03-08-2009, 04:56 PM
At the start of his ministry Jesus must have been older than 30 years to be recognized as a mature man in Judea. If he was 33 or 34, he was truly "around 30 years old". If he was exactly 30 years old the author would have written that he was 30 years old rather than "around 30 years old".
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