How old is Jesus?

Jody Mena 2396

Jesus of Nazareth was between 33 and 34 years old when He was crucified by the Romans. The exact date of His birth is unknown - it is highly unlikely that He was actually born on December 25th. Historians and Biblical scholars alike agree that he was more likely born in late spring or early summer.

Christmas is celebrated on December 25th because it coincides with several ancient pagan feast days, including the Winter Solstice and the Feast of the Roman god Saturnis. When the Roman Empire converted to Catholicism, the celebrations of the old gods were hijacked and replaced by celebrations relating to the new Church.

This, however, should not diminish the message of Christmas. Just because it may not actually be Jesus's birthday does not change the fact that Jesus WAS born (also documented fact - a man named Jesus of Nazareth DID live, teach and die on a Roman cross) and that that is the day that Christians commemorate and celebrate it and all that it represents.

Guaranteed Success 1341

Jesus is God. God is Everything. I'm apart of Everything. So currently Jesus is 27. How old are the rest of you Jesus'?

John Supp 2272

Trick question. As one part of the trinity, Jesus is God. God is eternal, and has no age. He actually lives outside the confines of time as we know it. God created the very concept of time (as well as the rest of physics) and is not bound by it in the same way we are. Kind of mind-blowing really.

Unknown Brain 1339

The answer to your question would depend on whether you believe Jesus has divinity. If "Jesus is God", then he has no age, as he would then be eternal, alpha and omega. If Jesus is just the "Son of God" but not God himself, then the answer would be 2008, as Christians measure the calendar year starting with the first year they attribute to his birth. However, no one knows for sure, as no one who recorded the Christian passages in the Bible was alive at the time he was born in Bethlehem. The first parts of what we know of as"The New Testament" in "The Bible" was written about 250 years after Jesus' death and was recorded from oral history that was passed down through many generations. That is why we find some signs of human corruption and bigotry in some of its passages, as humans were the recorders and translators. The question of whether or not it is still divinely inspired even after this is up to you. I believe it is, but I will not force my opinion on anyone else.

Louis Ayensu-Mensah 1665

if life begins at birth, then 2008. if it begins at conception, then 2009... but if the Bible and everything in it is accurate (not saying that it is or is not) then i guess Jesus is as old as is possible because "in the begining was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God" and "I (Jesus) and the father (God) are one." He was definitely born because the first book to be dedicated to his life says the he was born by Mary (with no biological "human" father)

Marisa Pingkan New Brain

The answer is depend on what you think about what age is, if it is about Jesus as The Son of man, than its 33 years, if it is about His Being, the Bible said He is The Alfa and Omega, the first and the last.... He created time and will not aged through times

Kasim K 1908

he sounds interesting. ill do that.

Cameron Trickey 2333

I'm glad you bring star wars into it, because George Lucas openly credits Joseph Campbell as the model for the story. Or rather his book - Hero With A Thousand Faces. It is the hero story that has been passed down through the ages and which makes for cool movies like star wars and the matrix (at least the first one).

If you are sudying these religions then seriously go and check Campbell out if you haven't already. He makes easier to digest in certain areas.

Kasim K 1908

actually i dont use scripture for historical info. everything ive learned about his life was the history channel, the discovery channel, a few classes in college focusing on religion. Also i disagree with you about the shroud, i also have been keeping up with it and the carbon dating has yielded a few different results. and yes i do agree that much of what he said was indeed very similar to Buddism which before that came from Hinduism. Personally i think every religion has pieces of the message. Be good and do good. The greatest preacher ever was actually Yoda. "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and haaate, leads to suffering" how true is that! (and yes i know its actually from buddhism)



Also, just because one follows something, does not mean they are walking down the right trail. especially when that someone has bias. I have no bias. To me it really makes no difference. I look for the truth, not to find evidence that will take down people and ideals i disagree with. That makes one just as wrong as those who rally at soldiers homes or suicide bombers.

To be good, you have to do things with understanding. Not with bias. And i do think you and many others on here show the same intolerance religious people show towards you. Jesus was a real person, it is currently historical truth. What he did and what he said is a mix of myth theory and also truth. But as much harm as religious zealots can cause, religious goodness does exponential good. Such as turning addicts into preachers and responsible members of society. An example is Creflo Dollar, Chris Carter, Malcolm X who after his pilgrimage to Makka changed his view towards white people and saw them as brothers.

Intolerance, oppression, anger, can never be good. you dont fight fire with fire. you fight it with water.

Cameron Trickey 2333

The shroud of Turin is not the cloth that wrapped jesus, it is far too young. I've been following it since catholic school. The history channel also does tonnes of programs on UFO's, but I think that that subject will be met with more disagreement than our current exchange.

I would certainly not seek to argue with you at all Kasim, and I'm not anti-christ per se, and we could certainly get into disagrement over moses, or noah, or adam and eve for that matter. My issue is with the factual aspect of everything that the church has been so absorbed by. This will be an eternal argument because no-one can prove it either way. My point is he is a symbol, and we have become lost as a society in the symbols and not the message.

I would sooner believe that jesus christ was in fact the dalai lama. That the three kings were those sent accross the world to find him and that at the age of 12 he was taken away and taught. He returned at 30 and started to teach. Because, when you take all the books including the gnostics texts, and if we could have access to everything that was left out during Constantine's time, and, as I keep saying these posts, if you read for yourself and not what the institution tells you, you find that jesus was teaching inward doctrine. He was teaching buddhist philosophy.

You and I agree on something far more improtant... BE GOOD. That's all there is too it. But for the weak of mind, monotheism is a tool of control which is why the symobls must be removed and the lessons brought back. You don't scare me Kasim, it's the ones that stage rallies at soldiers funerals that do. Or the obvious suicide bombers. Those guys have nothing to loose, which is why you don't see the clerics or leaders doing it. And the saddest part is that it has over time reached into other areas... patriotism. God and country! One of most sickening bumper stickers I've seen recently - "Never forget, never forgive" - where's the christianity in that?! There's nothing wrong with belonging, but now they taint it with belonging to a belief systems as well.

But I believe we should exist on a much higher level, with a much greater sense of belonging, a patriotism if you will... and that is as humans that occupy a planet. We're all earthlings and part of the same system. But this will remain a mere fantastical ideology so long as we are trapped in the symbols of our past.

I have to throw Campbell in, sorry:

"Read myths. They teach you that you can turn inward, and you begin to get the message of the symbols. Read other people's myths, not those of your own religion, because you tend to interpret your own religion in terms of facts -- but if you read the other ones, you begin to get the message."

I love how a simple question can produce all our answers!!