I recently read an analysis of the New Testament that pointed out something I'd never really thought of before.
According to the Gospels, Jesus started spreading his word when he was 30, then walked around performing miracles for just a little while before he died.
My question is: Why did he wait until he was 30? Life expectancy back then was about 40. If he was God reborn in human form, wouldn't he have been prepared to spread the word at like 18 or 20? I know there's that one note about him as a child at the temple, but after that, what took him so long to get going again? Did it take the baptism by John to encourage him?
Maybe he needed some age to be respected, I don't know. It just seems weird that an omniscient being would wait so long.
According to the Gospels, Jesus started spreading his word when he was 30, then walked around performing miracles for just a little while before he died.
My question is: Why did he wait until he was 30? Life expectancy back then was about 40. If he was God reborn in human form, wouldn't he have been prepared to spread the word at like 18 or 20? I know there's that one note about him as a child at the temple, but after that, what took him so long to get going again? Did it take the baptism by John to encourage him?
Maybe he needed some age to be respected, I don't know. It just seems weird that an omniscient being would wait so long.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
- Dennis McKinsey
- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
- Dennis McKinsey
