3/2 BC
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Jesus · childhood
life, dates, and events
This record brings together the lifespan, dates, Scripture, and every dated event assigned to Jesus · childhood.
Life record
Birth, lifespan, and death
Creation years 3921–3951
Reference under review · AD 28/29
Reference library
Look up Jesus in the study works
These links search five public-domain reference works for this person. An author’s definition or conclusion is a study aid—not Scripture—and should be examined against the KJV text.
Public-domain referenceEaston’s Bible Dictionary
Dictionary and historical background
Find Jesus →Public-domain referenceSmith’s Bible DictionaryPeople, places, customs, and history
Find Jesus →Public-domain referenceHitchcock’s Bible NamesThe name and its traditional meaning
Find Jesus →Public-domain referenceNave’s Topical BibleRelated KJV passages arranged by subject
Find Jesus →Public-domain referenceTorrey’s Topical TextbookRelated biblical subjects and references
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Events involving Jesus · childhood
Creation year 39204/3 BC
Gabriel announces Jesus’ birth to Mary
Gabriel comes to Mary in Elisabeth’s sixth month. The early 2 BC birth placement puts this announcement provisionally in about 3/2 BC.
Luke 1:31–32 · KJV
“And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.”
KJV chronology
This placement follows the KJV Gospel sequence and its stated rulers, feasts, ages, and intervals. Working Gregorian conversions remain identified where the underlying date is still under review.
Creation year 39213/2 BC
Jesus is born in Bethlehem
The working timeline places Jesus’ birth in the early part of 2 BC, approximately Creation year 3921. Scripture does not state the Gregorian date.
Luke 2:7 · KJV
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.”
KJV chronology · working Gregorian placement
This placement follows the KJV Gospel sequence and its stated rulers, feasts, ages, and intervals. Working Gregorian conversions remain identified where the underlying date is still under review.
Creation year 39213/2 BC
Jesus is circumcised and named
Luke supplies an explicit eight-day interval from the birth to the circumcision and naming.
Luke 2:21 · KJV
“And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”
KJV chronology
This placement follows the KJV Gospel sequence and its stated rulers, feasts, ages, and intervals. Working Gregorian conversions remain identified where the underlying date is still under review.
Creation year 39213/2 BC
Jesus is presented in the temple
Mary and Joseph bring Jesus to Jerusalem after the days of purification, where Simeon and Anna bear witness.
Luke 2:22, 28 · KJV
“And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord. Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God.”
KJV chronology
This placement follows the KJV Gospel sequence and its stated rulers, feasts, ages, and intervals. Working Gregorian conversions remain identified where the underlying date is still under review.
Creation year 39222/1 BC
Wise men come to Jerusalem and Bethlehem
Matthew does not state how long after the birth the wise men arrive. The 2/1 BC placement is therefore marked under review.
Matthew 2:1–2 · KJV
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?”
KJV chronology · placement under review
This placement follows the KJV Gospel sequence and its stated rulers, feasts, ages, and intervals. Working Gregorian conversions remain identified where the underlying date is still under review.
Creation year 39222/1 BC
Joseph takes Jesus and Mary into Egypt
The flight follows the wise men and precedes Herod’s death. Its exact duration is not stated.
Matthew 2:13–14 · KJV
“Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.”
KJV chronology · placement under review
This placement follows the KJV Gospel sequence and its stated rulers, feasts, ages, and intervals. Working Gregorian conversions remain identified where the underlying date is still under review.
Creation year 39222/1 BC
Jesus returns from Egypt and dwells in Nazareth
After Herod’s death the family returns, avoids Archelaus’s Judea, and settles in Nazareth of Galilee.
Matthew 2:21–23 · KJV
“And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth.”
KJV chronology
This placement follows the KJV Gospel sequence and its stated rulers, feasts, ages, and intervals. Working Gregorian conversions remain identified where the underlying date is still under review.
Creation year 3933AD 10/11
Jesus goes to Passover at twelve years old
With the working early 2 BC birth, Jesus’ Passover visit at age twelve falls about AD 11 and Creation year 3933.
Luke 2:41–43 · KJV
“Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem.”
KJV chronology · working Gregorian placement
This placement follows the KJV Gospel sequence and its stated rulers, feasts, ages, and intervals. Working Gregorian conversions remain identified where the underlying date is still under review.