There is no record in the Bible of his adolescent years through his teenage years. Can someone fill me in as to what happened during that time frame?
Was it awkward like high school were everyone picked on him for being different?
2007-05-11 05:48:14 · 15 answers · asked by Maverick 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Typical teen probably. Unending monkey spanking.
2007-05-11 05:52:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Good question. Its true to say that there was no point Him doing ministry until He was anointed by the Holy Spirit. (In that He was in part setting the example for the Church; only using the power available to Him in the human side of his makeup (as the "New Adam"). When anointed He was 100,000 times as able, He had all possible anointings humans may have I think.)
I don't know how long John the Baptist's ministry went on for, but in part that was to 'prepare the way for the Lord', bringing an end to many of the cynical attitudes that were around.
Certainly the unbelief when He preached in the synogogue at Nazareth could partly due to his behaving modestly and properly before His ministry time came. They took offence as it was just Jesus. Even His family had little faith in him (and even Mary thought he was not handling his Ministry correctly in one episode).
Of course He would probably be doing some carpentry work to support the family. It does look as if Joseph passed away (well, you don't hear about him after Jesus' Bar-mitzvah). There were other brothers of course, but maybe He got them all set up financially before His ministry - speculation.
2007-05-11 06:24:39 · answer #2 · answered by Cader and Glyder scrambler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gospels were not biographies. They were not written as someone's life story. Its like the biography I had of JFK growing up...it mentioned his family and some of his early background...but the thrust was on what he did while in the office of the presidency.
The gospels are topical. The topic is the ministry of Jesus and God's redemption of manking through His son. Thus, the topic of Jesus' childhood is only brought up when it has some bearing on the above theme.
In the Bible presents all we need to know about God's redemption of man.
2007-05-11 06:33:32 · answer #3 · answered by TWWK 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There were several Gnostics that wrote infancy narratives, but Gnostics aren't all that reliable, so I discount those books. I know that the Quran has accounts of the Lord's childhood, but I don't trust the Muhammad any more than the Gnostics.
Aside from those, there is the story in Luke. Outside of that, there is next to nothing we know. God has chosen that these things not be passed down, and that's pretty much where it stands.
2007-05-11 08:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by Innokent 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well off course not but there is in the Koran. Ironically the Koran records Jesus childhood exactly the same as the Infancy Gospel of Thomas a fourth century work of fiction, why is that?
2007-05-11 05:52:56 · answer #5 · answered by Borinke 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it matters. The Bible focuses on His life when He turned 12 and decided that it was time to "be about His Father's business". Jesus was not spreading the Gospel until He turned 12. That's why it is not mentioned.
2007-05-11 06:10:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You concept of God the Son is perverted. Jesus Bride is His Church. Jesus will never die again. John, a man who had familially lived with Jesus, in Revelations sees the glorified Jesus: Standing in the middle of the lampstands was the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest. His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes were bright like flames of fire. His feet were as bright as bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves. He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. And his face was as bright as the sun in all its brilliance. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid! I am the First and the Last. I am the living one who died. Look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave. Not going to happen like the scenario you propose.
2016-05-20 22:20:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the age of 12 he went with his parents to Jerusalem. He stayed their and his parents went on their way. Once they realized he was gone they went back to find him. When they did he was in the temple. His parents asked him to come with them. The the bible says in Luke 2: 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.
The two key things that God want you to know about the teenage life of Jesus is the fact that he was obedient to his parents and he grew in wisdom and stature. If we needed more information he would have put it in the bible.
I do not know exactly what he did while he was a teenager and nobody else dose either. However I do know that I need to follow Jesus's example as closely and possible and I pray that you do to.
God Bless You!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-05-11 06:17:20 · answer #8 · answered by geoffcantley12 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At 12 He was in the temple asking questions.
I'm sure He played with others, and probably learned carpentry.
2007-05-11 05:52:03 · answer #9 · answered by RB 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ah .... he grew up.
This was to show us that we don't even begin to walk the spiritual life until we are much older, I think, or that is my take on it... as all the spiritual people spoken of in the bible were middle aged before they began to do something with their faith
2007-05-11 05:53:55 · answer #10 · answered by sassinya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋