The Lost Years of Jesus Revealed at Last! 

I am a big fan of the hard work, and dispassionate presentations, of Biblical knowledge you have shared with the world, thanks.

The Gospel of Luke (Chapter 2) does have a report of the 12-year old Jesus having been found teaching in the Temple, His parents having left Jerusalem after the feast of Passover, not realizing that He was not with them.

I don't believe the question should be when did He see his life as King of Israel as a threat to Rome but rather as a spiritual teacher who attempted to enlighten the population with acknowledging the power within themselves as part of God. This became a threat to the Jewish leadership and they used the Romans with the pretense that Jesus was a threat to them also. When Pilate could not find a reason to kill Jesus, he bowed to political pressure and had Him killed anyway.

Hello, Thank you Heavenly Father, thank you Jesus. Amen. 🙏🙌❤💚💙.

I believe in those lost years, Jesus been preparing himself in the ministry He is about to do. He is probably scouting the areas of His ministry of how far He can cover while being a "tent maker" as a carpenter or stone worker for that matter, so to speak... Being a builder,Jesus is building up the kingdom of God on earth....

"For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. Hebrews 4:15-16 Living in near poverty, in an occupied country and having to provide for his mother and siblings Jesus experienced life at the bottom of the pile with all the temptations that went with it - yet sinned not.

No lost years... Jesus spent his young days with family...

If it was important, He would let us know He whole story and his description. Focus on the things that are important.

Hilarious content! 1 solid nomination for best comedy/fantasy.

Fiction writers have always been with us.

GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GIVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHO SOEVER BELIVE IN HIM SHALL NOT PERICH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE AMEN GRACE LOVE WISDOM REPENTANCE SALVATION BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND GOD ALMIGHTY AMEN 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 GRACE 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

Most of the practices now found in Christianity, were never performed or promulgated by Yeshua or his followers. He was a Jew, a Synagogue and Temple-frequenting, Kepa-and-Tallith-wearing Hebrew who practiced a very tolerant form of Judaism. He never created a Church neither did he himself, ever set a foot in one. As a matter of fact, Churches never existed till more than three hundred years after Yeshua died.’ ‘Anyone truly willing to follow and emulate him, should first wait for all the demystifying revelations that we shall verbally give to this, our little messenger; then read the account that was left by her ancestor, as she will give it later on, before they can continue.’ ‘Because as he said himself, everything he did, all people can do; and it is only through the Mysteries - that he and his ancestors before him had mastered-, that it can that be achieved. It cannot be achieved in any other way. That is done only after Divine Realization has been achieved. Not by kneeling before crosses and hand-made idols; but by living as he lived, worshipping God as he worshipped and practicing what he himself practiced and preached; and most of all by Realizing one’s Divinity.’ CHRISTIANITY ‘After the Temple had been destroyed in Jerusalem by the Romans after all the Jews had been scattered abroad, being sold into slavery, and after most of Yeshua’s true followers had been decimated, the Religion that took over the world was the Roman Catholic Church. For Rome controlled most of the then civilized world as Earth’s ruling empire. All Jews had been forcefully sent abroad, and none were allowed to set foot in Palestine again.’ ‘About 230 years after Yohanan (or John), one of Yeshua’s apostles wrote his book of Revelations, the Roman Empire was virtually separated in two; one part in Europe, the other in the Middle-East. Then their authority was constantly undermined by ferocious attacks by the many factions of revolutionaries that existed throughout the occupied territories at that time.’ ‘Finally, the Roman Empire was reduced to being called the Byzantine Empire, after the city of Byzantium, which King Constantine made the Empire’s capital, and later named Constantinople, after himself.’ ‘He then split this in two, by starting his own Religion based on the Jewish faith, after having seized and confiscated most of the manuscripts kept in Jerusalem and other Synagogues throughout Israel. He had also seized those written by Yeshua’s apostles, and the ones the apostles had received from their own parents; with writings from the early prophets, as it had been customary. Which custom we encourage Man of today to also take up, to discourage such falsifications as were done by the Romans, in future.’ ‘As the Roman Empire declined, the Holy Papal Empire, hiding behind the name of ‘The Holy Roman Catholic Church’, rose out of its ruins. And that decline had begun from about year 185, ending with year 476 of the Christian Era; the Empire by then had had a population of 120 millions. Thanks to this Papal Empire, Rome continued to rule the world for a further one thousand years.’ ‘Constantine, an Ishtar, Apollo and Satan worshipper, had decided to create a Roman State Religion, he had also been determined not to abandon his pagan practices. His Church kept the original pagan worship of Ishtar that took place near the time when Yeshua was crucified; and the new worshippers were lied to, that it was to commemorate ‘Jesus’ death. The name of Ishtar was therefore, modified and replaced by the innocent sounding Easter, 400 years after Constantine’s death.’

If Christ and his family was destitute what happened to the Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh the wise men brought as a offering?

Hey I love u! I've seen u on different things but didn't know u had a RU-vid channel. I'm glad I ran across u!!

What a remarkable video. The summary was beautifully said. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Dr. Tabor!

A poor trades family that ends up running the Jerusalem Church. But how? Sepphoris is a good start. At that time you could have found most religions and sects there, some with temples and the more important library, the university of its day. Everyone from Hindus to Essenes teaching and preaching at levels far beyond what peasants would hear in a small village. Same goes for John the Baptizer, James and others we know existed.

I hesitate to brush off a possible journey on the Silk Road to India or at least Tibet not due to anything we have on physical record but from the teachings we do have from both the Gospels and especially the Gospel of Thomas.. My mind remains open to all possibilities until proven otherwise.. In the end all that truly matters is the content of the teaching rather than the written words themselves.. Thank you for what you do so well James.. Peace

When Life's darkened maze I go and trouble overwhelmed my entire Soul. Lord, grant me the wisdom to know that you are surely in control of it.

I wonder what's the basis and sources of this theory? What kind of research done to have these conclusions?

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Writing materials were hard to come by. This is why only the important information is written about JESUS. It so mentions in the New Testament that JESUS performed many many more miracles that were never recorded. Amen ✝️ 🙏

This was awesome, thank you!!! Just recently took you Mark course, thank you for making these studies available!

Shalom Professor Tabor. Wow what insights and understanding you have given in this video! Please continue to reveal more. Todah Rabah!

Thank you for this enlightening lecture, Dr Tabor. I always liked your contribution on " The Naked Archeologyst".

Excuse me for going off topic, Mr. Tabor, but could you please provide the name of that Mary Magdalene painting you love so much, as well as the name of the artist: the one where she is kind of sitting on her haunches in a position of sorrow and devotion outside of Yeshua's tomb, her back to the viewer. Would love to find a print of that. Thank you for your response.

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With a baby in diapers one would have needed frankincense. Remember they did not have washers and dryers at hand, and diapers stink. Myrrh acts as an antibiotic. ,Again remember they have a baby in diapers. They did not have through away Huggies folks, and they didn`t have Desitin for rashes etc. The gold gifted to the new parents most certainly was used to make their escape to Egypt, to avoid the certain death of all male babies of Jews at that time. I think the gifts provided by those wise men were extremely practical. Most wise people are in fact practical. That is why they are considered wise.

Why must the brothers and sisters of Jesus referenced in Mark 6:3 and Matthew 12:46 necessarily be younger? There is no evidence regarding Joseph’s age at Jesus’s birth (speculations range from 16-90!). Nothing is heard of Joseph after Jesus at the Temple age 12, nor is Joseph present at the crucifixion, perhaps implying he died.

I noticed a couple details that weren't in line with what I've heard before, but, overall it was interesting. I'd just take all these stories with a grain of salt unless the source is verified as accurate.

You make all this stuff up.

So much for the prosperity gospel people! They reckon that Jesus was filthy rich!

''Fatherless'' is not the same as ''bastard''. Just so you know. There is such a thing as a widow, you know.

If Jesus was God. I would like to know what he did in his childhood, youth etc. Was he special before that time of 30. Could he perform miracles before, did angels appeared to Mary again, knew Jesus he was God or special... These and more Information would be interesting to know

There’s no lost years of Jesus, he only lived for 33 years and died and rose from the grave.

, in place of the Messianic Judaism that Yeshua expected all of his future worldwide followers to practice, the Romans created Christianity, a pagan religion. The papal Empire was, and is still alive in the Roman Catholic Church which is ruled by the office of the popes, the old religion of Babel.’ “Who opposeth and exalts himself above all that is called Elohim, or that is worshipped so that he as Elohim sitteth in the temple of Elohim, showing himself that he is Elohim…” This prediction, which is also for the leader of the Renegades who shall be on Earth, makes allusion to the Church that was created by the Romans, and is illustrated till this day by the Popes.’ ‘At that time there was only one power that ever set itself up as Elohim on Earth after the days of Yeshua’s Apostles, and that power was the Popes of the Roman Catholic Church, beginning with Constantine. He took on himself the title of Pope and changed the real Roman Empire. Then he enforced Christianity upon the Roman people, making it as we have already said the Roman State Religion.’ ‘And Constantine forced on the Romans all the days of Sun-worship: Sunday, Easter, Christmas… etc. Then he forced everything that was Jewish or had anything to do with Judaism out of the teachings of Yeshua’s Apostles. This law came from Constantine in 235 A.D. which stipulated: “Magistrates, city people and artisans are to rest on the Sun Day”. This was the first ever Sunday law.’ ‘A fanatical supporter of Constantine, Eusebius who had been nominated ‘Bishop of Caesarea’ wrote: ‘All things whatsoever that it was the duty to do on the Sabbath (the 7th day), these we have transferred to the Lord’s Day, Sunday.’ ‘At the Council of Laodicea in 364 A.D. Canon 29 was made by the Church of Rome, which stated: “Christians shall not judaize and be idle on Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath), but shall work on that day.” So from then on, everything that was Jewish or connected in worship with Judaism, (Yeshua’s Religion), was abolished.’ ‘The Roman Catholic Church was very anti-Semitic, right from Constantine himself; because, for his plans to succeed, he wanted to do away with Yeshua’s religion. This he openly said, when he proclaimed that the Christians ‘shall not judaize’. So when Constantine became Christian Pope, he began to persecute the Jews. Christians were forbidden to associate with them. He banished the Rabbis in 337 A.D. and made it a crime for a Jew to marry a Christian woman. At the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. the question of Easter was discussed, and Passover was simply changed to Easter. Constantine said:’ “And first of all, it appeared an unworthy thing, that in the celebration of this holy feast “we should follow the practices of the Jews”, who have impiously defiled their hands with enormous sin, and are therefore deservedly afflicted with blindness of soul… Let us have nothing in common with the detestable Jewish crow, for we have received from our savior a different way… Beloved brethren, let us with one consent adopt this course, -and withdraw ourselves from all participation in their baseness-… It was needful that this matter should be rectified, so that we might have nothing in common with that nation of parricides, who slew their savior… That all should unite in desiring that which sound reason appears to demand, and in avoiding all participation “in the perjured conduct of the Jews”. In fine that I may express in a few words as possible it has been determined by the common judgments of all that the most holy feast of Easter should be kept on one and the same day.” ‘Yeshua the Jewish Rabbi was not born of a virgin birth, unlike Jesus the Christian Christ. But do the Christians know that Crucifixion was not an event unique to ‘Jesus’? Many others died exactly the same way in other mythologies: ‘Mithras was crucified in Persia, Tammuz in Babylon, Thules and Orontes in Egypt, Odin in Scandinavia, and Hesus in Britain’s druidic tradition. All these crucifixions happened thousands and hundreds of years before Christianity surfaced.’ ‘There were also many ‘Virgin Births’ and many’ Immaculate Conceptions’ in other pagan religions. Does humanity know that the ‘Christian Mary’ was not the only ‘virgin’ that had an ‘immaculate conception’? ‘In Mexico, Quetzalcoatl the Sun god’s mother, ‘conceived him as a virgin; the ‘strictly celibate widow’ Semiramis conceived Tammuz after Nimrod’s death ‘without’ a male partner; Hercules, the Only-Begotten Son of Zeus, (father of Greek gods) was born in a ‘virgin birth’ to Alcmene; In Egypt the goddess Isis ‘conceived Horus as a virgin’. ‘Ancient Egyptian inscriptions can still be found which say: “Immaculate is our Lady Isis”. The same title, as the whole world knows, is now being given ‘Mary, the mother of the Roman Catholic and Christians’ Jesus.’ ‘Did you know that ‘Mary’ who is now being worshipped as a goddess, is a variety of the same entity in ancient mothers and goddess stories and traditions. For example, Maia was the mother of Buddha. Moya was the mother of Agni. Myrrha was the mother of Bacchus. Mariana was the mother of Krishna. Myrrha was the mother of Adonis … etc.’ ‘Hercules had abolished sacrifice in his time, and was called ‘the good Shepherd and the Prince of Peace’. He descended in the realms of Pluto then later ascended to his father Zeus… So normally, Christianity abolished Temple sacrifice in the name of their ‘Jesus’ who, it was also decided by the Romans, will be known in the future to have ascended to his father ‘God’, naturally. ‘In ancient Persia, Sun worship was much spread, and all worship took place on Sundays. We also have Zarathustra. He was born on the 25th of December, in a manger in a cave, and was ‘world savior’, from the Sun, many centuries before the Christian Christ.’ ‘So, after Christianity took over the religion of the Messianic believers (as Yeshua’s followers were also known) - which was a Jewish Religion, and which combined the belief in, and the practice of Yeshua’s teachings as the bringer of the Messiah Spirit through the Mysteries, with the old Pharisaic Orthodox ones, - Constantine declared that he intended to wipe out everything Jewish, and everything Yeshua himself stood for.’ ‘That way, Christianity would have nothing in common with the nation of the Jews; or in other words ‘with the true religion of YHWH, which was also the true religion of Yeshua himself. And they used the Name of Yeshua, a Jewish prophet Messiah, to reach their aims, saying at the same time: “Let us have nothing with the detestable Jewish crowd”. ‘So Easter was fixed on the Sunday following the Jewish Passover contrary to Yeshua’s instructions. They changed the Sabbath to Sunday, and Passover to Easter, a festival that was kept by the pagans in the spring in honor of Baal, and not only that, polytheism was definitely declared. The Popes became known as the Holy See, god on Earth, and they are still known as, and called ‘Holiness’ or ‘Holy Father’ even now”. ‘But that was nothing new. They simply kept and perpetuated the tradition of all Roman Emperors who were declared gods and divine beings. The Pope of today is still set as a deity on Earth, and considers himself that! During that Council of Nicaea where Constantine made the speech that was partly repeated here, it was also decided that their ‘Jesus’ could not remain just a man; he had to be made a god.’ ‘Surely the status of Yeshua as a simple Jewish Rabbi and Prophet could not fit, if his story had to be integrated into the old polytheist doctrine of Trinity. So this had to be changed. The bishops who sat in the panel at the Council voted for the Hellenized Jesus as the third person of their ‘Holy Trinity of God’ in the newly renamed old Babylonian religion, by the raising of hands. So they voted. Thus the Jewish Rabbi and Prophet Yeshua-Bar-Joseph became ‘Jesus’. He was elected to become a god to be worshipped, by the raising of hands, at a meeting staged by a group of Sun worshippers.’ ‘After this meeting, Constantine issued the strict edict that said: “Anyone, Christian or not who continued to believe or claim that ‘Jesus’ was a simple man, or who accepted or followed doctrines that did not conform to the new Council of Nicaea decisions, was to be considered a heretic and to be exiled from the Empire or put to death. Those who were true followers of Yeshua’s original doctrine were persecuted, stoned, arrested, and killed; and all their manuscripts were seized and destroyed.” ‘Now we used the writings and events that took place on Earth to present today’s message because it was necessary. However, criticizing any existing religious denomination was not our aim here. We want Yeshua’s religion to be revived and practiced as he intended it to be.

Divine Creator, I turn to You for guidance on this journey of life. Illuminate my path with Your wisdom, and let Your peace reign in my heart, providing solace and assurance. Amen.

He became St Isus in India, which is why his teachings are so similar to Buddhist and Hindu teachings. He is the most famous vintner in the World, and that his product was of such good quality tells us volumes about his philosophy of life.

I love all of the stories!

Thank you for sharing.

You tried, but got a lot of this wrong. I'd love to email you & show you where & what is stated in the OT & NT. His childhood is even mentioned in the OT.

Jesus spent His young days with His family, no lost years, no false teachings 👍

Where did this stuff come from?

Where are you getting these pieces of information??

My research tells me that Matthew"s gospel was written around 41 CE in Palestine, whereas Mark wrote his gospel around 60-65 CE in Rome.

So.......back in Jesus' day, just as it is today, religion is all about money.

Satan Will USE any TOOL to give Jesus a Negative Light... But Jesus is The LIGHT and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING will even DIM The Light...Amen

Love those Kid Jesus stories.

Will your next video be on the early life of Father Christmas?

Did Joseph "disappear" or was he simply not included in writings thereafter?

What Happened During Jesus' 'Lost Years' (Luke 2:42; 3:23)? At the time Herod ordered all the young boys in Bethlehem to be slain, Joseph took Mary and Jesus and fled into Egypt. When the danger was past, they returned to their own country and settled in a town in Galilee: "And he [Joseph and his family] came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, 'He shall be called a Nazarene' [one who comes from Nazareth]" (Matthew 2:23). From Nazareth, they would all travel to Jerusalem each year for the Passover. On one of those occasions, when He was 12, Jesus stayed behind in the Temple. Afterward, "He went down with them [His family] and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them" (Luke 2:51). So, Jesus evidently spent most of those years in Nazareth. Otherwise, people would not have known Him as a Nazarene. After He was 30, Jesus preached in the synagogue in His home town: "So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up" (Luke 4:16). Notice the reaction of the townspeople: "So all . . . marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, 'Is this not Joseph's son?" (verse 22). The people knew Him! This is confirmed when, on a similar occasion, in astonishment they said, "Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us?'" (Matthew 13:54-56). The people knew His whole family, as this was Jesus' "own country" (verse 54; Luke 4:24). Obviously, Jesus spent most of those 18 years between ages 12 and 30 in Nazareth where He was trained and where He studied. Whether or not He traveled to any foreign nation is not revealed in Scripture.

There is significant information that the Lord Jesus travelled on the silk road route and visited India and studied healing methods used by people.

If they mentioned Balaams mule why did they omit all those years of Jesus life? He probably never left except to live in Capernaun. Remember that there was a time when all books were burnt and banned completely. There is a lot we do not know.

In some period of time around Circa 11,000 BC the Christ's name was Ningishzida. And in that incarnation, Ningishzida was made God of Salam as a Consolation for allowing Marduk to be God of the Lavant for a short period of time after the First Great Deluge . Many many Stones has YESUAH laid

The pidyon haben or redemption of the first born son is not from sacrafice to the deity as you said. It is redemption from avodah in the mishkan or from duties in the temple. That's quite a mistake Proff?

Jesus went to India and spent his rest of his life.

While doing all that he learned to read and studied the Torah. He learned to heal and "cast out demons". He became educated and wise beyond wise while bending over some rocks. He was a renaissance man.

It is for sure that the Christ laid many stones in the Holy Land. Thankyou Brother. Great show of Truth

I am a bit puzzled by this. I read many of the comments, but none have addressed the question of factual evidence, that Jesus even existed. Mathew, Mark Luke and John primarily wrote anecdotal accounts didn't they?

Jesus is a real saviour by the way he conducted himself and taught us the Love to be loved in our life ultimately

Praise all families who give honor glory love to holy trinity of God and want to live like Jesus Mary Joseph thanksgiving fiat ❤

Amen I love my SAVIOR YESHUA 🙏

I have heard that many rabbis of the first and second centuries would have typically had a paid job in addition to teaching because they were not allowed to charge a fee for teaching and one of the most common side professions was tekton. For example, Hillel the Elder was a tekton (and sometimes a woodcutter) as his side profession because that profession made it possible to have time left for teaching.

My view is that he most likely traveled to India and Tibet. By travelling the same route as the merchants did on the silk road. First as a teenager to India and later after the crucifixion. Josef of Arimatea was the man who saved Jesus life and could provide the necessary protection until he was strong enough to travel. The grave of Jesus is said to be in Tibet. The few hours on the cross the day before sabbath saved his life, and Jesus with a face well known to the Romans after the arrest and torture he had to flee the country. The pacifism and the mudra handsigns on the oldest icons of Jesus tells us he was influenced by Buddhism from the east. Some say that buddhism did not exist when Jesus was alive, but in Egypt (possible place for Jesus to visit) there was buddhism 525-405 BC. The silk road goes directly trough Tibet. The book The lost years of Jesus written by Nicholas Notovitch (who was a jew but became a christian) i will recommend.

"...new possibility..." Right. More mythical frosting for the legendary cake. It never ends.

I love thise stories about our Lord Jesus

Im no scholar of biblical times...but I did note that you referenced Jesus as "declaring himself KIng of the Jews" .... my understanding is that he did not do such a thing and that at his trial he declared "that is what you call me" or something to that effect .... your lost year study is very interesting and revealing ..Thank you

It's sort of funny how paintings of Jesus, depict him as being white.

Wow some people comment on this is unanswerable. I do see other people's comments have added to this. Seek and you shall find . Knock and it will be open to you. Ask and it shall be given to you. .peace be with you

Thank you Dr. Tabor you are a great author for the truth of Gods word. Looking forward to reading more of your work.

Fascinating and faithful to Jesus's messiahship. Though quite skeptical of some of the details in Luke and Matthew. It is possible to move forward from a base skepticism.

My dear sir..Jesus Christ was and is God

The proximity to the sea of gallilee does not exclude the idea that this " construction stone laborer " also worked with wood ( probably sparingly ) yet would make him valuable as a " boat Wright " helper to his fishermen friends .

John Prine did a song about the missing years … 🎶 you should tune it up …

As Bethlehem of Galilee (imo, the actual birthplace of Jesus) exists about 10km northwest of Nazareth, placing it within the same 5km from Sepphoris, I imagine Jesus watching Joseph, as a stone mason (BRAVO!), walking away to work towards Sepphoris. As Bill and Ted could have stated, "a most excellent sermon, Father Tabor!" 🐈

The constant debating and theories that keep popping up about Jesus, peace be upon him,only further drives home the fact of the need for his return. Clearly a whole lot of folks didn't 'get it ' the first time he came. His return will set the record straight for everyone in the world. May we all be firm upon the religion he taught and practiced when he comes,ameen.

Wonderful, thorough! Excellent trustworthy research, thank you Dr Tabor.

I wished people were not so darn gullible, but that gullibility is what has been used to fool them for thousands of years.

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ!!! Early in my quest of faith I was intrigued by the "Lost Years". Almost obsessed. After all, where was our Savior between the ages of 12 and 30? The Gospels don't mention anything about it. So I stumbled across a book of a Buddhist monk in Tibet and his teacher mentioned Jesus had visited the Temple in Lhasa and there was a written record of his time there. Then there was the Nicolas Notovitch book which mentioned the same. But neither source could produce any proof. Let's call them romantic legends because they offered answers to the mystery but also offered more questions than answers. Then I read the Aquarian Gospel, another interesting legend supposedly drawn from the Akashic records not only spoke of Jesus's time in Tibet, but also India and Egypt. An amazing tale of Jesus's journeys and how he influenced and learned from other world religions preparing Him for his ministry back in Israel. It's an excellent read providing it not be taken as fact, only a possibility of what might have taken place.

Jesus had no younger siblings, only older brothers who Joseph sired in his younger days. Joseph is not known to sire children with Mary.

Where did you find lost information?

If you believe what four gospels recorded to be Jesus biography, you are so pure and simple. The God will bless you.

Huh? what was that about Mathew? I'm sure it was unintended but you kind of called him a liar and yet we're supposed to easily believe these other stories of his life? Hmm. Commentary, Clinton Arnold, Ed., Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002, p. 19). "The killing of a few children in an obscure Judean community would scarcely have attracted much attention in the notably bloody world of that day. This vile deed attributed to Herod is perfectly consistent with what is known about the character of the beast.He was so paranoid of his regal authority that he did not hesitate to murder numerous members of his own immediate and extended family.His favorite wife, Mariamne, was publicly executed, as was her mother, Alexandra.Earlier Herod had put to death Hyrcanus, Mariamne’s grandfather (who, incidentally, once had saved the king’s life).He also executed several of his sons, e.g., Alexander, Aristobulus, and Antipater.One ancient writer suggested that Augustus Caesar once quipped that it would be better to be Herod’s pig than his son! (Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.f.11).For a general survey of Herod’s activities, see Josephus, Antiquities, Books 14-17. If that ruler committed such atrocities as those just sketched, is there any doubt that he would be capable of the bloody spectacle depicted in Matthew’s Gospel? During the severe illness that previewed his imminent death, the Herodian monster had some of the chief men of the Jewish nation imprisoned at Jericho.He then issued a dispatch to some of his close kinsmen that, upon his death, these Jews should be put to death.The reason he ascribed to the plan was his knowledge of the fact that when he died, he would not be mourned as befitted a king.Especially was he aware that the Jews would rejoice at his passing.Accordingly, after he had breathed his final breath, these Hebrews were to be killed, that weeping might be heard throughout the land, suitable for a funeral such as his! (Antiquities 17.6.2).(Fortunately, his vile command was ignored.) It is clear, therefore, that no reasonable objection can be made to the record of Herod’s brutal conduct, as portrayed in Matthew’s Gospel account."

A Christian apologist would say that the Magi showed up after the 30-day period when that Lamb offering was to be made, so that Joseph and Mary paid the two doves -- being poor at the time -- and then soon after (or within the next year, perhaps) the Magi show up and give them the Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. Still, you'd think that getting a nice gift of Gold would mean that they wouldn't have to struggle at slave's wages -- at least for a while, anyway -- with Jesus not needing to toil away at a hard job.

The agricultural in the area was changing, what use to be fields of mustard plants was becoming fields of grain. The mustard plant gave us cabbage and cauliflower! The grain was hard to grow, destroyed the environment, and did not have a fraction of the nutrition. It made a population who had never been exposed to it before very sick and it was becoming the cheapest, if not only way to keep from starving. I can only imagine how easy it was to cure many, many people by simply removing the grain from their diet.

What is the source of your information.

Thank you so much for this class!

All the knowledge of the missing years is kept up under The Vatican in ancient scrolls and scriptures, mostly found in India. He travelled extensively in Middle and mostly Far East learning and ministering. He was known as Issa or Yusa Asaf and Son of God or King of Travvellers.

Kudos to you Sir for diligent research and keeping it honest. That's how a master piece is created. 🏹 💕 🌴

Where was Jesus from the time He was 12 until His baptism by John? Luke 2: 46-52 46 "And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man." Jesus was in Nazareth in subjection to the wishes of Mary and Joseph until John 1:29 "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. No Marsha, He wasn't in India dialoging with the swamis. No He wasn't in America converting the Aztecs. He was in Nazareth with Mary and Joseph.

I’m curious about your stance on the interpretation of the condemnation of homosexuality in the book of Leviticus and the possibility that it may have been influenced by personal biases rather than honest academic research?

Having shown such promise intellectually at the age of twelve, he went to study spiritual practices of the East in India and Tibet. There are many parallels between the Baghavad Gita and Christ's teachings.

A good piece thank you. Love and peace. Tim

He didn't have siblings in does days cousins were call brothers... Our lady and St Joseph are and were virgins .... Why people are always trying to find sin in Jesus when he is pure and divine with no stains... Why can you accept that he came to save our souls. Gloria to my God and Lord always... AMEN

Thank you for your contribution. However, I’m curious to know why there was no mention of the age difference between Joseph and Mary. It is my understanding that Joseph was significantly older than Mary and may have had a wife and children previous to their marriage. What are your thoughts?

I enjoyed this video. Thanks. I do not know it was true but it is really interesting as a follower of Jesus

That could be believable if this character every existed.

It’s unbelievable that people could sacrifice their own children back then and think that would be something that would please god. How could they think to do something like that was a good offering ?

I choose to believe that the Creator exists and is primarily a rational being dedicated to logic and motivated by an unbiased objective love of others and secondarily a biased subjective love of others. When it comes to God's law, he/she is unbiased and objective. This is the foundation of God's way of justice, mercy and faith. The Creator gave 10 oral, then written, words/subjects to Israel in the Moses mediated covenant that could become the foundation of a successful righteous society and a light of God's way to the world. Israel was predicted by God to fail in this age but succeed in the next. So, bottom line, the 9th commandment made the top 10 because God knew that humans are primarily subjective emotion driven beings with a white washed facade of rationality/logic and would, as a result, adulterate His commandments with the commandments of men (which started with Moses), thus making, as the Christ claimed, the commandments of God of “no effect”. The scriptures are witness to this phenomena. Where the 9th commandment has not been broken, God's truth and way can still be discovered in both the physical creation and the scriptures. Therefore it would not shake my faith to know that some of the judgments and stories in the scriptures were man inspired not God inspired. Paul said some are zealous but not according to knowledge so we must rightly discern/divide/cut the scriptures to separate man's stories from God's truth. It can be done.

If Joseph the Stepfather of Jesus was lost when Jesus was in his twenties meaning Jesus together with his 6 siblings must have worked hard for them to survive . So There was no lost years in Jesus life . He stayed with his mother and siblings when Joseph was lost meaning Joseph died .Thank you for sharing this .

No lost years. LUKE 24:44 Jesus said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms." Jesus's so called 'Losg Years' can be found in the Psalms. I should know, I have found many passages which can only be describing his early years.