The Three Days in the Temple

Jakob Lorber · English pilot edition

Conversations of the twelve-year-old Jesus in the Temple at Jerusalem. A routine examination opens into a discussion of the prophets and the promised Messiah.

Complete English pilot edition with 32 chapters and Jakob Lorber’s closing words. The AI-assisted translation is a working edition. The text retains the viewpoints of the German source, including polemical passages about Jewish people.

Contents

Chapters 1–11
  1. Chapter 1 — The Custom of Examining Children in the Temple at Jerusalem
  2. Chapter 2 — The Perceptive Boy Jesus in the Temple
  3. Chapter 3 — The Boy Jesus Questions the Scribes
  4. Chapter 4 — The Boy Jesus Asks for an Answer about Isaiah
  5. Chapter 5 — The Old Pharisee’s Failed Attempt to Interrupt
  6. Chapter 6 — The High Priest’s Scornful Speech about the Carpenter’s Son
  7. Chapter 7 — The Boy Jesus Answers the High Priest
  8. Chapter 8 — The High Priest’s Threat and the Roman Judge’s Warning
  9. Chapter 9 — The Boy Jesus Makes a Promise to the Roman Judge
  10. Chapter 10 — The Boy Jesus and Simon Stay at the Inn
  11. Chapter 11 — The Temple Officials Confer at Night
Chapters 12–20
  1. Chapter 12 — The Failed Attempt to End the Hearing
  2. Chapter 13 — What Would You Do If I Really Were the Messiah?
  3. Chapter 14 — The Boy Jesus Bears Witness to Himself
  4. Chapter 15 — Joram and the Chief Priest Raise Objections
  5. Chapter 16 — The Miracle of the Donkey Ears and the Living Donkey
  6. Chapter 17 — The Donkey’s Wondrous Disappearance
  7. Chapter 18 — The Mystery of the Boy Jesus’ Omniscience
  8. Chapter 19 — The Difficulty of Isaiah’s Prophecies about the Messiah
  9. Chapter 20 — Joram and Barnabe Search for Passages from Isaiah
Chapters 21–32
  1. Chapter 21 — The Discussion Begins on the Third Day
  2. Chapter 22 — The Roman Judge Commends the Boy Jesus
  3. Chapter 23 — Isaiah 9:5–6 Is Read and Explained
  4. Chapter 24 — Joram Speaks about the Nature of God
  5. Chapter 25 — The Boy Jesus Rebukes the Temple Officials
  6. Chapter 26 — The Calling of the Gentiles as Children of God
  7. Chapter 27 — Joram Acknowledges the Boy Jesus as the Messiah
  8. Chapter 28 — The New Ark of the Covenant and the Cursed Water
  9. Chapter 29 — Isaiah 54:4–9 Explained and Fulfilled
  10. Chapter 30 — Nicodemus Asks about the Poles of the Earth
  11. Chapter 31 — The Roman Judge’s Closing Speech
  12. Chapter 32 — Joseph and Mary Arrive at the Temple

Closing words