Chronology of the Life of Jesus part 2

Early Ministry of Jesus 

     In between the birth of Jesus and the early His ministry there was a period of about '30 years old ' . Thus Lukas 3:23 . But the beginning is called there may not be the beginning of his ministry , and is not known how broadly the word ' about ' may be interpreted . The question is unequivocal: ' Your Age had not yet reached 50 years ' (John 8:57 )gives the impression that during his ministry Jesus age 40 years , and according to Irenaeus among elderly Asian traditions that have says so. But the Jews may refer to the enter retirement age Levites ( Numbers 4:3 ) . It means ' if Jesus still serve God (as his demands ) , he is not biased to at the age of 50 years ' . 

     Jesus began his ministry after John the Baptist began his service . Because ministry of Jesus was not earlier than the 15-year reign Tiberius ( Luke 3:1 ) . Based on strong reasoning , dihutung view that this year from the time of Tiberius became government servants in August , is now generally rejected. August death on 19 August 14 , the second year reign of Tiberius began October 14 at 1 in the Syrian calendar , on a Nisan 15 in in the Jewish calendar . So in Likas 3:1 , 15 th year rule means : or 27 ( October 1 ) -28 , or 28 ( 1 Nisan ) -29 . The last calendar is more likely , presumably because here Luke wearing an environmental source taken from the Baptist , and many of the writings of those non - Jews , Jews and Christians , mentions that his 15 years covering the years of Tiberius 29 . Luke 3:21 shows that during the interval between calls Baptism and the baptism of Jesus , but its length can not be determined . 

     Baptism Jesus was followed by 40 days in the desert , calling the disciples first , the wedding at Cana , and whereabouts in Capernaum for temporarily. After these events , the least covers two months , went to Jerusalem to celebrate Easter His first ministry (John 2:13 ) . The date appears to be given by the claim of the Jews ' Forty- six years, people have established This temple ' (John 2:20 ) , plus the statement of Josephus ( Ant. 15 . 380 ) that Herod on his 18 year reign ( 20/19 before AD ), ' began working on the development ' of this temple . But Herod must collect a lot of building materials before construction starts, and the time spent was probably not included in the 46 that year. Moreover , the statement that Jews may contain the idea that the building had been completed some time before Easter this .

(Source : Encyclopedia of the Bible)