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People/preachers/etc. always say that Jesus was on earth for 33 years before He was crucified and went to heaven - and also that His ministry was about 3 years....

How do we know this? How did we know that His ministry was about 3 years and that He was crucified at 33? :emot-highfive:

I am really trying to get to know as much as I can about Jesus as person, but don't know where this information comes from. :cool:

Is there specific scripture which gives us this information?

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Jesus started His ministry when He was about 30, counting the times He went to Jerusalem for Passover is how they come up with Him being about 33 when He was crucified.

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We don't. :emot-highfive:

It's mostly guess work from how long rabbinical training was and things of that nature. However, there is no way to really know. Tradition is the only thing we have to rely on in this instance.

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We don't. :emot-highfive:

It's mostly guess work from how long rabbinical training was and things of that nature. However, there is no way to really know. Tradition is the only thing we have to rely on in this instance.

Is what I said incorrect AK? Its always the answer I was given, and I don't want to give it any more if its incorrect!

:cool:

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We don't. :emot-highfive:

It's mostly guess work from how long rabbinical training was and things of that nature. However, there is no way to really know. Tradition is the only thing we have to rely on in this instance.

Is what I said incorrect AK? Its always the answer I was given, and I don't want to give it any more if its incorrect!

:cool:

As far as I know, there is no way to really know that He was 30 when His ministry began. I've never heard the Passover thing before, so I'd have to look into it.

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We don't. :24:

It's mostly guess work from how long rabbinical training was and things of that nature. However, there is no way to really know. Tradition is the only thing we have to rely on in this instance.

Is what I said incorrect AK? Its always the answer I was given, and I don't want to give it any more if its incorrect!

:blink:

As far as I know, there is no way to really know that He was 30 when His ministry began. I've never heard the Passover thing before, so I'd have to look into it.

:taped: Thanks AK!

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We don't. :)

It's mostly guess work from how long rabbinical training was and things of that nature. However, there is no way to really know. Tradition is the only thing we have to rely on in this instance.

Is what I said incorrect AK? Its always the answer I was given, and I don't want to give it any more if its incorrect!

:)

As far as I know, there is no way to really know that He was 30 when His ministry began. I've never heard the Passover thing before, so I'd have to look into it.
:blink: Thanks AK!

The approximate age of Jesus at the time he began his ministry is referred to in Scripture, but ultimately there could only be an indicative figure arrived at as to how old he was likely to be at the time of the crucifixion.

Luke 3:23 NIV

Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph

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We don't. :24:

It's mostly guess work from how long rabbinical training was and things of that nature. However, there is no way to really know. Tradition is the only thing we have to rely on in this instance.

Is what I said incorrect AK? Its always the answer I was given, and I don't want to give it any more if its incorrect!

:P

As far as I know, there is no way to really know that He was 30 when His ministry began. I've never heard the Passover thing before, so I'd have to look into it.
:24: Thanks AK!

The approximate age of Jesus at the time he began his ministry is referred to in Scripture, but ultimately there could only be an indicative figure arrived at as to how old he was likely to be at the time of the crucifixion.

Luke 3:23 NIV

Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph

Then we can infer how old he was when cruicified by the other date indicators in the text

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From Luke 3 we know Jesus was 'about 30' when He began His Ministry. The Gospel of John is the only one of the four Gospels which is written chronologically, and it indicates a Ministry of a little over three years' duration.

We have strong indications of this approximate chronology, but nothing conclusive.

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From Luke 3 we know Jesus was 'about 30' when He began His Ministry. The Gospel of John is the only one of the four Gospels which is written chronologically, and it indicates a Ministry of a little over three years' duration.

We have strong indications of this approximate chronology, but nothing conclusive.

Thanks everybody, I was kinda feeling silly there for minute.

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