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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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that <strong>the</strong> meek, quiet Child should have been found<br />

in such company, <strong>and</strong> so engaged. It must have<br />

been quite o<strong>the</strong>r than what, from His past, <strong>the</strong>y<br />

would have expected; or <strong>the</strong>y would not have taken<br />

it for granted, when <strong>the</strong>y left Jerusalem, that He<br />

was among <strong>the</strong>ir kinsfolk <strong>and</strong> acquaintance,<br />

perhaps mingling with <strong>the</strong> children. Nor yet would<br />

<strong>the</strong>y, in such case, after <strong>the</strong>y missed Him at <strong>the</strong> first<br />

night's halt—at Sichem,*' if <strong>the</strong> direct road north,<br />

through Samaria,^ was taken (or, according to <strong>the</strong><br />

Mishnah, at Akrabah **)—have so anxiously<br />

sought Him by <strong>the</strong> way,* <strong>and</strong> in Jerusalem; nor yet<br />

would <strong>the</strong>y have been * amazed' when <strong>the</strong>y found<br />

Him in <strong>the</strong> assembly <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Doctors. <strong>The</strong> reply <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> to <strong>the</strong> half-reproachful, half-relieved<br />

expostulation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m who had sought Him *<br />

sorrowing' <strong>the</strong>se three days,^ sets clearly <strong>the</strong>se<br />

three things before us. He had been so entirely<br />

absorbed by <strong>the</strong> awakening thought <strong>of</strong> His Being<br />

<strong>and</strong> Mission, however kindled, as to be not only<br />

neglectful, but forgetftil <strong>of</strong> all around. Nay, it even<br />

seemed to Him impossible to underst<strong>and</strong> how <strong>the</strong>y<br />

could have sought Him, <strong>and</strong> not known where He

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