1. _Presentation in the Temple._ (Bethlehem to Jerusalem and return.) Recognized by Simeon and Anna. 2. _Flight into Egypt._ (Bethlehem to Egypt.) Escape from Herod. 3. _Settlement at Nazareth._ (Egypt to Nazareth.) Childhood and youth. 4. _Visit to the Temple._ (Nazareth to Jerusalem and return.) Found among the doctors. II. PERIOD OF INAUGURATION. This embraces 15 months, from the Baptism of Jesus to the Rejection at Nazareth, and contains the record of five journeys. Its places are as follows: 1. Nazareth, already located. 2. Bethabara was formerly supposed to be the ancient Beth-Nimrah, now _Nimrin_, on a small stream east of the Jordan, not far from the Dead Sea. But Conder locates it at _Abarah_, a ford of the Jordan above Beth-shean, and near the Sea of Galilee. 3. "The Wilderness" is probably the uninhabited region of Judæa near the Dead Sea, though it may have been the desert far to the south. 4. Cana is located at _Kefr Kenna_, northeast of Nazareth, though Dr. Robinson places it at _Kana el Jelil_, 9 miles north of Nazareth. 5. Capernaum was probably at _Khan Minyeh_, on the west of the Sea of Galilee, though long located at _Tell Hum_, on the north. 6. Jerusalem. 7. Sychar, the ancient Shechem, now _Nablus_, beside Mount Gerizim. The journeys of this period are named, each from its leading event. 1. =The Baptism.= (From Nazareth to Bethabara.) Near the close of John the Baptist's ministry, Jesus left his carpenter shop at Nazareth, and journeyed down the Jordan Valley to Bethabara. There he was baptized by John, and received from heaven the testimony of his sonship. (Matt. 3:13-17.) 2. =The Temptation.= (From Bethabara to the Wilderness and return.) (1.) Immediately after his baptism, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the Wilderness, where he fasted 40 days, and overcame the temptations of Satan. (Matt. 4:1-11.) (2.) Returning to Bethabara, he received the testimony of John the Baptist, and met his earliest followers, Andrew and Peter, John, Philip, and Nathanael. (John 1:37-50.) [Illustration: THE LIFE OF CHRIST MAP 2. PERIOD OF INAUGURATION, FROM THE BAPTISM TO THE REJECTION AT NAZARETH.] 3. =The Marriage at Cana.= (Bethabara to Cana and Capernaum.) (1.) Jesus left Bethabara, journeyed up the Jordan Valley to Galilee, and over the mountains to Cana, near Nazareth. Here he was present at a wedding, and wrought his first miracle, turning the water into wine. (2.) Thence, with his mother and brothers, he went down to Capernaum, by the Sea of Galilee, and remained a few days. (John 2:1-12.)