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every year al the feast OF the passover.
Il. And when He was twelve years old.
they went uI 10 Jerusalem after the Gus
AZ. And when they had fulfilled the days,
as they returned. the child Jesus tarricd
bcspnd IN Jerusalem; ana Joseph and His
;nof & knew not Of it.
issey, supposing Him to have been
III APony, went q days journey;
afI<Dey sought Him among their kinsfolk
and acquaintance.
10. And when they found Him not. they
turned back again 10 Jerusalem. seeking
Ihm.
10. And it came to pass. that after three
days they found Him In the temple, sitting
ir- the MIDST Of the doctors. both hearing
them, and asking them questions.
a. And ali that heard Him were aston
!s.cd at His understanding and answers.
IS. And when they saw Him. they were
amazed. and His mother said unto Him:
Son. why hast Thou thus dealt with Us?
Behold. Thy father and have sought thee
Borrowing.
10 Aad He said unto them: How is it
must be about My Fathers business?
NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS.
The Circumcision. - This lesson
shows us Jesus as a Jewish boy. Thus
we begin with circumcision, which
was administered on the eighth day
after birth, according to the law
given in Gen. 1904. Often the
friends of a family gathered at the
circumcision OF child, and a feast
was held luke 1:5s, so. Of course,
no such feast was possible when a
child was born away from home.
The Prcsentation.-The presenta-
tion in the temple was, in Jesus case.
4 twofold ceremony. 1t had 10 do
with the publication of His mother
LEV. 12) and with His own redemp-
ton as His mothers frstborn ZEN
1872, y, 10; Mum. 1918, 49,. Redemp-
ton required only the payment of the
money to priest, but the child was
generally taken to the temple when
the parents were near enough to go.
Fabrication could be made at any
time after the days of separation, but
required the presence of the mother
at the temple. The rabbinic traditions
heightened the period of separation
prescribed in the law to IL DAYS after
the birth of boy and ST after the
birth of a girl. Simeon and Anna,
whose prophetic words gave Mary
food for thought, represented con-
siderable number of people who spent
their life in the temple courts. attend
ing all the sacrifices and passing their
time in prayer.
The Magi.-The magi were repre-
sentatives of a class somewhat wide.
~ spread through the east and we've
successors 10 the learning of the
priests of Chaldea. Their interest in
the king OF the Jews probably came
from Jewish rather than heather
sources. Very many theories about
the star which guided them have been
published, the most probable being
that of Kepler, who observed Il con-
junction of Jupiter and Saturn in con-
nection with which a brilliant tenn
porary star, which may have been a
comet. appeared. This conjunction oc-
CURED also about two years before
the birth of Jesus.
The Return-The return to Nazar-
eth was decided upon for the reason
that Jesus parents could not feel Sc
cure in a village only six miles from
Jerusalem, where children Of Jesus
age would be few. Nazareth was an
obscure and out-of-the-way place, in
the hills which lie on the south side
of the plain of Esdraelon. 1t was
from this village that Jesus went. as
all boys went, at the age of 10 years
10 his first passover. His remaining
behind to listen TO and share in the
discussions of the rabbis shows His
interest IN the theory as we'll as the
practice of religion; and His surprise
that His parents should have wasted
any time looking for Him anywhere
else indicates His growing conscious
ness of the divine nature within Him.
Infancy TO Manhood. Generally
this period may be described as that
OF Jesus true and full human develop
metaphysical. intellectual and spir-
itual-of outward submission to man
and inward submission 10 God. with
the attendant results of wisdom"
favor and grace" Necessary.
therefore. as this period was. if the
Christ was to be true man. it cannot
be said that it was lost. even so far as
His work as Saviour was concerned
Edershcim
Special Studies.-When Jewish
boy was three years old hc was given
the tasscllcd garment directed bv the
law tNum. 1j:3S-41; Dcut 22:12). At
1--WE be usually began TO learn portions
If the law under his mothers dircc-
zion. These were passages written on
scrolls. such as the shcma or creed of
Deut. G:L the IIalIcl psalms ops. 114
lis. 1863 When the boy was -
years old hc wore. for the first time
the prT!actcrics. which the jew al-
ways put ON at the recital of the daily
prayer I'm the wc.l-krawu and most
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