Can anyone honestly claim to know how Jesus lived for 30 years before His mission started, let alone His three years public mission? Does anyone really and faithfully read the Biblical narratives? Does anyone really expect the God-Man Jesus, the Lord of love, peace, mercy and forgiveness, to disobey His own commandments: “Honor your father and your mother…?” (Exo. 20:12), and “love your neighbor and enemy”. “… A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.” (Prov 10:1), “A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son despises his mother.” (Prov 15:20). The Bible assures us that He was a model Son: “… And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth , and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.” (Luke 2:51). Did not Jesus say: “But I say unto you: “that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother: “Raca” (empty headed) shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, you fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.” Matt 5:22. And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken of Him... And when they saw Him, they were amazed.” Luke 2:19, 33 & 48

No one is privied to God’s Mysteries, and in these mysteries, God chose to limit our knowledge of the Man Jesus to the bare bones.  Whatever is not related to the Salvation process by Christ, and Christ alone, is omitted, obscured and absent. Many of Christ own life’s details are lacking in order for us, through faith, to focus, see, breath and live Christ’s Lordship, Salvation and Mediation: “through Him alone, by Him alone and with Him alone rest the Salvation of the world”. God never gave any one a license to institute practices, rituals and doctrines that implicitly and explicitly contradict His Ordinances. At the bottom of this article, I have jotted down some of the biblical Names and Attributes of Jesus Christ, where no one can find mention, necessity or intercession of an oligarchy of third parties, be it Mary, prophets or saints. Maybe, we should go back and examine God’s words: “For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which is the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.” Heb. 5:12

All we know of the first 30 years of Jesus’ life is limited to very skimpy, blurry and hazy accounts given over the pages of the New Testament, scattered allusions in the Old Testaments, with a myriad of uncorroborated unsubstantiated Apocryphal anecdotes and legends, summarized as being the Son of Joseph and Mary, living with them and four brethren and sisters in Nazareth, and learning and earning His keep as a carpenter. Few passages hint to the fact that, at the exclusion of His foster father Joseph, His mother Mary and His un-named sisters, only his brethren did not believe in Him, until after His Passion and Resurrection … period.

These are some verses mentioning Joseph:

-          “And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.” Matt 1:16

-          “And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said: Is not this Joseph's son?” Luke 4:22

-          “Philip finds Nathaniel, and says unto him: “we have found Him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth , the son of Joseph.” John 1:45.

-          “And they said: “is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?” How is it then that he says: “I came down from heaven?” John 6:42