The Perfect Person to…

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By outward appearances, he was just a regular guy, a carpenter by trade. He offered up two small birds for Jesus’s circumcision; if he’d been wealthy, the sacrifice would have been a lamb. His prestigious lineage—descended from King David—hadn’t seemed to have brought him much worldly gain.

In other words, he was the perfect person to serve as J...