208 UNIVERSAL ERUDITION. 



His do&rine, his wifdom, his acts, and his mi- 

 racles, foon diftinguifhed him from all thofe, who, 

 about the time of his birth, fet up for teachers, 

 and aflumed the title of King of the Jews, or 

 Median , as Theudas, who is mentioned in 

 the Ads of the Apoftles, and many others. 

 When he was twelve years old, Jefus was brought 

 by his parents (Mary and Jofeph) to the temple 

 of Jerufalem, at the time of the celebration of 

 the feaft of Eafter: there he feated himfelf 

 amidft the doctors, who were aftonifhed at his 

 wifdom. From that time he is loft to our fight; 

 he returns to Nazareth, and exercifes the profef- 

 fion of a carpenter, with his fuppofed father, Jo- 

 feph ; earning his bread by the fweat of his brow. 

 When Jefus Chrift had attained the age of twen- 

 ty-fix years, John appeared in Judea, declared 

 bimfelf the forerunner of the true Mefiiah, and 

 baptized Jefus in Jordan, when he was thirty 

 years of age, and was returned from Nazareth 

 in Galilee. The following year Jefus went up 

 to Jerufalem, and there celebrated his firft feaft 

 of Eafter: but hearing that John was imprifoned 

 by Herod the Tetrarch, he left Judea, and re- 

 turned to Galilee. At the age of 32 years, he 

 went again up to Jerufalem, and there celebrated 

 his fecond feaft of Eafter : he then fclefted his 

 twelve apoftles, and afterward retired toward Ca- 

 pernaum: fome of his difciples left him, but the 

 apoftles remained faithful. The year following, 

 when our Saviour had attained his thirty- third 

 year, he returned to Jerufalem to celebrate his 



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