twofold [[fact]] that he was always interested in what they were [[doing]], while he seldom offered them [[advice]] unless they asked for it.

129:1.9 At the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] [[synagogue]] he found many new [[books]] in the [[library]] chests, and he spent at least five evenings a week at [[intense]] [[study]]. One evening he [[devoted]] to [[social]] life with the older folks, and one evening he spent with the [[Youth|young]] people. There was something [[gracious]] and [[inspiring]] about the [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] which invariably attracted young people. He always made them feel at ease in his [[presence]]. Perhaps his great [[secret]] in getting along with them consisted in the twofold [[fact]] that he was always interested in what they were [[doing]], while he seldom offered them [[advice]] unless they asked for it.

129:1.10 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[family]] almost [[worshiped]] [[Jesus]], and they never failed to attend the [[conferences]] of questions and answers which he conducted each evening after supper before he departed for the [[synagogue]] to [[study]]. The [[youth]]ful [[neighbors]] also came in frequently to attend these after-supper meetings. To these little gatherings [[Jesus]] gave varied and advanced instruction, just as advanced as they could [[comprehend]]. He talked quite freely with them, [[expressing]] his [[ideas]] and [[ideals]] about [[politics]], [[sociology]], [[science]], and [[philosophy]], but never presumed to speak with [[authoritative]] finality except when discussing [[religion]]—the [[relation]] of [[man]] to [[God]].

129:1.10 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[family]] almost [[worshiped]] [[Jesus]], and they never failed to attend the [[conferences]] of questions and answers which he conducted each evening after supper before he departed for the [[synagogue]] to [[study]]. The [[youth]]ful [[neighbors]] also came in frequently to attend these after-supper meetings. To these little gatherings [[Jesus]] gave varied and advanced instruction, just as advanced as they could [[comprehend]]. He talked quite freely with them, [[expressing]] his [[ideas]] and [[ideals]] about [[politics]], [[sociology]], [[science]], and [[philosophy]], but never presumed to speak with [[authoritative]] finality except when discussing [[religion]]—the [[relation]] of [[man]] to [[God]].

129:1.11 Once a week [[Jesus]] held a meeting with the entire household, shop, and shore helpers, for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] had many employees. And it was among these workers that [[Jesus]] was first called " the Master. " They all [[loved]] him. He [[enjoyed]] his [[labors]] with Zebedee in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], but he missed the [[children]] [[playing]] out by the side of the [[Nazareth]] [[carpenter]] shop.

129:1.11 Once a week [[Jesus]] held a meeting with the entire household, shop, and shore helpers, for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] had many employees. And it was among these workers that [[Jesus]] was first called " the Master. " They all [[loved]] him. He [[enjoyed]] his [[labors]] with Zebedee in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], but he missed the [[children]] [[playing]] out by the side of the [[Nazareth]] [[carpenter]] shop.

129:1.12 Of the sons of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_son_of_Zebedee James] was the most interested in [[Jesus]] as a [[teacher]], as a [[philosopher]]. [John, the Apostle|John]] cared most for his [[religious]] teaching and [[opinions]]. David respected him as a mechanic but took little stock in his [[religious]] views and [[philosophic]] teachings.

129:1.12 Of the sons of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_son_of_Zebedee James] was the most interested in [[Jesus]] as a [[teacher]], as a [[philosopher]]. [John, the Apostle|John]] cared most for his [[religious]] teaching and [[opinions]]. David respected him as a mechanic but took little stock in his [[religious]] views and [[philosophic]] teachings.

129:1.13 Frequently [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] came over on the [[Sabbath]] to hear [[Jesus]] talk in the [[synagogue]] and would tarry to [[visit]] with him. And the more Jude saw of his eldest [[brother]], the more he became convinced that Jesus was a truly great man.

129:1.13 Frequently [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] came over on the [[Sabbath]] to hear [[Jesus]] talk in the [[synagogue]] and would tarry to [[visit]] with him. And the more Jude saw of his eldest [[brother]], the more he became convinced that Jesus was a truly great man.

129:1.14 This year [[Jesus]] made great advances in the [[Seven psychic circles|ascendant mastery]] of his human [[mind]] and [[attained]] new and high levels of [[conscious]] [[contact]] with his indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]].

129:1.14 This year [[Jesus]] made great advances in the [[Seven psychic circles|ascendant mastery]] of his human [[mind]] and [[attained]] new and high levels of [[conscious]] [[contact]] with his indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]].

129:1.15 This was the last year of his settled life. Never again did [[Jesus]] spend a whole year in one place or at one undertaking. The days of his [[earth]] [[pilgrimage]]s were rapidly approaching. Periods of [[intense]] [[activity]] were not far in the [[future]], but there were now about to [[intervene]] between his [[simple]] but [[intense]]ly [[active]] life of the [[past]] and his still more intense and strenuous [[public]] [[ministry]], a few years of extensive [[travel]] and highly [[diversified]] [[personal]] [[activity]]. His [[training]] as a man of the realm had to be completed before he could enter upon his [[career]] of [[teaching]] and preaching as the perfected [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE God-man] of the [[divine]] and posthuman [[phases]] of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL Urantia bestowal].

129:1.15 This was the last year of his settled life. Never again did [[Jesus]] spend a whole year in one place or at one undertaking. The days of his [[earth]] [[pilgrimage]]s were rapidly approaching. Periods of [[intense]] [[activity]] were not far in the [[future]], but there were now about to [[intervene]] between his [[simple]] but [[intense]]ly [[active]] life of the [[past]] and his still more intense and strenuous [[public]] [[ministry]], a few years of extensive [[travel]] and highly [[diversified]] [[personal]] [[activity]]. His [[training]] as a man of the realm had to be completed before he could enter upon his [[career]] of [[teaching]] and preaching as the perfected [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE God-man] of the [[divine]] and posthuman [[phases]] of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL Urantia bestowal].

==129:2. THE TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR (A.D. 22)==

==129:2. THE TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR (A.D. 22)==

129:2.1 In March, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22_AD A.D. 22], [[Jesus]] took leave of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] and of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. He asked for a small sum of [[money]] to defray his expenses to [[Jerusalem]]. While working with Zebedee he had drawn only small sums of money, which each month he would send to the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]]. One month Joseph would come down to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] for the [[money]]; the next month [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] would come over to Capernaum, get the [[money]] from [[Jesus]], and take it up to [[Nazareth]]. Jude's fishing headquarters was only a few miles south of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum].

129:2.1 In March, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22_AD A.D. 22], [[Jesus]] took leave of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] and of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum]. He asked for a small sum of [[money]] to defray his expenses to [[Jerusalem]]. While working with Zebedee he had drawn only small sums of money, which each month he would send to the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]]. One month Joseph would come down to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] for the [[money]]; the next month [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] would come over to Capernaum, get the [[money]] from [[Jesus]], and take it up to [[Nazareth]]. Jude's fishing headquarters was only a few miles south of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum].

129:2.2 When [[Jesus]] took leave of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[family]], he [[agreed]] to remain in [[Jerusalem]] until [[Passover]] time, and they all [[promised]] to be present for that [[event]]. They even arranged to [[celebrate]] the [[Passover]] supper together. They all sorrowed when [[Jesus]] left them, especially the daughters of Zebedee.

129:2.2 When [[Jesus]] took leave of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[family]], he [[agreed]] to remain in [[Jerusalem]] until [[Passover]] time, and they all [[promised]] to be present for that [[event]]. They even arranged to [[celebrate]] the [[Passover]] supper together. They all sorrowed when [[Jesus]] left them, especially the daughters of Zebedee.

129:2.3 Before leaving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], [[Jesus]] had a long talk with his new-found [[friend]] and close companion, [[John, the Apostle|John Zebedee]]. He told John that he [[contemplated]] traveling extensively until " my hour shall come " and asked [[John, the Apostle|John]] to [[act]] in his stead in the matter of sending some [[money]] to the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]] each month until the funds due him should be exhausted. And John made him this promise: " My Teacher, go about your [[business]], do your work in the world; I will [[act]] for you in this or any other matter, and I will watch over your [[family]] even as I would foster my own [[mother]] and care for my own brothers and sisters. I will disburse your funds which my [[father]] holds as you have directed and as they may be needed, and when your [[money]] has been expended, if I do not receive more from you, and if your [[mother]] is in need, then will I [[share]] my own earnings with her. Go your way in [[peace]]. I will act in your stead in all these matters. "

129:2.3 Before leaving [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], [[Jesus]] had a long talk with his new-found [[friend]] and close companion, [[John, the Apostle|John Zebedee]]. He told John that he [[contemplated]] traveling extensively until " my hour shall come " and asked [[John, the Apostle|John]] to [[act]] in his stead in the matter of sending some [[money]] to the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]] each month until the funds due him should be exhausted. And John made him this promise: " My Teacher, go about your [[business]], do your work in the world; I will [[act]] for you in this or any other matter, and I will watch over your [[family]] even as I would foster my own [[mother]] and care for my own brothers and sisters. I will disburse your funds which my [[father]] holds as you have directed and as they may be needed, and when your [[money]] has been expended, if I do not receive more from you, and if your [[mother]] is in need, then will I [[share]] my own earnings with her. Go your way in [[peace]]. I will act in your stead in all these matters. "

129:2.4 Therefore, after [[Jesus]] had departed for [[Jerusalem]], John consulted with his [[father]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee], regarding the [[money]] due [[Jesus]], and he was [[surprised]] that it was such a large sum. As [[Jesus]] had left the matter so entirely in their hands, they [[agreed]] that it would be the better [[plan]] to [[invest]] these funds in [[property]] and use the income for assisting the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]]; and since [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] knew of a little house in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] which carried a mortgage and was for sale, he directed [[John, the Apostle|John]] to buy this house with [[Jesus]]' [[money]] and hold the title in [[trust]] for his [[friend]]. And John did as his [[father]] advised him. For two years the rent of this house was applied on the mortgage, and this, augmented by a certain large fund which [[Jesus]] presently sent up to John to be used as needed by the [[family]], almost equaled the amount of this [[obligation]]; and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] supplied the [[difference]], so that [[John, the Apostle|John]] paid up the remainder of the mortgage when it fell due, thereby securing clear title to this two-room house. In this way [[Jesus]] became the owner of a house in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], but he had not been told about it.

129:2.4 Therefore, after [[Jesus]] had departed for [[Jerusalem]], John consulted with his [[father]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee], regarding the [[money]] due [[Jesus]], and he was [[surprised]] that it was such a large sum. As [[Jesus]] had left the matter so entirely in their hands, they [[agreed]] that it would be the better [[plan]] to [[invest]] these funds in [[property]] and use the income for assisting the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]]; and since [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] knew of a little house in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] which carried a mortgage and was for sale, he directed [[John, the Apostle|John]] to buy this house with [[Jesus]]' [[money]] and hold the title in [[trust]] for his [[friend]]. And John did as his [[father]] advised him. For two years the rent of this house was applied on the mortgage, and this, augmented by a certain large fund which [[Jesus]] presently sent up to John to be used as needed by the [[family]], almost equaled the amount of this [[obligation]]; and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] supplied the [[difference]], so that [[John, the Apostle|John]] paid up the remainder of the mortgage when it fell due, thereby securing clear title to this two-room house. In this way [[Jesus]] became the owner of a house in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], but he had not been told about it.

129:2.5 When the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]] heard that [[Jesus]] had departed from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], they, not knowing of this [[financial]] arrangement with [[John, the Apostle|John]], believed the time had come for them to get along without any further help from [[Jesus]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just|James]] remembered his [[contract]] with [[Jesus]] and, with the help of his [[brothers]], forthwith assumed full [[responsibility]] for the [[care]] of the [[family]].

129:2.5 When the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]] heard that [[Jesus]] had departed from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], they, not knowing of this [[financial]] arrangement with [[John, the Apostle|John]], believed the time had come for them to get along without any further help from [[Jesus]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just|James]] remembered his [[contract]] with [[Jesus]] and, with the help of his [[brothers]], forthwith assumed full [[responsibility]] for the [[care]] of the [[family]].

129:2.6 But let us go back to [[observe]] [[Jesus]] in [[Jerusalem]]. For almost two months he spent the greater part of his time listening to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] [[discussions]] with occasional visits to the various schools of the [[rabbis]]. Most of the [[Sabbath]] days he spent at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany].

129:2.6 But let us go back to [[observe]] [[Jesus]] in [[Jerusalem]]. For almost two months he spent the greater part of his time listening to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] [[discussions]] with occasional visits to the various schools of the [[rabbis]]. Most of the [[Sabbath]] days he spent at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany].

129:2.7 [[Jesus]] had carried with him to [[Jerusalem]] a letter from Salome, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[wife]], introducing him to the former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas], as " one, the same as my own son. " Annas spent much time with him, [[personally]] taking him to [[visit]] the many academies of the [[Jerusalem]] [[religious]] [[teachers]]. While [[Jesus]] thoroughly inspected these [[schools]] and carefully [[observed]] their [[methods]] of teaching, he never so much as asked a single question in [[public]]. Although [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas] looked upon [[Jesus]] as a great man, he was puzzled as to how to [[advise]] him. He [[recognized]] the foolishness of suggesting that he enter any of the [[schools]] of [[Jerusalem]] as a [[student]], and yet he well knew [[Jesus]] would never be accorded the [[status]] of a regular [[teacher]] inasmuch as he had never been [[trained]] in these [[schools]].

129:2.7 [[Jesus]] had carried with him to [[Jerusalem]] a letter from Salome, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[wife]], introducing him to the former [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol high priest], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas], as " one, the same as my own son. " Annas spent much time with him, [[personally]] taking him to [[visit]] the many academies of the [[Jerusalem]] [[religious]] [[teachers]]. While [[Jesus]] thoroughly inspected these [[schools]] and carefully [[observed]] their [[methods]] of teaching, he never so much as asked a single question in [[public]]. Although [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas] looked upon [[Jesus]] as a great man, he was puzzled as to how to [[advise]] him. He [[recognized]] the foolishness of suggesting that he enter any of the [[schools]] of [[Jerusalem]] as a [[student]], and yet he well knew [[Jesus]] would never be accorded the [[status]] of a regular [[teacher]] inasmuch as he had never been [[trained]] in these [[schools]].

129:2.8 Presently the time of the [[Passover]] drew near, and along with the throngs from every quarter there arrived at [[Jerusalem]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] and his entire [[family]]. They all stopped at the spacious [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas], where they [[celebrated]] the [[Passover]] as one [[happy]] [[family]].

129:2.8 Presently the time of the [[Passover]] drew near, and along with the throngs from every quarter there arrived at [[Jerusalem]] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] and his entire [[family]]. They all stopped at the spacious [[home]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annas Annas], where they [[celebrated]] the [[Passover]] as one [[happy]] [[family]].

129:2.9 Before the end of this [[Passover]] week, by apparent [[chance]], [[Jesus]] met a [[wealthy]] traveler and his son, a young man about seventeen years of age. These travelers hailed from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India], and being on their way to visit [[Rome]] and various other points on the [[Mediterranean]], they had arranged to arrive in [[Jerusalem]] during the [[Passover]], hoping to find someone whom they could [[engage]] as [[interpreter]] for both and [[tutor]] for the son. The [[father]] was insistent that [[Jesus]] consent to [[travel]] with them. [[Jesus]] told him about his [[family]] and that it was hardly fair to go away for almost two years, during which time they might find themselves in need. Whereupon, this traveler from the [[Orient]] proposed to advance to [[Jesus]] the wages of one year so that he could intrust such funds to his [[friends]] for the safeguarding of his [[family]] against want. And [[Jesus]] agreed to make the trip.

129:2.9 Before the end of this [[Passover]] week, by apparent [[chance]], [[Jesus]] met a [[wealthy]] traveler and his son, a young man about seventeen years of age. These travelers hailed from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India], and being on their way to visit [[Rome]] and various other points on the [[Mediterranean]], they had arranged to arrive in [[Jerusalem]] during the [[Passover]], hoping to find someone whom they could [[engage]] as [[interpreter]] for both and [[tutor]] for the son. The [[father]] was insistent that [[Jesus]] consent to [[travel]] with them. [[Jesus]] told him about his [[family]] and that it was hardly fair to go away for almost two years, during which time they might find themselves in need. Whereupon, this traveler from the [[Orient]] proposed to advance to [[Jesus]] the wages of one year so that he could intrust such funds to his [[friends]] for the safeguarding of his [[family]] against want. And [[Jesus]] agreed to make the trip.

129:2.10 [[Jesus]] turned this large sum over to [[John, the Apostle|John]] the son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]. And you have been told how John applied this [[money]] toward the liquidation of the mortgage on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] [[property]]. [[Jesus]] took Zebedee fully into his confidence regarding this [[Mediterranean]] [[journey]], but he enjoined him to tell no man, not even his own [[Family|flesh and blood]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] never did disclose his [[knowledge]] of [[Jesus]]' whereabouts during this long period of almost two years. Before [[Jesus]]' return from this trip the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]] had just about given him up as dead. Only the [[assurances]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee], who went up to [[Nazareth]] with his son [[John, the Apostle|John]] on several occasions, kept [[hope]] alive in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary]'s [[heart]].

129:2.10 [[Jesus]] turned this large sum over to [[John, the Apostle|John]] the son of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]. And you have been told how John applied this [[money]] toward the liquidation of the mortgage on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] [[property]]. [[Jesus]] took Zebedee fully into his confidence regarding this [[Mediterranean]] [[journey]], but he enjoined him to tell no man, not even his own [[Family|flesh and blood]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] never did disclose his [[knowledge]] of [[Jesus]]' whereabouts during this long period of almost two years. Before [[Jesus]]' return from this trip the [[family]] at [[Nazareth]] had just about given him up as dead. Only the [[assurances]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee], who went up to [[Nazareth]] with his son [[John, the Apostle|John]] on several occasions, kept [[hope]] alive in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary]'s [[heart]].

129:2.11 During this time the [[Nazareth]] [[family]] got along very well; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] had considerably increased his quota and kept up this extra contribution until he was [[married]]. Notwithstanding that they required little [[assistance]], it was the [[practice]] of [[John, the Apostle|John Zebedee]] to take presents each month to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and Ruth, as [[Jesus]] had instructed him.

129:2.11 During this time the [[Nazareth]] [[family]] got along very well; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus Jude] had considerably increased his quota and kept up this extra contribution until he was [[married]]. Notwithstanding that they required little [[assistance]], it was the [[practice]] of [[John, the Apostle|John Zebedee]] to take presents each month to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and Ruth, as [[Jesus]] had instructed him.

==129:3. THE TWENTY-NINTH YEAR (A.D. 23)==

==129:3. THE TWENTY-NINTH YEAR (A.D. 23)==

129:3.1 The whole of [[Jesus]]' twenty-ninth year was spent finishing up the tour of the [[Mediterranean]] world. The main [[events]], as far as we have [[permission]] to [[reveal]] these [[experiences]], constitute the subjects of the [[narratives]] which [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_130 immediately follow this paper].

129:3.1 The whole of [[Jesus]]' twenty-ninth year was spent finishing up the tour of the [[Mediterranean]] world. The main [[events]], as far as we have [[permission]] to [[reveal]] these [[experiences]], constitute the subjects of the [[narratives]] which [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_130 immediately follow this paper].

129:3.2 Throughout this tour of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_world Roman world], for many reasons, [[Jesus]] was known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] [[scribe]]. At [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth] and other stops on the return trip he was, however, known as the [[Jewish]] [[tutor]].

129:3.2 Throughout this tour of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_world Roman world], for many reasons, [[Jesus]] was known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus] [[scribe]]. At [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth Corinth] and other stops on the return trip he was, however, known as the [[Jewish]] [[tutor]].

129:3.3 This was an eventful period in [[Jesus]]' life. While on this [[journey]] he made many [[contacts]] with his fellow men, but this [[experience]] is a [[phase]] of his life which he never revealed to any member of his [[family]] nor to any of [[the apostles]]. [[Jesus]] lived out his life in the [[flesh]] and departed from this world without anyone (save [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]) knowing that he had made this extensive trip. Some of his [[friends]] thought he had returned to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]; others thought he had gone to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]. His own [[family]] inclined to the [[belief]] that he was in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], as they knew that he had once been invited to go there for the [[purpose]] of becoming an assistant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazzan chazan].

129:3.3 This was an eventful period in [[Jesus]]' life. While on this [[journey]] he made many [[contacts]] with his fellow men, but this [[experience]] is a [[phase]] of his life which he never revealed to any member of his [[family]] nor to any of [[the apostles]]. [[Jesus]] lived out his life in the [[flesh]] and departed from this world without anyone (save [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]) knowing that he had made this extensive trip. Some of his [[friends]] thought he had returned to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]; others thought he had gone to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]. His own [[family]] inclined to the [[belief]] that he was in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], as they knew that he had once been invited to go there for the [[purpose]] of becoming an assistant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazzan chazan].

129:3.4 When [[Jesus]] returned to [[Palestine]], he did nothing to change the [[opinion]] of his [[family]] that he had gone from [[Jerusalem]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]; he permitted them to continue in the [[belief]] that all the time he had been [[absent]] from [[Palestine]] had been spent in that city of [[learning]] and [[culture]]. Only [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] the boatbuilder of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] knew the [[facts]] about these matters, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] told no one.

129:3.4 When [[Jesus]] returned to [[Palestine]], he did nothing to change the [[opinion]] of his [[family]] that he had gone from [[Jerusalem]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]; he permitted them to continue in the [[belief]] that all the time he had been [[absent]] from [[Palestine]] had been spent in that city of [[learning]] and [[culture]]. Only [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] the boatbuilder of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] knew the [[facts]] about these matters, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] told no one.

129:3.5 In all your [[efforts]] to decipher the [[meaning]] of [[Jesus]]' life on [[Urantia]], you must be mindful of the [[motivation]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Michael bestowal]. If you would [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]] of many of his apparently strange doings, you must [[discern]] the [[purpose]] of his [[sojourn]] on your world. He was consistently careful not to build up an overattractive and [[attention]]-consuming [[personal]] [[career]]. He wanted to make no unusual or overpowering appeals to his fellow men. He was [[dedicated]] to the [[work]] of [[revealing]] the [[Universal Father|heavenly Father]] to his fellow [[mortals]] and at the same time was [[consecrated]] to the [[sublime]] task of living his [[mortal]] [[earth]] life all the while subject to the will of the same [[Paradise Father]].

129:3.5 In all your [[efforts]] to decipher the [[meaning]] of [[Jesus]]' life on [[Urantia]], you must be mindful of the [[motivation]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE Michael bestowal]. If you would [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]] of many of his apparently strange doings, you must [[discern]] the [[purpose]] of his [[sojourn]] on your world. He was consistently careful not to build up an overattractive and [[attention]]-consuming [[personal]] [[career]]. He wanted to make no unusual or overpowering appeals to his fellow men. He was [[dedicated]] to the [[work]] of [[revealing]] the [[Universal Father|heavenly Father]] to his fellow [[mortals]] and at the same time was [[consecrated]] to the [[sublime]] task of living his [[mortal]] [[earth]] life all the while subject to the will of the same [[Paradise Father]].

129:3.6 It will also always be helpful in [[understanding]] [[Jesus]]' life on [[earth]] if all [[mortal]] [[students]] of this [[divine]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE bestowal] will remember that, while he lived this life of [[incarnation]] on [[Urantia]], he lived it for his [[Nebadon|entire universe]]. There was something special and [[inspiring]] [[associated]] with the life he lived in the [[flesh]] of [[mortal]] [[nature]] for every single [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited sphere] throughout all the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. The same is also true of all those worlds which have become habitable since the eventful times of his [[sojourn]] on [[Urantia]]. And it will likewise be equally true of all worlds which may become inhabited by [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] in all the [[future]] [[history]] of this [[local universe]].

129:3.6 It will also always be helpful in [[understanding]] [[Jesus]]' life on [[earth]] if all [[mortal]] [[students]] of this [[divine]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE bestowal] will remember that, while he lived this life of [[incarnation]] on [[Urantia]], he lived it for his [[Nebadon|entire universe]]. There was something special and [[inspiring]] [[associated]] with the life he lived in the [[flesh]] of [[mortal]] [[nature]] for every single [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited sphere] throughout all the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. The same is also true of all those worlds which have become habitable since the eventful times of his [[sojourn]] on [[Urantia]]. And it will likewise be equally true of all worlds which may become inhabited by [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] in all the [[future]] [[history]] of this [[local universe]].

129:3.7 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], during the time and through the [[experience]]s of this tour of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman world], [[practically]] completed his [[educational]] contact-[[training]] with the [[diversified]] peoples of the world of his day and [[generation]]. By the time of his return to [[Nazareth]], through the medium of this [[travel]]-[[training]] he had just about learned how man lived and wrought out his [[existence]] on [[Urantia]].

129:3.7 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], during the time and through the [[experience]]s of this tour of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman world], [[practically]] completed his [[educational]] contact-[[training]] with the [[diversified]] peoples of the world of his day and [[generation]]. By the time of his return to [[Nazareth]], through the medium of this [[travel]]-[[training]] he had just about learned how man lived and wrought out his [[existence]] on [[Urantia]].

129:3.8 The real [[purpose]] of his trip around the [[Mediterranean]] basin was to know men. He came very close to hundreds of [[humankind]] on this [[journey]]. He met and loved all manner of men, [[rich]] and [[poor]], high and low, black and white, educated and uneducated, cultured and uncultured, animalistic and [[spiritual]], religious and irreligious, [[moral]] and immoral.

129:3.8 The real [[purpose]] of his trip around the [[Mediterranean]] basin was to know men. He came very close to hundreds of [[humankind]] on this [[journey]]. He met and loved all manner of men, [[rich]] and [[poor]], high and low, black and white, educated and uneducated, cultured and uncultured, animalistic and [[spiritual]], religious and irreligious, [[moral]] and immoral.

129:3.9 On this [[Mediterranean]] [[journey]] [[Jesus]] made great advances in his [[human]] task of mastering the [[material]] and [[mortal]] [[mind]], and his [[indwelling Adjuster]] made great [[progress]] in the [[ascension]] and [[spiritual]] [[conquest]] of this same human [[intellect]]. By the end of this tour [[Jesus]] virtually knew—with all [[human]] certainty—that he was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_God Son of God], a [[Creator Son]] of the [[Universal Father]]. [[The Adjuster]] more and more was able to bring up in the [[mind]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] shadowy [[memories]] of his [[Paradise]] [[experience]] in [[association]] with his [[Universal Father|divine Father]] ere he ever came to [[organize]] and [[administer]] this [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. Thus did [[the Adjuster]], little by little, bring to [[Jesus]]' human [[consciousness]] those [[necessary]] memories of his former and [[divine]] [[existence]] in the various [[epochs]] of the well-nigh [[eternal]] [[past]]. The last [[episode]] of his prehuman [[experience]] to be brought forth by [[the Adjuster]] was his [[farewell]] [[conference]] with [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]] just before his [[surrender]] of [[conscious]] [[personality]] to embark upon the [[Urantia]] [[incarnation]]. And this final [[memory]] picture of prehuman [[existence]] was made clear in [[Jesus]]' [[consciousness]] on the very day of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS baptism by John] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan].

129:3.9 On this [[Mediterranean]] [[journey]] [[Jesus]] made great advances in his [[human]] task of mastering the [[material]] and [[mortal]] [[mind]], and his [[indwelling Adjuster]] made great [[progress]] in the [[ascension]] and [[spiritual]] [[conquest]] of this same human [[intellect]]. By the end of this tour [[Jesus]] virtually knew—with all [[human]] certainty—that he was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_God Son of God], a [[Creator Son]] of the [[Universal Father]]. [[The Adjuster]] more and more was able to bring up in the [[mind]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] shadowy [[memories]] of his [[Paradise]] [[experience]] in [[association]] with his [[Universal Father|divine Father]] ere he ever came to [[organize]] and [[administer]] this [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]]. Thus did [[the Adjuster]], little by little, bring to [[Jesus]]' human [[consciousness]] those [[necessary]] memories of his former and [[divine]] [[existence]] in the various [[epochs]] of the well-nigh [[eternal]] [[past]]. The last [[episode]] of his prehuman [[experience]] to be brought forth by [[the Adjuster]] was his [[farewell]] [[conference]] with [[Immanuel]] of [[Salvington]] just before his [[surrender]] of [[conscious]] [[personality]] to embark upon the [[Urantia]] [[incarnation]]. And this final [[memory]] picture of prehuman [[existence]] was made clear in [[Jesus]]' [[consciousness]] on the very day of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS baptism by John] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan].

==129:4. THE HUMAN JESUS==

==129:4. THE HUMAN JESUS==

129:4.1 To the onlooking [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] of the [[local universe]], this [[Mediterranean]] trip was the most enthralling of all [[Jesus]]' [[earth]] [[experiences]], at least of all his [[career]] right up to the [[event]] of his [[crucifixion]] and [[mortal]] [[death]]. This was the fascinating period of his [[personal]] [[ministry]] in [[contrast]] with the soon-following [[epoch]] of [[public]] ministry. This [[unique]] episode was all the more engrossing because he was at this time still the [[carpenter]] of [[Nazareth]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoatBuilder boatbuilder] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], the [[scribe]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]; he was still the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. He had not yet [[achieved]] the complete [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES mastery of his human mind]; [[the Adjuster]] had not fully mastered and counterparted the [[mortal]] [[identity]]. He was still a man among men.

129:4.1 To the onlooking [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] of the [[local universe]], this [[Mediterranean]] trip was the most enthralling of all [[Jesus]]' [[earth]] [[experiences]], at least of all his [[career]] right up to the [[event]] of his [[crucifixion]] and [[mortal]] [[death]]. This was the fascinating period of his [[personal]] [[ministry]] in [[contrast]] with the soon-following [[epoch]] of [[public]] ministry. This [[unique]] episode was all the more engrossing because he was at this time still the [[carpenter]] of [[Nazareth]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat_building boatbuilder] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], the [[scribe]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus Damascus]; he was still the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. He had not yet [[achieved]] the complete [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES mastery of his human mind]; [[the Adjuster]] had not fully mastered and counterparted the [[mortal]] [[identity]]. He was still a man among men.

129:4.2 The [[purely]] human [[religious]] [[experience]]—the [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[growth]]—of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] well-nigh reached the [[apex]] of [[attainment]] during this, the twenty-ninth year. This [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[development]] was a consistently [[gradual]] [[growth]] from the [[moment]] of the arrival of his [[Thought Adjuster]] until the day of the completion and [[confirmation]] of that [[natural]] and [[normal]] [[human]] [[relationship]] between the [[material]] [[mind]] of man and the mind-[[endowment]] of the [[spirit]]—the [[phenomenon]] of the making of these [[two]] minds [[one]], the [[experience]] which the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] [[attained]] in completion and finality, as an [[incarnated]] mortal of the realm, on the day of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS baptism] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan].

129:4.2 The [[purely]] human [[religious]] [[experience]]—the [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[growth]]—of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] well-nigh reached the [[apex]] of [[attainment]] during this, the twenty-ninth year. This [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[development]] was a consistently [[gradual]] [[growth]] from the [[moment]] of the arrival of his [[Thought Adjuster]] until the day of the completion and [[confirmation]] of that [[natural]] and [[normal]] [[human]] [[relationship]] between the [[material]] [[mind]] of man and the mind-[[endowment]] of the [[spirit]]—the [[phenomenon]] of the making of these [[two]] minds [[one]], the [[experience]] which the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] [[attained]] in completion and finality, as an [[incarnated]] mortal of the realm, on the day of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS baptism] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan].

129:4.3 Throughout these years, while he did not [[appear]] to [[engage]] in so many [[seasons]] of [[formal]] [[communion]] with [[Universal Father|his Father in heaven]], he perfected increasingly [[effective]] [[methods]] of [[personal]] [[communication]] with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]] [[presence]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. He lived a real life, a full life, and a truly [[normal]], [[natural]], and [[average]] life in the [[flesh]]. He knows from [[personal]] [[experience]] the equivalent of the [[actuality]] of the entire sum and substance of the living of the life of [[Human Condition|human being]]s on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 material worlds] of [[time and space]].

129:4.3 Throughout these years, while he did not [[appear]] to [[engage]] in so many [[seasons]] of [[formal]] [[communion]] with [[Universal Father|his Father in heaven]], he perfected increasingly [[effective]] [[methods]] of [[personal]] [[communication]] with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]] [[presence]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. He lived a real life, a full life, and a truly [[normal]], [[natural]], and [[average]] life in the [[flesh]]. He knows from [[personal]] [[experience]] the equivalent of the [[actuality]] of the entire sum and substance of the living of the life of [[Human Condition|human being]]s on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 material worlds] of [[time and space]].

129:4.4 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] [[experienced]] those wide [[Spectrum|ranges]] of [[human]] [[emotion]] which reach from superb [[joy]] to [[profound]] [[sorrow]]. He was a child of [[joy]] and a [[being]] of rare good [[humor]]; likewise was he a " man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.53] In a [[spiritual]] sense, he did live through the [[mortal]] life from the bottom to the top, from the beginning to the end. From a [[material]] [[point of view]], he might appear to have [[escaped]] living through both [[social]] [[extreme]]s of [[human]] [[existence]], but [[intellectually]] he became wholly familiar with the entire and complete [[experience]] of [[humankind]].

129:4.4 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] [[experienced]] those wide [[Spectrum|ranges]] of [[human]] [[emotion]] which reach from superb [[joy]] to [[profound]] [[sorrow]]. He was a child of [[joy]] and a [[being]] of rare good [[humor]]; likewise was he a " man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.53] In a [[spiritual]] sense, he did live through the [[mortal]] life from the bottom to the top, from the beginning to the end. From a [[material]] [[point of view]], he might appear to have [[escaped]] living through both [[social]] [[extreme]]s of [[human]] [[existence]], but [[intellectually]] he became wholly familiar with the entire and complete [[experience]] of [[humankind]].

129:4.5 [[Jesus]] knows about the [[thoughts]] and [[feelings]], the urges and [[impulses]], of the [[evolutionary]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascendant mortals] of the realms, from [[birth]] to [[death]]. He has lived the [[human]] life from the beginnings of [[physical]], [[intellectual]], and [[spiritual]] [[selfhood]] up through [[infancy]], [[childhood]], [[youth]], and [[Maturity|adulthood]]—even to the [[human]] [[experience]] of [[death]]. He not only passed through these usual and familiar human periods of [[intellectual]] and [[spiritual]] advancement, but he also fully experienced those higher and more advanced [[phases]] of [[human]] and [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]] [[reconciliation]] which so few [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] ever [[attain]]. And thus he experienced the full life of [[mortal]] man, not only as it is lived on your world, but also as it is lived on all other [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]], even on the highest and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55 most advanced of all the worlds] settled in [[light and life]].

129:4.5 [[Jesus]] knows about the [[thoughts]] and [[feelings]], the urges and [[impulses]], of the [[evolutionary]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascendant mortals] of the realms, from [[birth]] to [[death]]. He has lived the [[human]] life from the beginnings of [[physical]], [[intellectual]], and [[spiritual]] [[selfhood]] up through [[infancy]], [[childhood]], [[youth]], and [[Maturity|adulthood]]—even to the [[human]] [[experience]] of [[death]]. He not only passed through these usual and familiar human periods of [[intellectual]] and [[spiritual]] advancement, but he also fully experienced those higher and more advanced [[phases]] of [[human]] and [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]] [[reconciliation]] which so few [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] ever [[attain]]. And thus he experienced the full life of [[mortal]] man, not only as it is lived on your world, but also as it is lived on all other [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]], even on the highest and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55 most advanced of all the worlds] settled in [[light and life]].

129:4.6 Although this [[perfect]] life which he lived in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] may not have received the unqualified and [[universal]] [[approval]] of his fellow [[mortals]], those who chanced to be his contemporaries on [[earth]], still, the life which [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] lived in the [[flesh]] and on [[Urantia]] did receive full and unqualified [[acceptance]] by the [[Universal Father]] as constituting at one and the [[same time]], and in one and the same [[personality]]-life, the fullness of the [[revelation]] of the [[eternal]] [[God]] to [[mortal]] man and the presentation of perfected [[human]] [[personality]] to the [[satisfaction]] of the [[Infinite]] [[Creator]].

129:4.6 Although this [[perfect]] life which he lived in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]] may not have received the unqualified and [[universal]] [[approval]] of his fellow [[mortals]], those who chanced to be his contemporaries on [[earth]], still, the life which [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] lived in the [[flesh]] and on [[Urantia]] did receive full and unqualified [[acceptance]] by the [[Universal Father]] as constituting at one and the [[same time]], and in one and the same [[personality]]-life, the fullness of the [[revelation]] of the [[eternal]] [[God]] to [[mortal]] man and the presentation of perfected [[human]] [[personality]] to the [[satisfaction]] of the [[Infinite]] [[Creator]].

129:4.7 And this was his true and [[supreme]] [[purpose]]. He did not come down to live on [[Urantia]] as the [[perfect]] and detailed example for any child or adult, any man or woman, in that age or any other. True it is, indeed, that in his full, rich, [[beautiful]], and [[noble]] life we may all find much that is exquisitely exemplary, [[divinely]] [[inspiring]], but this is because he lived a true and genuinely human life. [[Jesus]] did not live his life on [[earth]] in order to set an example for all other [[human being]]s to [[copy]]. He lived this life in the [[flesh]] by the same [[mercy]] [[ministry]] that you all may live your lives on [[earth]]; and as he lived his [[mortal]] life in his day and as he was, so did he thereby set the example for all of us thus to live our lives in our day and as we are. You may not [[aspire]] to live his life, but you can resolve to live your lives even as, and by the same means that, he lived his. [[Jesus]] may not be the [[technical]] and detailed example for all the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortals of all ages] on all the realms of this [[local universe]], but he is everlastingly the [[inspiration]] and [[guide]] of all [[Paradise]] [[pilgrims]] from the worlds of initial [[ascension]] up through a [[universe of universes]] and on through [[Havona]] to [[Paradise]]. [[Jesus]] is the new and living way from [[man]] to [[God]], from the partial to the [[perfect]], from the earthly to the heavenly, from [[time]] to [[eternity]].

129:4.7 And this was his true and [[supreme]] [[purpose]]. He did not come down to live on [[Urantia]] as the [[perfect]] and detailed example for any child or adult, any man or woman, in that age or any other. True it is, indeed, that in his full, rich, [[beautiful]], and [[noble]] life we may all find much that is exquisitely exemplary, [[divinely]] [[inspiring]], but this is because he lived a true and genuinely human life. [[Jesus]] did not live his life on [[earth]] in order to set an example for all other [[human being]]s to [[copy]]. He lived this life in the [[flesh]] by the same [[mercy]] [[ministry]] that you all may live your lives on [[earth]]; and as he lived his [[mortal]] life in his day and as he was, so did he thereby set the example for all of us thus to live our lives in our day and as we are. You may not [[aspire]] to live his life, but you can resolve to live your lives even as, and by the same means that, he lived his. [[Jesus]] may not be the [[technical]] and detailed example for all the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortals of all ages] on all the realms of this [[local universe]], but he is everlastingly the [[inspiration]] and [[guide]] of all [[Paradise]] [[pilgrims]] from the worlds of initial [[ascension]] up through a [[universe of universes]] and on through [[Havona]] to [[Paradise]]. [[Jesus]] is the new and living way from [[man]] to [[God]], from the partial to the [[perfect]], from the earthly to the heavenly, from [[time]] to [[eternity]].

129:4.8 By the end of the twenty-ninth year [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] had virtually finished the living of the life required of [[mortals]] as [[sojourners]] in the [[flesh]]. He came on [[earth]] the fullness of [[God]] to be [[manifest]] to man; he had now become well-nigh the [[perfection]] of man awaiting the occasion to become [[manifest]] to [[God]]. And he did all of this before he was thirty years of age.

129:4.8 By the end of the twenty-ninth year [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] had virtually finished the living of the life required of [[mortals]] as [[sojourners]] in the [[flesh]]. He came on [[earth]] the fullness of [[God]] to be [[manifest]] to man; he had now become well-nigh the [[perfection]] of man awaiting the occasion to become [[manifest]] to [[God]]. And he did all of this before he was thirty years of age.

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