What year did Jesus feed 5000 people?

Answer 1

Jesus could have been 32 years of age.

Answer 2

Jesus fed the 5000 in 37 AD.

The version from Biblegateway.com

'When Jesus heard that John the Baptist had been killed, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place near Bethsaida.

The crowds followed Jesus on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."

Jesus replied, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat."

"We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish," they answered.

"Bring them here to me," he said.

Jesus directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.'

Another Answer:

Specific dates are not often stated clearly in the Scripture and need a bit of work to come to the general timeframe. In the above miracle of feeding the 5000, we need to gather some basic facts. First, most biblical scholars would agree that Jesus was born at the start of 4 BC (just after the New Year 5 BC per the Hebrew Calendar). It is also agreed that John was 6 months older than Jesus being born in 5 BC.

Now, we are told in the Scripture that Jesus began his ministry when he was about 30 years of age:

Luke 3:23

New International Version (NIV)

23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began His ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,

the son of Heli,

This would make it circa 28 AD as there is no year zero in our modern calendar after Monk, Denis the Little did the recalculation for Pope Gregory.

John the Baptist had to wane as Jesus waxed and he was imprisoned soon after Jesus began His ministry. Shortly thereafter, the Baptist was beheaded and Jesus heard this news while performing the miracle of feeding the 5000. Therefore, it was circa 28 AD.

Answer 3

the feeding of the 5000 was in Bethsaia, near Galilee

Answer 4

It was evening time, and some disciples wanted to send the people home. But Jesus made them sit and fed them.