542 A SHORT VIEW OF SCRIPTURE HISTORY. his infancy? A. Herod the great, who then reigned in Judea, having heardfrom the wise men, that a king of the Jews Was born, was filled with jealousy, and thought to destroy Jesus ; Verse 13. 22. Q. What means did Herod use to destroy him? A. He slew all the children that were in or near Bethlehem, under two years old ; Verse 15. 23. Q. How did the child Jesus escape ? A. Joseph, his supposed father, was warned by an angel to take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt; Verse 13. 24. Q. When did Jesus return into the land of Israel ? A. When Herod was dead, God sent a message by an angel, in a dream, to command Joseph and Mary to return with him ; so they returned into Galilee, and dwelt in Nazareth, their city ; Verse 19-23. 25. Q. Was there any thing further remarkable in the childhood of Jesus ? A. When he was twelve years old he went up with his parents to the passover, according to their custom ; but when they returned, they missed their son ; Luke ii. 41-43. 26. Q. Where did` they find him? A. They turned back to Jerusalem, and after three days they found him in the tem- ple, in themidst of the doctors, bothhearing them, andasking them questions ; Verse 45, 46. 27. Q. What reason did the child Jesus give for his con- duct ? A. 'He told them, that theymight have supposed he was about his Father's business : but he went down with them to Nazareth, where he spent the rest of his childhood, and was subject to his parents; Luke ii. 49-51. 28. Q. How did Jesus employ his younger years ? A. It is reported by the ancients, that he was brought up tobis father's trade, who was a country carpenter, and that he made ploughs and yokes for oxen ; for Jesus himself is called a car- penter : Mari vi. 3, 411ÁP. XXIII.Of the public Life and Ministry of Christ, INTRODUCTION. II s Preparationfor hispublic Work. I QUESTION, AT .what age did Jesus begin to appear in public ? An- swer. About thirty years of age ; Luke iii. 23. 2. Q. How was he prepared for his public work ? A. He was eminently prepared for it by his baptism, by the descent of the holy Spirit on him, by bis retirement and his temptations ; Luke iii. and iv. 3. Q. When was Jesus Christ baptized? A. When John
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