{"id":843,"date":"2026-02-23T17:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primitivechristianitystudy.org\/?p=843"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:20:18","slug":"first-luke-%e2%91%ab%e3%80%80well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primitivechristianitystudy.org\/?p=843","title":{"rendered":"First Luke \u246b\u3000Well"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first place they stopped was Nazareth\u2019s public well.<\/p>\n

It was deep, and to draw water you had to walk down a few stone steps. To fill two large water jars, they had to go back and forth many times.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen,\u201d Grandfather Jonathan said. \u201cWe come here every other day. From now on, this will be your job. Don\u2019t worry about the women chatting. Carrying water is fine, honest work. A blacksmith lives by clean water.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke filled a goatskin bucket with water again and again and carried it up the steps. It was harder than he had expected. The women lifted heavy jars onto their heads and walked away as if they weighed nothing. Luke did not want to complain. He wanted to be strong.<\/p>\n

At last the jars were full. Without much rest, they headed to the carpenter\u2019s house nearby.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll talk with Joseph. You wait here and rest a little,\u201d Jonathan said, disappearing inside.<\/p>\n

The carpenter\u2019s house was small, about the same size as Luke\u2019s grandfather\u2019s house. But the workshop building beside it was larger. Inside were many kinds of wood stacked neatly. There were handcarts and donkey carts too.<\/p>\n

Two little girls were playing outside. When they saw Luke, they looked at each other and giggled. They must have been sisters.<\/p>\n

The younger one, nudged by her sister, walked up to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you like singing?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I do. I don\u2019t know many songs from this country yet, though.\u201d<\/p>\n

She ran back to whisper something to her sister.<\/p>\n

This time, the older sister came over.<\/p>\n

\u201cUm\u2026 how old are you?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be twelve soon. How about you?\u201d<\/p>\n

The older girl turned as if to go back, but Luke quickly asked, \u201cWhat about you?\u201d<\/p>\n

She stopped, puffed up her cheeks as if offended, and said in a very grown-up voice, \u201cYou mustn\u2019t ask a lady her age!\u201d Then she burst out laughing and ran away.<\/p>\n

Just then, Grandfather came out with a man.<\/p>\n

The man smiled at Luke and spoke in Greek.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy name is Joseph\u2026 haha, yes, I\u2019m Jesus\u2019 father. Your grandfather helps me often with work. He\u2019s like family to us. You\u2019ve already met Jesus, haven\u2019t you? He\u2019s a bit unusual, but I think he\u2019ll become a good friend to you. Luke, is it? That\u2019s a fine name. I hear your father passed away. I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m about the same age your father would have been, so if there\u2019s anything you find hard to tell your mother, you can talk to me. Though most things this Jonathan fellow will teach you! He\u2019s a strict old man\u2014if he makes you cry, come running to our house! Haha! And if you have questions about the Scriptures or about God, ask Jesus. That boy seems to know everything. Haha!\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph seemed friendly and warm. Luke liked him right away.<\/p>\n

After loading the cart with more wood chips and sawdust than seemed possible to carry, Jonathan and Luke headed home.<\/p>\n

The summer sun was still high in the sky. Jonathan walked quietly, leading the donkey. Luke followed behind the cart.<\/p>\n

The light in this foreign land felt different from the seaside town he had known. Even the color of the sky seemed different. Surrounded by mountains, Nazareth felt almost unreal.<\/p>\n

This day was so different from life in Troas,<\/em> Luke thought.
What will happen next? What is waiting for me here, in the land of my mother\u2019s God?<\/em><\/p>\n

And with that quiet wondering in his heart, Luke walked on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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