According to Luke their home was in Nazareth of Galilee; according to Matthew their home was in Bethlehem of Judea. Luke states that they merely visited Bethlehem to be enrolled for taxation and fulfill a certain Messianic prophecy. Matthew states that after the flight into Egypt and the death of Herod they were returning to Judea when fearing Archelaus they turned aside into Galilee to avoid this ruler and fulfill another Messianic prophecy. 67 How did the parents of Jesus receive the predictions of Simeon concerning him? Luke: "And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him" (ii, 33). Why should they marvel at the predictions of Simeon when long before they had been apprised of the same thing by the angel Gabriel? 68 Does the name "Joseph" belong in the text quoted above? It does not. The correct reading is: "And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him." It declares Joseph to be the father of Jesus, and as this did not harmonize with the story of the miraculous conception the makers of our version substituted "Joseph" for "father." 69 What does Luke say regarding the infancy of John and Jesus? "And the child [John] grew and waxed strong in spirit" (i, 80). "And the child [Jesus] grew and waxed strong in spirit" (ii, 40). Between the growth of the man John and the growth of the God Jesus there is, according to the Evangelist, no difference, and the growth of each is identical with that of the demi-god Samson. 70 What custom did Jesus's parents observe? Luke: "His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover" (ii, 41). The preceding verse (40) shows that Luke means every year following the birth of Jesus. In the succeeding verse (42) it is clearly implied that Jesus always accompanied them. It is impossible to reconcile this statement of Luke, who evidently knows nothing of the enmity of Herod and Archelaus, with the statements of Matthew who declares them to have been his mortal enemies. 71 On one of these occasions where did they find him? Luke: "They found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions" (ii, 46). Not until the time of Gamaliel, who lived as late as the middle of the first century, was a child allowed to sit in the presence of the rabbis. He was always required to stand, and those acquainted with the Jewish history of that age know that the rabbis were the most rigid sticklers for ecclesiastical formalities, the slightest breach of which was never tolerated. The author of the third Gospel is familiar with the later, but not with the earlier custom. 72 What was the medium of communication through which the will of Heaven was revealed to the participants in this drama? Matthew: A dream (i, 20; ii, 12, 13, 19, 22). Luke: An angel (i, 11, 26; ii, 9).