In the early days of Christianity people concocted fables about miracles that they said Jesus performed as a child. For example, he Infancy Gospel of Thomas, written in the late 2nd century. One of the episodes involves Jesus making clay birds which he then proceeds to bring to life, an act also attributed to Jesus in the Quran. There are a couple of stories of Jesus killing other children who aggravate him. Then later he later resurrects them. He produces a feast from a single grain and stretches a beam of wood to help his father finish constructing a bed. He heals his brother James from snake poison and resurrects a man who died in a construction accident. It’s all bogus, pure hooey!
It was like this press agent who made up all that stuff because he thought people would be more impressed with Jesus if he acted like the Son of God even when he was a boy. They thought we needed Jesus to do miraculous things right from the get-go. Surely the Son of God would do things only God could do. Surely he would throw his divine weight around even as a little child. Of course, that’s bogus. Luke in particular emphasizes Jesus’ humanity. Jesus refers to himself as Son of Man 26 times in Luke alone. He wanted to portray Jesus as the Son of Man, shaped from his youth to be the human being we need as our Savior.
