Current Events > What age was Jesus when he cleansed the temple the first time?

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Had an discussion with my parents who say that it was at the age of 12, but with a little googling it looks like thats when he was brought to the temple and stayed behind, talking to scholars and priests or something

Tried reading a little, but its not really my kind of litterature, so hoping you guys have the answer that i couldnt find. (closest i could find is that it happened right after he turned water to wine, but couldnt find his age when that happened either)

None of us are religious, but its a cool topic regardless ^_^
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He cleansed a temple? I don't remember anything like that.

One Christian story I remember is one about a temple that has a charity drive to help people in poverty. These wealthy men are dumping tons and tons of coins into the coffer, basically showing off how wealthy they are with their massive donations. This poor woman walks up and donates the last and only coin she has to her name.

Then when asked who gave more, the answer was the woman because she gave everything she had.

I always thought this was silly because the point of the charity drive was to help the poor, not force the poor to make themselves even poorer as if that makes them nobler. I bet the temple was taking a lot of it for themselves.
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IIRC there isn't any stories of Jesus when he was a kid.
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I read the topic title and assumed this was a great euphemism for touching yourself.

He would have been in his 30s.

Although I'm not sure what record you are referring to.

BalisticWarri0r posted...

He would have been in his 30s.

Although I'm not sure what record you are referring to.

Yeah, i was thinking that too. It doesnt look like it happened when he was 12, as my parents claimed - and he is basically gone until he returns at the age of 30 (or something. Havent read the bible, just what ive heard)

Anyways:
Jesus’ first cleansing of the temple is described in John 2:11–12 as having occurred just after Jesus’ first miracle, the turning of water into wine at the wedding in Cana. John makes it clear that it was “after this” that He went to Capernaum, where He “stayed for a few days.” Then in the next verse (verse 13), John tells us that the “Passover of the Jews was at hand” (NKJV). These verses trace Jesus’ movements over a short period of time from Cana in Galilee to Capernaum and eventually to Jerusalem for the Passover. This is the first of the two times Jesus cleansed the temple. The Synoptic Gospels do not record the temple cleansing mentioned in John 2, instead only recording the temple cleansing that occurred during Passion Week.

The second cleansing of the temple occurred just after Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem the last week of His life. This second cleansing is recorded in Matthew, Mark, and Luke but not in John. There are differences in the two events, aside from their being nearly three years apart. In the first cleansing, temple officials confronted Jesus immediately (John 2:18), whereas in the second cleansing, the chief priests and scribes confronted Him the following day (Matthew 21:17–23). In the first event, Jesus made a whip of cords with which to drive out the sellers, but there is no mention of a whip in the second cleansing. So there are two recorded occasions when Jesus cleansed the temple—the first time at the beginning of His public ministry, and the second time just after His triumphal entry into Jerusalem shortly before He was crucified.

From https://www.gotquestions.org/temple-cleanse.html
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Outside of wikipedia, this was the first page that came up when i googled. Beginning of his public ministry is probably a huge hint. Does anyone know his age at that point?
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ArchiePeck posted...

I read the topic title and assumed this was a great euphemism for touching yourself.

He would have been on his 30s. You won't get a specific age. But it most certainly wasn't when he was a teenager.