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123:0.3 Throughout the two years of their [[sojourn]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], [[Jesus]] enjoyed good [[health]] and continued to [[grow]] [[normal]]ly. Aside from a few [[friends]] and [[relatives]] no one was told about [[Jesus]]' being a " child of [[promise]]. " One of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph]'s [[relatives]] revealed this to a few friends in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt|Memphis], descendants of the distant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikhnaton Ikhnaton], and they, with a small [[group]] of Alexandrian believers, assembled at the palatial [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph]'s [[relative]]-[[benefactor]] a short time before the return to [[Palestine]] to wish the [[Nazareth]] [[family]] well and to pay their respects to the [[child]]. On this occasion the assembled [[friends]] presented [[Jesus]] with a complete [[copy]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Greek translation] of the [[Hebrew scriptures]]. But this copy of the [[Jewish]] [[sacred]] [[writings]] was not placed in Joseph's hands until both he and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] had finally declined the invitation of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt Memphis] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandrian] friends to remain in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt]. These believers insisted that the [[child]] of [[destiny]] would be able to exert a far greater world [[influence]] as a resident of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] than of any designated place in [[Palestine]]. These [[persuasions]] delayed their departure for Palestine for some time after they received the news of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Archelaus Herod]'s [[death]].

123:0.3 Throughout the two years of their [[sojourn]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], [[Jesus]] enjoyed good [[health]] and continued to [[grow]] [[normal]]ly. Aside from a few [[friends]] and [[relatives]] no one was told about [[Jesus]]' being a " child of [[promise]]. " One of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph]'s [[relatives]] revealed this to a few friends in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt|Memphis], descendants of the distant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikhnaton Ikhnaton], and they, with a small [[group]] of Alexandrian believers, assembled at the palatial [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph]'s [[relative]]-[[benefactor]] a short time before the return to [[Palestine]] to wish the [[Nazareth]] [[family]] well and to pay their respects to the [[child]]. On this occasion the assembled [[friends]] presented [[Jesus]] with a complete [[copy]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Greek translation] of the [[Hebrew scriptures]]. But this copy of the [[Jewish]] [[sacred]] [[writings]] was not placed in Joseph's hands until both he and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] had finally declined the invitation of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt Memphis] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandrian] friends to remain in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt]. These believers insisted that the [[child]] of [[destiny]] would be able to exert a far greater world [[influence]] as a resident of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] than of any designated place in [[Palestine]]. These [[persuasions]] delayed their departure for Palestine for some time after they received the news of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Archelaus Herod]'s [[death]].

123:0.4 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joseph and Mary] finally took leave of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria] on a boat belonging to their friend Ezraeon, bound for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa|Joppa], arriving at that port late in August of the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_BC 4 B.C.] They went directly to [[Bethlehem]], where they spent the entire month of September in [[counsel]] with their [[friends]] and [[relatives]] concerning whether they should remain there or return to [[Nazareth]].

123:0.4 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joseph and Mary] finally took leave of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria] on a boat belonging to their friend Ezraeon, bound for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa|Joppa], arriving at that port late in August of the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_BC 4 B.C.] They went directly to [[Bethlehem]], where they spent the entire month of September in [[counsel]] with their [[friends]] and [[relatives]] concerning whether they should remain there or return to [[Nazareth]].

123:0.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] had never fully given up the [[idea]] that [[Jesus]] ought to [[Mature|grow up]] in [[Bethlehem]], the City of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] did not really [[believe]] that their son was to become a kingly deliverer of [[Israel]]. Besides, he knew that he himself was not really a descendant of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]; that his being reckoned among the [[offspring]] of David was due to the [[adoption]] of one of his [[ancestors]] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David#David.27s_succession Davidic line of descent]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary], of course, thought the City of David the most appropriate place in which the new [[candidate]] for David's throne could be reared, but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] preferred to take [[chances]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas] rather than with his [[brother]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Archelaus Archelaus]. He entertained great fears for the [[child]]'s [[safety]] in [[Bethlehem]] or in any other [[city]] in [[Judea]], and surmised that Archelaus would be more likely to pursue the menacing [[policies]] of his father, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great Herod], than would [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Antipas] in [[Galilee]]. And besides all these reasons, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] was outspoken in his preference for [[Galilee]] as a better place in which to rear and [[educate]] the child, but it required three weeks to overcome [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary]'s objections.

123:0.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] had never fully given up the [[idea]] that [[Jesus]] ought to [[Mature|grow up]] in [[Bethlehem]], the City of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] did not really [[believe]] that their son was to become a kingly deliverer of [[Israel]]. Besides, he knew that he himself was not really a descendant of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David David]; that his being reckoned among the [[offspring]] of David was due to the [[adoption]] of one of his [[ancestors]] into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David#David.27s_succession Davidic line of descent]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary], of course, thought the City of David the most appropriate place in which the new [[candidate]] for David's throne could be reared, but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] preferred to take [[chances]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas] rather than with his [[brother]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Archelaus Archelaus]. He entertained great fears for the [[child]]'s [[safety]] in [[Bethlehem]] or in any other [[city]] in [[Judea]], and surmised that Archelaus would be more likely to pursue the menacing [[policies]] of his father, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great Herod], than would [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Antipas] in [[Galilee]]. And besides all these reasons, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] was outspoken in his preference for [[Galilee]] as a better place in which to rear and [[educate]] the child, but it required three weeks to overcome [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary]'s objections.

123:0.6 By the first of October [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] had convinced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and all their [[friends]] that it was best for them to return to [[Nazareth]]. Accordingly, early in October, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_BC 4 B.C.], they departed from [[Bethlehem]] for [[Nazareth]], going by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lod Lydda] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythopolis Scythopolis]. They started out early one Sunday morning, Mary and the child riding on their newly acquired [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_animal beast of burden], while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] and five accompanying kinsmen proceeded on foot; Joseph's [[relatives]] refused to permit them to make the trip to [[Nazareth]] alone. They feared to go to [[Galilee]] by [[Jerusalem]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley], and the western routes were not altogether [[safe]] for two lone [[travelers]] with a [[child]] of tender years.

123:0.6 By the first of October [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] had convinced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] and all their [[friends]] that it was best for them to return to [[Nazareth]]. Accordingly, early in October, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_BC 4 B.C.], they departed from [[Bethlehem]] for [[Nazareth]], going by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lod Lydda] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythopolis Scythopolis]. They started out early one Sunday morning, Mary and the child riding on their newly acquired [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_animal beast of burden], while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] and five accompanying kinsmen proceeded on foot; Joseph's [[relatives]] refused to permit them to make the trip to [[Nazareth]] alone. They feared to go to [[Galilee]] by [[Jerusalem]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East) Jordan valley], and the western routes were not altogether [[safe]] for two lone [[travelers]] with a [[child]] of tender years.

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[[Category: Paper 123 - The Early Childhood of Jesus]]

[[Category: Paper 123 - The Early Childhood of Jesus]]

[[Category: HIstory/TeaM]]

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