At that time Jesus was 30 years old.
Jesus was around 30 years old when he was baptized by John.
About six months after John begins preaching, Jesus at 30 years old, comes to him at the Jordan river to ask John to baptize him. This shows Jesus humility and deep respect for John who right away objects saying "I'm the one needing to be baptized by you". But Jesus insist to John to "Let it be, this time, for in that way it is suitable for us to carry out all that is righteous".
Jesus got baptised when he was about 30 years old , it was done by John the Baptist in the river Jordan.
John the Baptist announced that Jesus was the Christ (ie the "Messiah"[Hebrew] or "Christ" [Greek]), as also foretold in Old Testament prophecies.
Mandate of Israel: Yokanan got "John the baptist" name from the gentiles. His name would have looked like this : YOKANAN BEN ??? where ???= his father's name. Sort of like Ethan McDougal: Ethan son of Dougal. The Hebrew word ben means son of. ******************************************** John the Baptist got his name as he went out to baptise the people before Christ arrived.
In the bible Jesus comes to John , and asks to be baptized, but John says that Jesus should baptize him instead. In the end John baptizes Jesus in the river Jordan, and Jesus was 30 odd years then.
John the Baptist was a preparation minister. He came to prepare the way for Jesus Christ's ministry.s
We are not told how old Lydia was when she converted to Jesus Christ or when she was baptized.
There are no actual words recorded which John spoke as he baptized Christ, only those which he spoke before, these I paraphrase. John said that it should have been Christ who should be baptizing John and not the other way round. He felt that he was not worthy to perform the ceremony.
The Bible mentions that near the end of 29 C.E. that about six months after John the Baptist begins preaching, Jesus, who was about 30 years old, came to John at the Jordan River to get baptized. Jehovah God had promised John a sign so that he could identify the Messiah. John saw that sign at Jesus’ baptism. Matthew 3:16,17 mentions, “After being baptized, Jesus immediately came up from the water; and look! the heavens were opened up, and he saw God’s spirit descending like a dove and coming upon him. Look! Also, a voice from the heavens said: ‘This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved.’” After seeing and hearing what happened, John had no doubt that Jesus was sent by God. (John 1:32-34) Jesus' baptism showed that he was presenting himself to do the will of his heavenly Father who sent him to earth. (New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures)
>he has a earthly brother named (John the baptist) Correction: Mary the mother of Jesus had a cousin named Elizabeth who, miraculously in her old age, gave birth to a son and named him John. Later this same John became known as John the Baptist. Thus John the baptist would be a first cousin once removed to Jesus. Jesus did have other brothers and sisters James, Joses, Simon and Judas were brothers. I believe his sisters remain unamed
The bible does not give us any details on this, but after he was baptized by John , he never did any carpenter work.