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--color-end: var(--bgcolor-content-end);" ><div class="content"> <div class="label gradient-to-tr" style="--color-start: #96445a; --color-end: #6f637e;">Theme</div> <h1><span itemprop="name headline" property="og:title">The Life of Jesus</span></h1><h2><em>Article Index</em></h2> <div class="sponsor-sidebar"><div class="desktop-show" align="center"><div class="adManager-placeholder"></div></div></div> <h2>Timeline</h2> <a href="was-Jesus-created.html">Was Jesus created?</a><br><br> <a href="did-God-create-Jesus.html">Did God create Jesus?</a><br><br> <a href="pre-existence-Jesus.html">Does the Bible support the pre-existence of Jesus?</a><br><br> <a href="fullness-of-time.html">Why did God send Jesus when He did? Why not earlier? Why not later?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-know.html">When did Jesus know that He was God?</a><br><br> <a href="length-Jesus-ministry.html">How long was Jesus’ ministry?</a><br><br> <a href="where-did-Jesus-live.html">Where did Jesus live?</a><br><br> <a href="what-year-did-Jesus-die.html">In what year did Jesus die?</a><br><br> <a href="how-old-was-Jesus-when-He-died.html">How old was Jesus when He died?</a><br><br> <a href="life-of-Christ.html">What were the key events in the life of Jesus Christ?</a><br><br> <a href="timeline-of-Jesus-life.html">Can you give me a timeline of Jesus’ life?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-thirty-years-start-ministry.html">Why did Jesus wait thirty years before He started His ministry?</a><br><br> <h2>Jesus’ Birth</h2> <a href="Jesus-genealogy.html">Why are Jesus’ genealogies in Matthew and Luke so different?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-birth.html">Do the narratives of Jesus’ birth contradict each other?</a><br><br> <a href="virgin-birth.html">Why is the virgin birth so important?</a><br><br> <a href="what-year-was-Jesus-born.html">What year was Jesus Christ born?</a><br><br> <a href="where-was-Jesus-born.html">Where was Jesus born?</a><br><br> <a href="was-Jesus-circumcised.html">Was Jesus circumcised?</a><br><br> <a href="was-Jesus-a-refugee.html">Was Jesus a refugee?</a><br><br> <h2>Jesus’ Family</h2> <a href="Jesus-childhood.html">Why doesn’t the Bible say much about Jesus’ childhood?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-siblings.html">Did Jesus have brothers and sisters (siblings)?</a><br><br> <a href="Joseph-Jesus.html">Where was Joseph when Jesus was an adult?</a><br><br> <a href="was-Jesus-married.html">Was Jesus Christ married? Did Jesus have a wife?</a><br><br> <a href="why-didnt-Jesus-marry.html">Why didn’t Jesus marry?</a><br><br> <a href="did-Jesus-have-children.html">Did Jesus have children?</a><br><br> <a href="was-Jesus-a-carpenter.html">Was Jesus a carpenter?</a><br><br> <a href="language-Jesus-speak.html">What language did Jesus speak?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-of-Nazareth.html">Why is Jesus often referred to as Jesus of Nazareth?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-Nazirite.html">Was Jesus a Nazirite?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-family-tomb.html">What is the Jesus Family Tomb? Has the lost tomb of Jesus Christ been discovered?</a><br><br> <h2>Significant Events</h2> <a href="Jesus-baptized.html">Why was Jesus baptized?</a><br><br> <a href="where-was-Jesus-baptized.html">Where was Jesus baptized?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-temptations.html">What was the meaning and purpose of Jesus’ temptations?</a><br><br> <a href="sermon-on-the-mount.html">What is the Sermon on the Mount?</a><br><br> <a href="transfiguration.html">What was the meaning and importance of the transfiguration?</a><br><br> <a href="triumphal-entry.html">What is the significance of the triumphal entry?</a><br><br> <a href="Jesus-anointed.html">What is the significance of Jesus being anointed by a woman with expensive perfume?</a><br><br> <a href="Last-Supper.html">What is the meaning and importance of the Last Supper?</a><br><br> <a href="ascension-Jesus-Christ.html">What is the meaning and importance of the ascension of Jesus Christ?</a><br><br> <hr><br> <center><strong class="return"> Return to:<br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_Jesus-Christ.html">Content Directory — Jesus-Christ</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_Jesus_identity.html">The Identity of Jesus</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_Jesus_nature.html">The Nature of Jesus</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_Jesus_person.html">The Person of Jesus</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_Jesus_cross_tomb.html">The Cross and the Empty Tomb</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_Jesus_ministry.html">The Ministry of Jesus</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_Jesus_relationships.html">The Relationships of Jesus</a><br><br> </strong> </center> <hr><br> <center><strong class="return"> Return to:<br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content.html">Content Index</a></strong></center> </div> </section> <section class="homepage-sponsor desktop-hide"> <div class="desktop-hide" align="center"><div class="adManager-placeholder-mobile"></div></div> </section> <section class="subscribe gradient-to-br" style="--color-start: #153c59; --color-end: #1b537c"> <div class="grid"> <div class="gradient-to-br box-shadow" style="--color-start: #2c6482; --color-end: #64547b"> <h5>Subscribe to the</h5> <h3>Question of the Week</h3> <p>Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox!</p> <iframe src="scommon/qotw.htm" title="question of the week" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="100%"></iframe> </div></div> </section> </main> <footer-element></footer-element> <center> <div itemprop="dateModified" content="2023-07-10">This page last updated: July 10, 2023</div></center> <script src="scripts-2025.js"></script> <div style="display: none;" itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="GotQuestions.org"><div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img src="https://www.gotquestions.org/img/GQlogo.png"><meta itemprop="url" content="https://www.gotquestions.org/img/GQlogo.png"><meta itemprop="width" content="400"><meta itemprop="height" content="79"> </div></div> </body> </html>