{"id":3645,"date":"2024-05-24T19:21:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/how-old-was-mary-when-jesus-was-crucified\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T23:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:03:56","slug":"how-old-was-mary-when-jesus-was-crucified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/how-old-was-mary-when-jesus-was-crucified\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoe oud was Maria toen Jezus werd geboren en gekruisigd? 13 tot 16, daarna 46 tot 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Bible never gives Mary&#039;s age. On the usual estimates she was in her early to mid teens when Jesus was born, and because Jesus died in his thirties, she was somewhere between about 46 and 53 when she stood by the cross. Each figure is an estimate, built from Jewish custom, the Gospels&#039; dates and early Christian tradition. The numbers matter less than the span they mark. A girl in Nazareth, very young, heard the angel. A woman in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible gives no age. Mary was probably 13 to 16 at Jesus&#039;s birth and about 46 to 53 at the cross, most likely in her late forties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3300,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/jesus-following-actual-numbers\/","url_meta":{"origin":3645,"position":0},"title":"How Many Followers Did Jesus Have? Actual Numbers","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mei 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Discover the untold truth about Jesus' followers! 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