How Really Old was Jesus at the time of His Crucifixion?

This article is set out to break the myth that Yehoshua was 33 years old when he was crucified on the cross or pole. Now, first of all, the reason I just mentioned a 'pole' is because the Greek word for cross also means pole. I likewise mentioned it because if that is the case, I would then go along with the thinking of why would a 'Roman' soldier go out of his way to bind a cross beam across another piece of wood in order to slay someone who he cares nothing about?

Regardless of what shape the 'cross' was when these wicked people crucified our precious Lord, let us turn to how old he was at the time of his crucifixion. I will prove this through scripture itself, that he was much older than the traditional age of 33 that is often taught.

In order to establish the proof of our theory that Jesus was older than

33 years old at the time of his death, we are going to have to look at a few

Scriptures regarding the lives of other people.

Let us first start out with King Herod. As we can see in the gospels,

Herod - the king of Israel was still alive at the birth of Yehoshua. So, when did

Herod die? He died in 4 b.c.e, if you know your history, or if you simply look in any encyclopedia about him. This gives us at least 3 years versus 4 years, to count towards Yehoshua's age. This is because when we flip from BCE to CE (AD) there is no 0 year between them, thus the years are counted from 1 BCE - 1 CE versus 1BCE - 0 year - 1CE. Understand? I hope so.

Then, if we take the Gospel of Luke as fact regarding our time line, we can find another usable date regarding the beginning point of the ministry of John the Baptist, vs. Yehoshua's, as some people think. On another note: We really do not know how long John was 'preaching in the desert' before Yehoshua came on the scene (as of right now in this article) and was baptized by John. It could have been several months or up to 1 to 2 or so years. This was most likely the case, since John did not become popular overnight, especially out in the desert. What he ate tells you he was not close to any bizarre or grocery stand, rather he ate desert locusts. If you have ever been in a desert, there is no food, unless you're a survivalist who can find food in practically any plant life. Have you seen pictures of the deserts of Israel or have you been there? Well if, and only if, things remained the same since then, the Israel deserts look pretty bleak!! But, we also know that John was by the Jordan River. It was there he obviously got his water to drink. At this time, there is plant life and there are trees on the banks of the Jordan River, though, I do not know about in John's day.

Here is the scripture that talks about the beginning point

of John's ministry.

Luke 3:1-3

In 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 — during the high

priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came

to John son of Zechariah in the desert. He went into all the

country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

By using these verses we can see that Tiberius Caesar was in power in Italy. By using the reference of Tiberius we can then ask, 'When did he start his reign as emperor of the Italian Empire?' Well, if you look in the history books, most, if not all of them agree that he started his reign in the year of 14 C.E. Therefore, if we count the two times, 14 CE + the 15th year, that obviously gives you the year of 29 CE. Thus in the year of 29 CE the ministry of John started. If you read the verse clearly, it says 'He went into all the country around the Jordan.' Which also tells us he did not become popular or known overnight, nor went to all of these places in a single day. He more than likely stayed in one area for a short time instead of just for one day, and then moved on to the next place for a day. For how can you train a people in righteousness unless you teach them? Granted, these people knew the law somewhat, unlike non-Israelis, because the law of the Lord was and is their culture. Though, at that time it was also tainted or peppered with Hellenism. Thus, he could have just called them back to the law instead of introducing it. He also had to unravel the works of the Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes and Elders who had the people observing things they enforced as law that was not actually a part of the law of the God of Israel. Those things were their honored traditions which they added to the law, but in fact those things ended up eradicating the law or stripped it from its real meaning by their observance. This is referring to those that were ignorant and chose not to follow the Lord outright, and who instead, put their trust in these people. Therefore, John was right when he called them a 'brood of vipers.' Meaning that much of what they taught was poison.

I will disregard the rest of the verses in this third chapter of Luke, because Luke claims Jesus was 'around' the age of 30 when he was baptized by John. Which would be false, because so far he would have to be at least 33 years old if you were to simply start Jesus' ministry the exact moment John's ministry got started. We will learn however, in this article, by the dates mentioned, Jesus in fact came very soon after John came on the scene.

Let's move on. On top of this math so far, it is assumed that Yehoshua (Jesus) had a 3 year ministry at the time of his death/murder. Which, would then place him at the age of at least 36 years old and that is if we start his ministry at the same time as John's. Ofcourse, we know that Jesus did not do this, yet in truth, his was very close to the same time as John's. Regardless of all of this, we can actually jump to the day of his murder. We can know for certain which day that was, (well, at least me, but I will show you so that you can know as well). I will use the gospel of John regarding the day of his death instead of Matthew, Mark or Luke. The reason for this is because those three gospels portray Jesus as a sinner and if a sinner, then not the Messiah. I say this because those three gospels claim that the last supper that Jesus ate with his disciples was the Passover meal. This would have made him a sinner, as well as all of his disciples, as well as the priests and the servants of the priests that arrested him later that evening. This is because for those of you that do not know, the Passover lamb or goat is actually sacrificed and killed anywhere within 90 minutes before sundown or there abouts on the evening the 14th day of Aviv [all depending on how many people are participating]. Then when the sun will eventually set, it is the 1st day of the Unleavened Bread Festival or the 15th of the month. This would be a special sabbath, in which no one is allowed to do servile work, nor any kind of business. This special holiday is not as strict as the regular weekly sabbath, because you can still do many things that you would be forbidden to do on a weekly shabath. Therefore, one can obviously roast the Passover lamb/goat over fire, and do things that pertain to the Passover meal so you can eat it that night, the 15th of Aviv. Yet, according to the three gospels, they write that Jesus told his disciples to go buy something, a sword - which would be a direct sin against the commandments. Again, the three gospels even portray the Jewish Court called the Sanhedrin sinning by putting someone to death during this special sabbath. If Jesus were really guilty of blasphemy this could have waited until after this special shabath and festival as a whole.

John, however, does not claim any of this. Rather, according to his gospel the last supper was simply a last meal, nothing special. Thus, allowing Yehoshua to do anything he wanted to do and say. His gospel is also the only one that claims Jesus washed his disciples' feet, which would be allowed during a regular day versus a sabbath day. For more insights about this night click HERE.

Now, to prove all of this, John writes in

John 18:28-29

Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the 'Roman' governor.

By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews

did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate

came out to them.

Now, in the foregoing scripture, we see that John is claiming that the Passover was still to come, that is, that evening at sundown. We all know Yehoshua was murdered a few hours later, after he was taken to Pilate. We also know that he rose on the first day of the week, which is 'Sunday.' Note: Some ignorant preachers think he resurrected the moment the sabbath was over, instead of in the morning on the first day of the week.

Now, let's get back on track as to how old Jesus actually was at the time of his murder. Here are some insightful facts for those that do not understand the Jewish calendar. The Jewish calendar is based on both the sun and the moon. Unlike the Gregorian or Julius calendars that are strictly based on the movements of the sun. On the Jewish calendar, the year itself is based on the movement of the sun, (I said this on purpose, because the sun is moving, not the earth), by its seasons. Thus, when the first day of Spring is reached, then the beginning of the year is determined by the moon. Thus saying, the first new moon after/on the first day of Spring is the Jewish New Year. (The Gregorian calendar's new year starts in winter, whereas the Jewish New Year, the real New Year, starts in Spring.) Then on top of all this, the fourteenth day of this particular month, the first month of the Jewish year is Passover.

This section of the article might get somewhat confusing for you. But we can now move on to when this murder took place according to history. We can do this because the mathematics of the moon never change. We can know for certain when the next New Moon, full moon and quarter moons take place on the calendar. So, if you see a moon symbol on your personal calendar at home it was determined by those mathematics. Therefore, all we now have to do is find which year this murder took place. And since we already know about 29 CE and Jesus' (assumed) three year ministry, we should look at the years between 31 CE to 40 CE, to see if within these years the Passover fell on the 5th week day. Since, Jesus was dead for three days and he was resurrected on the first day of the week.

In order for the Passover to fall on the 5th day of the week, the New Moon on the Jewish calendar would have to fall 15 days prior to that, thus making it fall on the 5th day of the week, also. This is only referring to the Jewish time schedule of the 24 hours period, which always starts at sundown. But, because we have to use the Gregorian Calendar to do this math, that time could actually be either 15 or 16 days prior to Passover. The reason for this is that in Spring time, the sunset is right at 6:00 PM in Jerusalem. The Gregorian folks start their time at midnight instead of 6 PM, thus leaving a 6-hour space. So, if the exact time of the New Moon should fall during those 6 hours, it can confuse things when trying to explain all of this.

Now, let's look at the Gregorian calendar in the third month, between the said years. In order to see which year fits regarding this study, we must find when the first new moon falls, on or after the first day of Spring. That is around 3/20 (on average, not 3/21), in case you might not know.

First off, as you can see above, there is a highlighted, flashing day of the week. This will indicate the day of the week the New Moon must fall on. This would be around 3/20, in order for Yehoshua to die when he did. This is according to the gospels. So, let's look.

Here are the years in order. I might have to list two months for one year in this article, this is because if a New Moon should fall before 3/20 on the Gregorian Calendar (on average), then the first day of the Jewish New Year will be the following month. This is because New Year's Day must always start on or after Spring begins, as mentioned.

Here is the year 0030:

In the above calendar year, we see that the New Moon falls 2 days after 3/20, thus it would qualify for the New Year to start in the 3rd month of the Gregorian Calendar, but it is also disqualified in regards to being used for the death of Yehoshua, because it fell on the wrong day.

Here is the year 0031:

Here is the year 0032:

Here is the year 0033:

I can go into the years of 34, 35 and 36, but there is no need to do this. Yehoshua is the Son of the Living and Everlasting God, Glory, Glory, Praise Them!!

Now on a commentary: Why did the Father, the God of Israel fulfill Isaiah 53 and many, many other scriptures about His son's death on the very day that the Passover lamb/goat was going to be slain instead of after Passover as the other three gospels falsely claim? It was done this way because the Father does not override His very own holy law, like evil men do. For it is written in the law that if a man should be hanged on a tree, (even though Jesus was not exactly hanging with a noose), you must bury that person before sundown. Furthermore, you must not slay anyone during a festival or shabath, since that can wait until after the holiday. Thus, as far as the gospel of John records, apparently only Joseph from Arimathea and Nicodemus buried Yehoshua, and not even John who wrote about it. Thus, they fulfilled the law of taking him down. Interestingly enough, Nicodemus was a Pharisee, it might be quite possible that he volunteered (though keeping his faith in Jesus a secret), to oversee that Jesus was taken down from the cross when the Pharisees and priests needed to fulfill this commandment. Thus, when the group of Pharisees talked among each other and said (maybe and assuming) 'Who wants to be defiled, so that this 'blasphemer' can be buried, so that we may keep the law?' At this Nicodemus volunteered. Thus, these two men would be unclean for 7 days, despite the fact Jesus would be raised from the dead three days later. This would mean they could not celebrate the Passover until the next month as the Lord commanded in Numbers 9, because they would have been unclean from burying Yehoshua.

As far as this article is concerned, I do NOT know how old Yehoshua actually was when he died, but he was at the very least, 36 years old. His death was on 4/2/0033, on the Gregorian calendar, and his resurrection took place on 4/5/0033 and his ascension took place on this very same day as well according to the Gospel of John. This occurred right after Yoshua talked with Mary Magalene right by the place he was entombed, on the outer side of the walls of Jerusalem. For this is what "John" writes:

John 20:10-17

Then the disciples [John and Peter] went away again unto their own home. But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, [and looked] into the sepulcher, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.

John's gospel is not based on "hearsay" as Matthew, Luke and Mark are. This is why John contradicts the other three gospels. For John's gospel is based on his literal eyewitness account. Matthew says Yoshua ascended on some mountain in Galilee some time after his resurrection. Whereas, Luke and the book of Acts claim he ascended 40 days after his resurrection, yet, in totally diffent places that are very far from each other. According to Acts, Yoshua ascends from the Mt. of Olives which is only about 600 ft. from the walls of Jerusalem, whereas according to the Gospel of Luke, Yoshua lead his disciples all the way to Bethany which is two long miles from Jerusalem. Yet, amazingly enough no one sees him, especially the scribes, priests and pharisees, not even the gatekeepers of the walled city of Jerusalem. To prove to them he is the moshiach and he walks amongst them once again as before. No, according to John, he ascended to heaven on the very day he resurrected and he only appeared here and there over a period of time, thus the scribes, pharisees and priests never saw him again after he was put in the tomb.

On the very day he was resurrected by the God of Israel, on 4/05/0033, is when a section of Daniel 7 was literally fulfilled,

Daniel 7:13-14

In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power;

also Psalm 110,

Yehowah said to my master:

"Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."

as well as the second part of the verse of Psalm 8:5, in which the first part was fulfilled at his birth,

You caused him to be less rank than the heavenly beings

and then crowned him with glory and honor.

HeShallGovern 5/2/2006

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