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1 | asking about jesus growing up | Luke 2:52 | blessyouall | 38199 | ||
i would like to know where in the bible does it talk about if any, jesus' life growing up, what details i should say, if any, of the temptations he came across growing up? | ||||||
2 | asking about jesus growing up | Luke 2:52 | Hank | 38200 | ||
We know very little from Scripture about Jesus' life from the time of His birth to the time of His baptism by John the Baptist and his subsequent public ministry. Luke gives us a small window in Luke 2:40-52. Some ancient writings do exist which contain details of Jesus' adolescent years, but they are not a part of the New Testament Canon and have been considered spurious since ancient times. --Hank | ||||||
3 | asking about jesus growing up | Luke 2:52 | Magnum | 38402 | ||
I have thought about this subject off and on over the years myself. The bible contains very little information on this subject, so the only thing we are left with is speculation and assumptions. I have my own theory, mind you it's only a theory, one that the Catholic church would strongly dissagree with, is that sometime when Jesus was around 13-15 years old Joseph died, leaving Jesus as the head of the house and he had to work to support his mother and younger siblings. If Mary was a good Jewish wife, she and Joseph would have had a child every couple of years until Joseph's death. If Jesus was 13 when Joseph died, and his mother was pregnant, the responsability for taking care of Mary and her baby would have fallen on Jesus. That would have left Jesus obligated to support his family until his youngest sibling was an adult. I can only find inferences to this in scripture. Matt. 13:55-56 "Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not his sisters with us? By doing simple math I count four brothers and at least two sisters(the plural of sister, meaning more than one), I come up with six siblings. With one being born every 18-24 months after Jesus's birth, we are talking about a timeframe of 9-18 years. That would put Jesus in his late 20's to early 30's before his obligation to his family would be over and he could start his ministry. It is interesting to think about isn't it? There are several other scriptures that make ref. to Jesus's brothers, those being John 2:12,Matt.12:46,and Matt.12:50, to name a few. But the stance of the Catholic church is that these are spiritual brothers and sisters, and that Mary remained a virgin, I personally don't understand why this dogma is so important to them, my Catholic friends get mad when I ask them about this subject. I would be interested to know what you think about this subject. | ||||||
4 | asking about jesus growing up | Luke 2:52 | Emmaus | 38408 | ||
Magnum, You wrote: "But the stance of the Catholic church is that these are spiritual brothers and sisters, and that Mary remained a virgin," The second part of your statement is accurate. The first part is not. The Catholic stance is not that they are spiritual brothers but that they are kinsmen or cousins since there is no specific word in Hebrew for an immediate blood brother to differentiate form a cousin. The Greek word in the NT is the same word used in the Septuagint Greek translation of the OT in many places to discribe both immediate brothers and other kinsmen. Emmaus |
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