How long after John the Baptist died was Jesus crucified?

Answer 1

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The synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) say that John the Baptist was executed right at the very beginning of Jesus' ministry. How much later Jesus was crucified depends on how long Jesus' public ministry lasted - some say one year and some say three years.

John's Gospel say that John the Baptist was still alive quite some time after the beginning of Jesus' ministry, but just how long, the gospel does not say. In this gospel, Jesus' public ministry lasted thre years, so Jesus was crucified something less than thrre years after the death of John.

The first-century Jewish historian Josephus provides a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding the death of John the Baptist. The wedding og Herod Antipas and Herodias took place in 34 CE and John was executed some time later - either 35 or early 36 CE. On the historical construction, John was not executed until after tradition says that Jesus was crucified.

Answer 2

A:According to the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), John the Baptist was executed at a party in Galilee by Herod Antipas, on a whim of his wife. This took place around 29 CE, shortly after the beginning of the mission of Jesus. The author of John's Gospel appears to have been more fully aware of Jewish history and culture than were the other authors, and could have known that John the Baptist was really executed much later than this. He is ambiguous as to whether John was executed during the lifetime of Jesus, and provides evidence that John was alive longer than in the synoptics.

The Jewish historian Josephus said that Herod Antipas had the Baptist killed far away from Galilee and in quite different circumstances, because he disapproved of Antipas' marriage to his own brother's wife, who divorced her husband in order to marry Herod Antipas. the wedding took place in 34 CE and the execution of John would have been in 35 or 36 CE. The relevant text from Book 18 of Antiquities of the Jews:

"Now many people came in crowds to him, for they were greatly moved by his words. Herod, who feared that the great influence John had over the masses might put them into his power and enable him to raise a rebellion (for they seemed ready to do anything he should advise), thought it best to put him to death. In this way, he might prevent any mischief John might cause, and not bring himself into difficulties by sparing a man who might make him repent of it when it would be too late. Accordingly John was sent as a prisoner, out of Herod's suspicious temper, to Macherus, the castle I already mentioned, and was put to death."

Finally, the death of Jesus is generally considered to have taken place in 30 or 33 CE, although other years have been suggested within this range. No matter which date we choose for the death of Jesus, he must have died before John the Baptist, not after.

Answer 3

Jesus was begotten six months after Elizabeth conceived:

Luke 1:35-37New King James Version (NKJV)

35 And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible."