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124:1.1 Though it could hardly be said that [[Jesus]] was ever seriously [[ill]], he did have some of the minor ailments of [[childhood]] this year, along with his [[brothers]] and baby sister.

124:1.1 Though it could hardly be said that [[Jesus]] was ever seriously [[ill]], he did have some of the minor ailments of [[childhood]] this year, along with his [[brothers]] and baby sister.

124:1.2 School went on and he was still a [[favored]] [[pupil]], having one week each month at [[liberty]], and he continued to divide his time about equally between [[trips]] to [[neighboring]] [[cities]] with his [[father]], sojourns on his uncle's [[farm]] south of [[Nazareth]], and fishing excursions out from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magdala].

124:1.2 School went on and he was still a [[favored]] [[pupil]], having one week each month at [[liberty]], and he continued to divide his time about equally between [[trips]] to [[neighboring]] [[cities]] with his [[father]], sojourns on his uncle's [[farm]] south of [[Nazareth]], and fishing excursions out from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magdala].

124:1.3 The most serious [[trouble]] as yet to come up at [[school]] occurred in late [[winter]] when [[Jesus]] dared to challenge the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chazan chazan] regarding the [[teaching]] that all [[images]], pictures, and [[drawings]] were [[idolatrous]] in [[nature]]. [[Jesus]] delighted in [[drawing]] [[landscapes]] as well as in modeling a great variety of objects in potter's [[clay]]. Everything of that sort was strictly forbidden by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_law Jewish law], but up to this time he had managed to disarm his [[parents]]' objection to such an extent that they had permitted him to continue in these [[activities]].

124:1.3 The most serious [[trouble]] as yet to come up at [[school]] occurred in late [[winter]] when [[Jesus]] dared to challenge the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chazan chazan] regarding the [[teaching]] that all [[images]], pictures, and [[drawings]] were [[idolatrous]] in [[nature]]. [[Jesus]] delighted in [[drawing]] [[landscapes]] as well as in modeling a great variety of objects in potter's [[clay]]. Everything of that sort was strictly forbidden by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_law Jewish law], but up to this time he had managed to disarm his [[parents]]' objection to such an extent that they had permitted him to continue in these [[activities]].

124:1.4 But [[trouble]] was again stirred up at [[school]] when one of the more backward [[pupils]] [[discovered]] [[Jesus]] drawing a charcoal picture of the [[teacher]] on the floor of the schoolroom. There it was, plain as day, and many of the [[elders]] had viewed it before the committee went to call on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] to demand that something be done to suppress the lawlessness of his eldest son. And though this was not the first time complaints had come to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joseph and Mary] about the doings of their [[versatile]] and [[aggressive]] child, this was the most serious of all the [[accusations]] which had thus far been lodged against him. [[Jesus]] listened to the [[indictment]] of his artistic [[efforts]] for some time, being seated on a large stone just outside the back door. He resented their blaming his [[father]] for his alleged misdeeds; so in he marched, fearlessly [[confronting]] his accusers. The [[elders]] were thrown into [[confusion]]. Some were inclined to view the [[episode]] [[humorously]], while one or two seemed to [[think]] the boy was [[sacrilegious]] if not [[blasphemous]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] was nonplused, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] indignant, but [[Jesus]] insisted on being heard. He had his say, [[courageously]] defended his [[viewpoint]], and with consummate [[self-control]] announced that he would abide by the [[decision]] of his [[father]] in this as in all other matters [[controversial]]. And the committee of elders departed in [[silence]].

124:1.4 But [[trouble]] was again stirred up at [[school]] when one of the more backward [[pupils]] [[discovered]] [[Jesus]] drawing a charcoal picture of the [[teacher]] on the floor of the schoolroom. There it was, plain as day, and many of the [[elders]] had viewed it before the committee went to call on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] to demand that something be done to suppress the lawlessness of his eldest son. And though this was not the first time complaints had come to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_122#122:1._JOSEPH_AND_MARY Joseph and Mary] about the doings of their [[versatile]] and [[aggressive]] child, this was the most serious of all the [[accusations]] which had thus far been lodged against him. [[Jesus]] listened to the [[indictment]] of his artistic [[efforts]] for some time, being seated on a large stone just outside the back door. He resented their blaming his [[father]] for his alleged misdeeds; so in he marched, fearlessly [[confronting]] his accusers. The [[elders]] were thrown into [[confusion]]. Some were inclined to view the [[episode]] [[humorously]], while one or two seemed to [[think]] the boy was [[sacrilegious]] if not [[blasphemous]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] was nonplused, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] indignant, but [[Jesus]] insisted on being heard. He had his say, [[courageously]] defended his [[viewpoint]], and with consummate [[self-control]] announced that he would abide by the [[decision]] of his [[father]] in this as in all other matters [[controversial]]. And the committee of elders departed in [[silence]].

124:1.5 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] endeavored to [[influence]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] to permit [[Jesus]] to model in clay at [[home]], provided he promised not to carry on any of these questionable [[activities]] at [[school]], but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] felt impelled to rule that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism rabbinical] [[interpretation]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments#Division_according_to_different_religions second commandment] should prevail. And so [[Jesus]] no more drew or modeled the likeness of anything from that day as long as he lived in his [[father]]'s house. But he was unconvinced of the wrong of what he had done, and to give up such a [[favorite]] pastime constituted one of the great [[trials]] of his [[young life]].

124:1.5 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary] endeavored to [[influence]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] to permit [[Jesus]] to model in clay at [[home]], provided he promised not to carry on any of these questionable [[activities]] at [[school]], but [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph] felt impelled to rule that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism rabbinical] [[interpretation]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_commandments#Division_according_to_different_religions second commandment] should prevail. And so [[Jesus]] no more drew or modeled the likeness of anything from that day as long as he lived in his [[father]]'s house. But he was unconvinced of the wrong of what he had done, and to give up such a [[favorite]] pastime constituted one of the great [[trials]] of his [[young life]].

124:1.6 In the latter part of June, [[Jesus]], in company with his [[father]], first climbed to the [[summit]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tabor Mount Tabor]. It was a clear day and the view was [[superb]]. It seemed to this nine-year-old lad that he had really gazed upon the entire world excepting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_India India], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa Africa], and [[Rome]].

124:1.6 In the latter part of June, [[Jesus]], in company with his [[father]], first climbed to the [[summit]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tabor Mount Tabor]. It was a clear day and the view was [[superb]]. It seemed to this nine-year-old lad that he had really gazed upon the entire world excepting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_India India], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa Africa], and [[Rome]].

124:1.7 [[Jesus]]' second sister, Martha, was born Thursday night, September 13. Three weeks after the coming of Martha, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph], who was [[home]] for awhile, started the building of an addition to their [[house]], a combined workshop and bedroom. A small workbench was built for [[Jesus]], and for the first time he possessed [[tools]] of his own. At odd times for many years he worked at this bench and became highly expert in the making of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoke yokes].

124:1.7 [[Jesus]]' second sister, Martha, was born Thursday night, September 13. Three weeks after the coming of Martha, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph Joseph], who was [[home]] for awhile, started the building of an addition to their [[house]], a combined workshop and bedroom. A small workbench was built for [[Jesus]], and for the first time he possessed [[tools]] of his own. At odd times for many years he worked at this bench and became highly expert in the making of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoke yokes].

124:1.8 This [[winter]] and the next were the coldest in [[Nazareth]] for many decades. [[Jesus]] had seen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow snow] on the [[mountains]], and several times it had fallen in [[Nazareth]], remaining on the ground only a short time; but not until this [[winter]] had he seen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice ice]. The [[fact]] that [[water]] could be had as a [[solid]], a [[liquid]], and a [[vapor]]—he had long [[pondered]] over the escaping [[steam]] from the [[boiling]] pots—caused the lad to [[think]] a great deal about the [[physical]] world and its [[constitution]]; and yet the [[personality]] [[embodied]] in this growing [[youth]] was all this while the [[actual]] [[creator]] and [[organizer]] of all these [[things]] throughout a far-flung [[universe]].

124:1.8 This [[winter]] and the next were the coldest in [[Nazareth]] for many decades. [[Jesus]] had seen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow snow] on the [[mountains]], and several times it had fallen in [[Nazareth]], remaining on the ground only a short time; but not until this [[winter]] had he seen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice ice]. The [[fact]] that [[water]] could be had as a [[solid]], a [[liquid]], and a [[vapor]]—he had long [[pondered]] over the escaping [[steam]] from the [[boiling]] pots—caused the lad to [[think]] a great deal about the [[physical]] world and its [[constitution]]; and yet the [[personality]] [[embodied]] in this growing [[youth]] was all this while the [[actual]] [[creator]] and [[organizer]] of all these [[things]] throughout a far-flung [[universe]].

124:1.9 The [[climate]] of [[Nazareth]] was not severe. January was the coldest month, the [[temperature]] averaging around 50° F. During July and August, the hottest months, the temperature would vary from 75° to 90° F. From the [[mountains]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_valle_(Middle_East) Jordan] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_sea#Geography Dead Sea valley] the climate of [[Palestine]] ranged from the frigid to the torrid. And so, in a way, the [[Jews]] were [[prepared]] to live in about any and all of the world's varying [[climates]].

124:1.9 The [[climate]] of [[Nazareth]] was not severe. January was the coldest month, the [[temperature]] averaging around 50° F. During July and August, the hottest months, the temperature would vary from 75° to 90° F. From the [[mountains]] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_valle_(Middle_East) Jordan] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_sea#Geography Dead Sea valley] the climate of [[Palestine]] ranged from the frigid to the torrid. And so, in a way, the [[Jews]] were [[prepared]] to live in about any and all of the world's varying [[climates]].

124:1.10 Even during the warmest [[summer]] months a cool [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_breeze sea breeze] usually blew from the west from 10:00 A.M. until about 10:00 P.M. But every now and then terrific hot [[winds]] from the eastern [[desert]] would blow across all [[Palestine]]. These hot blasts usually came in February and March, near the end of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_season rainy season]. In those days the rain fell in refreshing showers from November to April, but it did not rain steadily. There were only two [[seasons]] in [[Palestine]], [[summer]] and [[winter]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_season dry] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_season rainy seasons]. In January the flowers began to bloom, and by the end of April the whole land was one vast flower [[garden]].

124:1.10 Even during the warmest [[summer]] months a cool [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_breeze sea breeze] usually blew from the west from 10:00 A.M. until about 10:00 P.M. But every now and then terrific hot [[winds]] from the eastern [[desert]] would blow across all [[Palestine]]. These hot blasts usually came in February and March, near the end of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_season rainy season]. In those days the rain fell in refreshing showers from November to April, but it did not rain steadily. There were only two [[seasons]] in [[Palestine]], [[summer]] and [[winter]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_season dry] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_season rainy seasons]. In January the flowers began to bloom, and by the end of April the whole land was one vast flower [[garden]].

124:1.11 In May of this year, on his uncle's [[farm]], [[Jesus]] for the first time helped with the [[harvest]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain grain]. Before he was thirteen, he had managed to find out something about practically [[everything]] that [[men]] and [[women]] worked at around [[Nazareth]] except [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy metal working], and he spent several months in a smith's shop when older, after the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_126#126:2._THE_DEATH_OF_JOSEPH death] of his [[father]].

124:1.11 In May of this year, on his uncle's [[farm]], [[Jesus]] for the first time helped with the [[harvest]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain grain]. Before he was thirteen, he had managed to find out something about practically [[everything]] that [[men]] and [[women]] worked at around [[Nazareth]] except [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy metal working], and he spent several months in a smith's shop when older, after the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_126#126:2._THE_DEATH_OF_JOSEPH death] of his [[father]].

124:1.12 When [[work]] and [[caravan]] [[travel]] were slack, [[Jesus]] made many trips with his [[father]] on [[pleasure]] or [[business]] to nearby [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cana Cana], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endor_(village) Endor], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nain,_Israel Nain]. Even as a lad he frequently visited [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris], only a little over three miles from [[Nazareth]] to the northwest, and from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_BC 4 B.C.] to about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_AD A.D. 25] the capital of [[Galilee]] and one of the residences of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas].

124:1.12 When [[work]] and [[caravan]] [[travel]] were slack, [[Jesus]] made many trips with his [[father]] on [[pleasure]] or [[business]] to nearby [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cana Cana], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endor_(village) Endor], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nain,_Israel Nain]. Even as a lad he frequently visited [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepphoris Sepphoris], only a little over three miles from [[Nazareth]] to the northwest, and from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_BC 4 B.C.] to about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_AD A.D. 25] the capital of [[Galilee]] and one of the residences of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod Antipas].

124:1.13 [[Jesus]] continued to grow [[physically]], [[intellectually]], [[socially]], and [[spiritually]]. His trips away from [[home]] did much to give him a better and more [[generous]] [[understanding]] of his own [[family]], and by this time even his [[parents]] were beginning to [[learn]] from him as well as to [[teach]] him. [[Jesus]] was an [[original]] [[thinker]] and a [[skillful]] [[teacher]], even in his [[youth]]. He was in constant [[collision]] with the so-called " [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_law oral law], " but he always sought to [[adapt]] himself to the [[practices]] of his [[family]]. He got along fairly well with the [[children]] of his age, but he often grew discouraged with their slow-acting [[minds]]. Before he was ten years old, he had become the [[leader]] of a group of [[seven]] lads who formed themselves into a [[society]] for promoting the acquirements of manhood—[[physical]], [[intellectual]], and [[religious]]. Among these boys [[Jesus]] succeeded in introducing many new [[games]] and various improved [[methods]] of [[physical]] [[recreation]].

124:1.13 [[Jesus]] continued to grow [[physically]], [[intellectually]], [[socially]], and [[spiritually]]. His trips away from [[home]] did much to give him a better and more [[generous]] [[understanding]] of his own [[family]], and by this time even his [[parents]] were beginning to [[learn]] from him as well as to [[teach]] him. [[Jesus]] was an [[original]] [[thinker]] and a [[skillful]] [[teacher]], even in his [[youth]]. He was in constant [[collision]] with the so-called " [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_law oral law], " but he always sought to [[adapt]] himself to the [[practices]] of his [[family]]. He got along fairly well with the [[children]] of his age, but he often grew discouraged with their slow-acting [[minds]]. Before he was ten years old, he had become the [[leader]] of a group of [[seven]] lads who formed themselves into a [[society]] for promoting the acquirements of manhood—[[physical]], [[intellectual]], and [[religious]]. Among these boys [[Jesus]] succeeded in introducing many new [[games]] and various improved [[methods]] of [[physical]] [[recreation]].

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