* Zion’s Watch Tower of January 1, 1900, said: “Tradition declares that Joseph died while Jesus was yet young, and that the latter took up the carpenter’s trade and became the support of the family.
* در مجلهٔ برج دیده‌بانی صهیون ،‏ شمارهٔ ۱ ژانویهٔ سال ۱۹۰۰ چنین آمده است :‏ « روایت نقل می‌کند که عیسی جوانی بیش نبود که یوسف فوت کرد .‏