How old would Jesus be now if he was in a physical body?

Answer 1

This is a good question, but unfortunately, no one can accurately say when (what year) Jesus was born. Plus, the calendar was changed, so it is not factual that Jesus Christ was born on December 25th. In fact, in some countries, Christmas began the "year" while in other countries, it ended the year. See http://atheism.about.com/od/biblegospels/p/GospelsNativity.htm Many scholars think Jesus was born in a year somewhere between 6–4 B.C. to 7–2 B.C. (before Christ).

The designations of Before Christ (BC or B.C. placed after the number) and Anno Domini(AD or A.D. placed before the number) are used to number the years of two distinct calendar systems: The Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar. The A.D. is often written more formally as Anno Domini Nostri Iesu (or Jesu) Christi ("In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ". And the world relies most on the Gregorian calendar.) But the Anno Domini (AD or A.D.) was not begun until 525 by Dionysius Exiguus to make a chronology for Easter.

However, authorities differ on when "A.D." started, specifically, did it start in the year of Jesus' birth, or the year of his death. (Popular belief is that A.D. began the day Jesus was born.) We know from Bible stories, Jesus was about 33 years old. But The Bible is silent about what year Jesus was born, and what year he died.

Given that the calendar that was in use when Christ was born has been changed, and even the months have been changed, it's impossible to say how old Jesus would be if he was still alive in the physical sense. No matter how we guess, or what number we'd assign, we'd all be wrong. There are some things that will just remain a mystery.

Note: Even up through the early 1900s, birth records were not always required or made. So, many people now aged 80-100 do not know their true date of birth, and their parents did not know when they (the parents) were born either. Most slaves in the US and worldwide did not know their birth dates OR exactly how old they were in any given year. The US Census makes "guesses" about ages, but these ages were based on the best guesses that Census Enumerators made in the 1800s. For example, if Slave John looked older because of a difficult life of labor and sun, the Census Enumerator could have noted he was 60 years old--but the Enumerator could have been wrong in the guessing! Only since the late 1800s to early 1900s did the US mandate that towns report marriages, births, and deaths to each State. So an exact date for birth, death, and "how old would he be now" are often unanswerable even for human beings, let alone about Jesus Christ.

Answer 2

Physical bodies have a physical beginning and end - nothing lives on forever as it is appointed for all to die. So, if Jesus never resurrected into His Spirit form, then He would still be in the tomb after His death in April 31 AD. If, however, for the sake of counting years your 'physical body' is seeking the length of time since His physical death, then that span of time is from April 31 AD to April 2015 AD or 1984 years. We must add 1 year due to the calendar error by Dionysus skipping from 1 BC to 1 AD omitting the year zero, so that would make the time span 1984 + 1 = 1985 years.


Further, there are several proofs to show that Jesus started His 3 1/2 year ministry in 27 AD. Looking at biblical prophecy in Daniel 9:25, we have the 70 weeks Prophecy - 7 weeks of years + 62 weeks of years = 69 weeks of years, using the day for a year principle found in Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:4-6. Many biblical scholars apply this prophecy to Jesus' birth and ministry. The rebuilding of the Temple decreed by Artaxerxes in 458-457 BC - 7 years after his father Xerxes dies - which Ezra takes the decree to rebuild. If we take this as the starting year and subtract 69*7 (weeks of years) or 483 years, we come to 25-26 AD. Again adding 1 year for crossing into AD we now have 26-27 AD the year in which Jesus begins His 3 1/2 ministry (being cutoff in the middle of the last week of years). We know His public ministry is 3.5 years long ending in the Spring with His crucifixion, His ministry must have begun in the fall (probably at the Feast of Trumpets or Tabernacles in late September or mid October in 5/4 BC). The fall of 457 to 27 A.D. is 483 years.

When considering the above starting date in the fall of 27 AD and adding 3.5 years, brings us to the spring of 31 AD (April). Considering Jesus began His ministry about 30 years of age would put Him at 33 1/2 years old at His death and resurrection. Further, in 31 AD, the Passover death of Jesus occurred during the daylight portion (Hebrew days begin and end at sunset) of Wednesday, April 25, 31 AD: see timeline below:

Luke 3:23New King James Version (NKJV)The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
23 Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Last Supper - Passover night, 25 April 31 AD, 4th Passover as Sir Isaac newton
first postulated

Crucifixion - Passover day 25 April 31 AD, just before sunset and start of High
Annual Sabbath of the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Resurrection - Saturday Sabbath, 28 April 31 AD, just before sunset and start of
first day - Sunday. Jesus ascends to the Father as the 'wave sheaf' offering for mankinds' sins


Ascension - Thursday, 10 June 31 AD or 40 days after the Resurrection awaiting Holy Spirit

NT Church - Pentecost Sunday (50 days after resurrection Saturday), 17 Jun 31 AD and release of God's Holy Spirit to all He chooses (see John 6:44; 65).