(December 16, 2012 at 8:50 pm)Aractus Wrote: It doesn't have to be in the Bible. Luke 2:52 says that he "increased in wisdom and in stature and in favour with God and man". He was most likely tutored personally in his studies. He and his father were builders, not "peasants". Joseph and Mary wouldn't have been poor as you imagine they were.
And you really criticized me for saying that he probably gave away all his possessions? You are just making stuff up.