Jesus had a room to himself to which he could withdraw when work was over.

Joseph hoped, by making him comfortable at home, to counteract the attractions of the outside world.

The vine trellises could be clearly seen through the windows of the room, and a hill with olive-trees, and clouds from Lebanon passing over the sky, and the stars that rose in the east.

The first gleam of sun, moon, and stars, when they rose, fell into that peaceful chamber.

The Books of Moses, the Maccabees, the Kings, the Prophets, and Psalmists which Jesus gradually collected in Nazareth, Cana, Nain, and in villages below round the lake, filled a shelf.