Jesus of Nazareth—Childhood Career (Part 5)

As regards graven images, Joseph felt impelled to rule that the rabbinical interpretation of the 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. We begin the reading in Paper 124.