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128:5.3 The spokesmen for this committee explained to [[Jesus]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] was [[destined]] to become the [[headquarters]] of [[Jewish]] [[culture]] for the entire world; that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Judaism Hellenistic trend of Jewish affairs] had virtually outdistanced the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_Jews Babylonian school of thought]. They reminded [[Jesus]] of the ominous rumblings of [[rebellion]] in [[Jerusalem]] and throughout [[Palestine]] and [[assured]] him that any uprising of the Palestinian Jews would be equivalent to [[national]] [[suicide]], that the iron hand of [[Rome]] would crush the rebellion in three months, and that [[Jerusalem]] would be destroyed and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] demolished, that not one stone would be left upon another.

128:5.3 The spokesmen for this committee explained to [[Jesus]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] was [[destined]] to become the [[headquarters]] of [[Jewish]] [[culture]] for the entire world; that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Judaism Hellenistic trend of Jewish affairs] had virtually outdistanced the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_Jews Babylonian school of thought]. They reminded [[Jesus]] of the ominous rumblings of [[rebellion]] in [[Jerusalem]] and throughout [[Palestine]] and [[assured]] him that any uprising of the Palestinian Jews would be equivalent to [[national]] [[suicide]], that the iron hand of [[Rome]] would crush the rebellion in three months, and that [[Jerusalem]] would be destroyed and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple temple] demolished, that not one stone would be left upon another.

128:5.4 [[Jesus]] [[listened]] to all they had to say, [[Gratitude|thanked]] them for their [[confidence]], and, in declining to go to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], in substance said, " My hour has not yet come. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_2] They were nonplused by his apparent indifference to the [[honor]] they had sought to confer upon him. Before taking leave of [[Jesus]], they presented him with a purse in token of the [[esteem]] of his Alexandrian [[friends]] and in compensation for the time and expense of coming over to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea Caesarea] to confer with them. But he likewise refused the [[money]], saying: " The house of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] has never received [[Charity|alms]], and we cannot eat another's bread as long as I have strong arms and my brothers can [[labor]]. "

128:5.4 [[Jesus]] [[listened]] to all they had to say, [[Gratitude|thanked]] them for their [[confidence]], and, in declining to go to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], in substance said, " My hour has not yet come. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_2] They were nonplused by his apparent indifference to the [[honor]] they had sought to confer upon him. Before taking leave of [[Jesus]], they presented him with a purse in token of the [[esteem]] of his Alexandrian [[friends]] and in compensation for the time and expense of coming over to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea Caesarea] to confer with them. But he likewise refused the [[money]], saying: " The house of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] has never received [[Charity|alms]], and we cannot eat another's bread as long as I have strong arms and my brothers can [[labor]]. "

128:5.5 His [[friends]] from Egypt set sail for [[home]], and in subsequent years, when they heard rumors of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] boatbuilder who was creating such a commotion in [[Palestine]], few of them surmised that he was the babe of [[Bethlehem]] grown up and the same strange-acting [[Galilean]] who had so unceremoniously declined the [[invitation]] to become a great [[teacher]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria].

128:5.5 His [[friends]] from Egypt set sail for [[home]], and in subsequent years, when they heard rumors of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] boatbuilder who was creating such a commotion in [[Palestine]], few of them surmised that he was the babe of [[Bethlehem]] grown up and the same strange-acting [[Galilean]] who had so unceremoniously declined the [[invitation]] to become a great [[teacher]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria].

128:5.6 [[Jesus]] returned to [[Nazareth]]. The remainder of this year was the most uneventful six months of his whole [[career]]. He enjoyed this temporary respite from the usual [[program]] of [[problems]] to solve and [[difficulties]] to surmount. He [[communed]] much with his Father in heaven and made tremendous [[progress]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES mastery of his human mind].

128:5.6 [[Jesus]] returned to [[Nazareth]]. The remainder of this year was the most uneventful six months of his whole [[career]]. He enjoyed this temporary respite from the usual [[program]] of [[problems]] to solve and [[difficulties]] to surmount. He [[communed]] much with his Father in heaven and made tremendous [[progress]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES mastery of his human mind].

128:5.7 But [[human]] affairs on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#PAPER_49:_THE_INHABITED_WORLDS worlds] of [[time and space]] do not run smoothly for long. In December [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] had a [[private]] talk with [[Jesus]], explaining that he was much in [[love]] with Esta, a young [[woman]] of [[Nazareth]], and that they would sometime like to be [[married]] if it could be arranged. He called [[attention]] to the [[fact]] that Joseph would soon be eighteen years old, and that it would be a good [[experience]] for him to have a [[chance]] to serve as the acting head of the [[family]]. Jesus gave consent for James's [[marriage]] two years later, provided he had, during the [[intervening]] time, properly [[trained]] Joseph to [[assume]] direction of the [[home]].

128:5.7 But [[human]] affairs on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#PAPER_49:_THE_INHABITED_WORLDS worlds] of [[time and space]] do not run smoothly for long. In December [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] had a [[private]] talk with [[Jesus]], explaining that he was much in [[love]] with Esta, a young [[woman]] of [[Nazareth]], and that they would sometime like to be [[married]] if it could be arranged. He called [[attention]] to the [[fact]] that Joseph would soon be eighteen years old, and that it would be a good [[experience]] for him to have a [[chance]] to serve as the acting head of the [[family]]. Jesus gave consent for James's [[marriage]] two years later, provided he had, during the [[intervening]] time, properly [[trained]] Joseph to [[assume]] direction of the [[home]].

128:5.8 And now things began to happen—[[marriage]] was in the air. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James]'s success in gaining [[Jesus]]' assent to his [[marriage]] emboldened Miriam to approach her [[brother]]-[[father]] with her plans. Jacob, the younger stone mason, onetime self-appointed [[champion]] of [[Jesus]], now business associate of James and Joseph, had long sought to gain Miriam's hand in [[marriage]]. After Miriam had laid her [[plans]] before Jesus, he directed that Jacob should come to him making [[formal]] request for her and [[promised]] his [[blessing]] for the [[marriage]] just as soon as she felt that Martha was competent to [[assume]] her [[duties]] as eldest daughter.

128:5.8 And now things began to happen—[[marriage]] was in the air. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James]'s success in gaining [[Jesus]]' assent to his [[marriage]] emboldened Miriam to approach her [[brother]]-[[father]] with her plans. Jacob, the younger stone mason, onetime self-appointed [[champion]] of [[Jesus]], now business associate of James and Joseph, had long sought to gain Miriam's hand in [[marriage]]. After Miriam had laid her [[plans]] before Jesus, he directed that Jacob should come to him making [[formal]] request for her and [[promised]] his [[blessing]] for the [[marriage]] just as soon as she felt that Martha was competent to [[assume]] her [[duties]] as eldest daughter.

128:5.9 When at [[home]], he continued to teach the evening [[school]] three times a week, read the [[Scriptures]] often in the [[synagogue]] on the [[Sabbath]], visited with his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) mother], taught the [[children]], and in general conducted himself as a [[worthy]] and respected [[citizen]] of [[Nazareth]] in the [[commonwealth]] of [[Israel]].

128:5.9 When at [[home]], he continued to teach the evening [[school]] three times a week, read the [[Scriptures]] often in the [[synagogue]] on the [[Sabbath]], visited with his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) mother], taught the [[children]], and in general conducted himself as a [[worthy]] and respected [[citizen]] of [[Nazareth]] in the [[commonwealth]] of [[Israel]].

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[[Category:Paper 128 - Jesus' Early Manhood]]

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