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Luke and that census
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ograabe Wrote:At the start of his ministry Jesus must have been older than 30 years to be recognized as a mature man in Judea.


Do you have reference fo this Otto? Thanks.

ograabe Wrote:If he was 33 or 34, he was truly "around 30 years old".

Or truly around 33 or 34 I would think.
There is no other instance of Luke rounding numbers off to the nearest ten. He is always more precise.

ograabe Wrote:If he was exactly 30 years old the author would have written that he was 30 years old rather than "around 30 years old".

Only if Luke knew the exact date Jesus began his ministry. But Luke gives no indication at all the he knew the exact date.
In fact Luke gives no indication that he even knew the exact date of the beginning of Johns preaching.

Quote:1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar???when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene??? 2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. 3He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Some time during that year, during the priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas John began preaching. Some time during that preaching Jesus himself was baptised.
Without the precise dates Luke could not say Jesus was exactly thirty, but he knew he must have been either thirty of very close.
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Luke and that census - by judge - 04-09-2008, 08:41 AM
Re: Luke and that census - by judge - 04-09-2008, 12:15 PM
Re: Luke and that census - by Keith - 04-10-2008, 02:14 AM
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Re: Luke and that census - by judge - 12-04-2008, 11:47 AM
Re: Luke and that census - by distazo - 03-07-2009, 11:52 AM
Re: Luke and that census - by ograabe - 03-08-2009, 01:43 AM
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Re: Luke and that census - by judge - 03-10-2009, 10:21 AM
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