Pilgrims who were proceeding to the great festival in the holy place streamed along the paths.

After sunset on the second day our travellers found themselves at an inn in Jerusalem.

Joseph could afford to be more independent than he had been twelve years back--he had money in his pocket! Their first walk was to the Temple.

They hastened their steps when passing Herod's palace.
The Temple stood in wondrous splendour.

All sorts of people filled the forecourt, hurrying, pushing, and shouting, pressing forward through the lines of pillars into the Holy Place, and thence into the Holy of Holies, where the ark of the covenant stood, flanked by golden candelabra.