Jesus at Age 30: Further Evidence for Luke's Portrait of a Priestly Jesus?
This study examines Luke's identification of Jesus' age at the beginning of his ministry as “about thirty years of age” in Luke 3:23. Why did Luke include this detail, and why did he round off the age to the number thirty? This study argues that the age of thirty takes on significance when...
| Published in: | Biblical theology bulletin |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2014
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Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 2014, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 195-201 |
| Further subjects: | B
King
B Priest B Jesus B Luke B Age B thirty |
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| Summary: | This study examines Luke's identification of Jesus' age at the beginning of his ministry as “about thirty years of age” in Luke 3:23. Why did Luke include this detail, and why did he round off the age to the number thirty? This study argues that the age of thirty takes on significance when it is read against historical parallels and Israel's destiny to be a kingdom of priests, and against Jewish ideas about priesthood. Jesus' age provides proleptic evidence that he will eclipse and fulfill all of God's demands upon Israel. |
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| ISSN: | 1945-7596 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical theology bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0146107914552231 |