"Performance" was incorrectly typeset "peformance" in the 1955 text. It
was corrected in the second Urantia Foundation printing (1967).
Original Paragraph:
P1387:5, 126:1.5
By the beginning of this year both Joseph and Mary entertained frequent doubts
about the destiny of their first-born son. He was indeed a brilliant and lovable
child, but he was so difficult to understand, so hard to fathom, and again,
nothing extraordinary or miraculous ever happened. Scores of times had his proud
mother stood in breathless anticipation, expecting to see her son engage in
some superhuman or miraculous peformance, but always
were her hopes dashed down in cruel disappointment. And all this was discouraging,
even disheartening. The devout people of those days truly believed that prophets
and men of promise always demonstrated their calling and established their divine
authority by performing miracles and working wonders. But Jesus did none of
these things; wherefore was the confusion of his parents steadily increased
as they contemplated his future.