Why does the Bible not mention the childhood years of Christ?

Question

And where can records of his youth be found?

Answer 1

Could it be the same reason that no record exists of him other than the bible? Strange that a person who did so much has nothing written about him other than this, don't you think?

Answer 2

There are no records of that, but if you were to go on how Joseph raised Jesus, you'd see that he was a good Jewish father and took seriously his duties towards his son .... so my guess is that he sent him to school.

There at the southern end of the Dead Sea, next to where they found the Dead Sea Scrolls, was a monastary in Qumran (spelling may be wrong) They think that perhaps this is where Jesus grew up, as they also partook of the daily bathing ritual of baptism, they had a good copy of the Old Testament scriptures, and John the Baptist was supposedly from there.

We don't really know however, it's just an educated guess.

Answer 3

Lamb - The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

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Answer 4

the books of the Bible that mention the life of Christ are the first 4 of the new testament, Mathew and john were both Disciple that met Jesus after he was 30, Mark was the son of one of the women that followed Jesus and that was after he was 30, Luke was a disciple of Paul, and His knowledge of Jesus he learned by talking to Mary the mother of Jesus. apparently She never had much to say about his childhood until He was 12.

Answer 5

Well, they probably weren't as interesting as his adult life and ministry. How interesting can hearing about boring, everyday life be for 10 or 20 years?

I don't believe there are any official records, but if you are interested in a fictional, very fictional, story, read Lamb by Christopher Moore. Only read it if you like the back cover. It is potentially offense to some.

Answer 6

There is a Gospel of the Mary that may include the childhood yrs of Jesus. I haven't read so i'm not positive about that. And there are other books you could look into That chronicle the infancy of Jesus. I think they are all in a book titled the other books of the Bible.

Answer 7

The Bible only mentions things that are important too us and our salvation... Like his birth and when he was 12 and mary and joseph found him preaching ... Dont think we would be able to carry the Bible around with us if every little detail of everything was in there.

Answer 8

There are records in your bible, for example about when he didn't come with his parents when they left. That he was found studying with the elders in the temple.
His answer to questioning was that he had to be about his father's business.
We also know he worked with his father as a carpenter. Etc.
He was popular growing up, when questions were asked about him, the reply was "is he not the son of Joseph, the carpenter?"

Other records have him traveling with Joseph in his business as a merchant until Joseph apparently died.

Answer 9

How much do you know about the childhood of anyone of any fame today anywhere in the world? In spite of all of the communication media, we only learn about people as they come to prominence in the public eye and very little is reported about their childhoods. Part of this is because they did little of note when very young. They were still growing and maturing. So it was with Jesus. Moreover, communications were very slow then, only traveling as fast as word of mouth.

Answer 10

If you add up all of Jesus' time accounted for in the Gospels (not counting his supposed 40-days in the wilderness), it comes out to 3 weeks. That supports the idea that Jesus was an entirely fictional character.