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14. As God, how could Jesus be weary, hungry and thirsty?

In his divinity, no; but in his humanity he could be all of these. Scrip­ture tells us that in his human aspect he was in all things as we are. What we

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13. Why is Christ described as a high priest after the order of Melchizedek?

The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews, whether Paul or some other person, was showing the superiority of Christianity to Judaism. It too had its priest

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12. How old was Jesus when he began to understand the nature of his mission?

Although one cannot trace with any degree of precision the various stages of development of the consciousness of his mission, it is evident from the Gospel

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11. How could Jesus, being already perfect, increase in wisdom?

The statement in Luke 2:52 is explicit and there is no reason for doubting it. Jesus was subject to human conditions and limitations so far as the divine

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10. Did the parents of our Lord take him after his birth to Jerusalem or to Egypt?

According to some, the accounts in Matthew and in Luke do not agree. But there is really no discrepancy. After the birth of Jesus, the parents remained

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9. Is there a rational explanation of the Star of Bethlehem?

There was a remarkable conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn about that time, which must have been a very brilliant spectacle, and which would be very impressive

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8. Who were the brothers of Jesus?

The brethren of Jesus are named in the New Testament as James, Joses, Simon and Judas. In Matt. 12:46; Matt. 13:55; John 2:12, and Acts 1:14 they are generally

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7. Is there a real conflict in the genealogy of Jesus Christ?

The purpose of publishing the Saviour's genealogy was to show that he had descended from David. If the genealogy of Mary had been given, it would have

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6. When was Jesus born? In the year 1 or in 5 B.C.?

As we are told in the Gospels that Herod was living and slaughtered the children after Jesus was born (see Matt. 2:16), and as it is claimed by chronologists

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5. Does the doctrine of Jesus' divinity depend on the miraculous conception?

Even if the doctrine of the miraculous conception were abandoned, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to account for the facts of Christ's life,

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