Luke Chapter 3 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 3:23

And Jesus himself, when he began `to teach', was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the `son' of Heli,
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BBE Luke 3:23

And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
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DARBY Luke 3:23

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,
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KJV Luke 3:23

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
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WBT Luke 3:23


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WEB Luke 3:23

Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
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YLT Luke 3:23

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23a. - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age. This was the age at which the Levites entered upon their work; the age, too, at which it was lawful for scribes to teach. Generally speaking, thirty among the Jews was looked upon as the time of life when manhood had reached its full development.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Began to be about thirty years of age.--At this age the Levites entered on their full work (Numbers 4:23; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 4:35), a kind of probationary period beginning at twenty-five (Numbers 8:24) or even, in later times, when their work was lighter, at twenty (1Chronicles 23:27). No age was fixed for the beginning of the priesthood, nor of the prophet's work; but it may fairly be inferred that thirty was looked on as the time when manhood reached its completeness, and we may therefore believe that our Lord waited in patient humility till that age had been attained before entering on the work of His public ministry.Being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph.--We have here to deal with the many questions which rise out of a comparison of this genealogy with that in Matthew 1. It is a subject on which volumes have been written. Here it will be enough to sum up the results of previous inquiries. . . .