What did Jesus do between the time he was a child and the time before he died that's not covered in the bible?

Question

There's at least a 20 year gap.

I know about the part in Luke, but don't you think if Jesus was the son of God then he would have led a more exciting life. Performed some miracles in that time?

Answer 1

He traveled to the east and learned the art of healing and meditation from the eastern masters. In other words he went into asia and learned from the buddhist temples .

Answer 2

Luke 2:51-52
51Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

So the bible actually DOES tell us what he did for those 18 years.....(from the time his parents found him in the temple at Jerusalem until he started his ministry.)

Answer 3

He lived in Smallville with Superman.

Actually, the gap is closer to 25 years.

Answer 4

he did what most kids did.. played with Lego, watched TV, talked back to his folks, chased girls, did some grafitti

ok probably it was just mundane stuff not written about or those were some of the books that were intentionally omitted when the Bible was being put together

Answer 5

eve within the bibe there are number ous gaps.. it depends wich documents you believe to be credible. as we find more docs, we will be able to fill in more of the gaps, however if you are a devoted catholic, then you believe that the info we have in the bible is complete

Answer 6

The Bible tells us that after the incident at the Temple when Jesus was 12 and was teaching the priests, that he had stayed behind and his parents had to go back for him when he did not leave with them. After that, he was obidient. In otherwords, obeyed and did as his parent told him and since he was a carpenter as an adult, one would assume he trained with his earthly father to be a carpenter at this time. It was tradition in those days for the child to start training for the fathers business at that age. Here is the passage below:

Luke 2
41Every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. 42When he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom. 43After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. 44Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. 45When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. 46After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you."
49"Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" 50But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

51Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

Answer 7

there is an apocryphal book that didn't make it into the bible about that, Infancy Gospel of Thomas
http://www.gospels.net/translations/infancythomastranslation.html
I think some of the other early christian writings might talk about this also but this is the one most often referred to

Answer 8

yeah very good question what was he up to anyway

while the bible doesnt say

we can assume he was either hanging around the temple learning and teaching, or some others say he traveled to asia and india and learned alot from there. who knows. maybe aliens took him.

Answer 9

From about age 12 to about age 30!

There is some evidence that he may have been with his uncle in Ireland.

http://www.asis.com/~stag/josephar.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea
http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/joseph-of-arimathea-faq.htm

many many more

Answer 10

worked as a carpenter with joseph and the rest of the family. occasionally there will be references to his being jesus the carpenter.

Answer 11

He trained and worked as a carpenter with his father Joseph.