Where Was Jesus?

He was likely working with his father as a carpenter. There is no evidence that Jesus went anywhere else. He was known as Jesus of Nazareth, which if he had come back from India, they likely would have criticized him for that. Moreover, Joseph was not wealthy by any stretch, and likely couldn't afford a trip to India even if he wanted too. Lastly, the route to India from Israel, was very long, and very very dangerous. It is unlikely that a poor carpenter, without the resources for an escort would make such a journey. As a side note... I don't believe that Jesus had 'formative years'. He was God incarnate. He already knew everything. He went to the Jewish temple alone, and discussed the scriptures, without ever being taught reading or writing.

Jesus was in India and Tibet is not an authentic story. His teachings of peace and not to take revenge is more important to us. He said, hate the sin not the sinner. We should give importance to His teachings not the side stories.

Oh please, those texts to which you refer, where shown to be fakes. Jesus was, presumably, working as a carpenter and awaiting his time all the best urban

You do know that the books in the christian testament are not the only books that were written about that subject...They are just the only ones allowed by the catholics. There is even a text specifically about the christ figures childhood. It is quite funny, I have a translation of it. It tells how he killed a kid when he was little and brought him back to life when he got in trouble for it...He practiced on birds if my memory serves me right. There is also a book written by Mary Magdalene. I quite like that one. Most of these are compiled in a book called "The Other Bible" You can get it on the Net or at most bookstores.

You can raise the problem as you do it or you can extend it to the full complexity: Why would you care where was he from age 12 to age 33 while: (As far as I know), outside the Bible and the forgery that was inserted in Josephus writings (The antiquities of the Jews Book 18, Chap. 3, sec. 3) there are no verifiable proof that Jesus ever existed. If this is true, why bother to ask where was Jesus and not bother to ask where was Batman before being and adult fighting for justice ... Things are even worse. Egiptians were notorious they have very detailed data about their population, citizens, taxes and stuff. Do they register somewhere - apart of Bible - about Moses ? Moses and his companions were traveling in desert for 40 years ? But if you walk in the desert, in 40 years you see it all, each square meter. And sure others will come after you will find signs you were there. Moses and hundred of people were traveling 40 years in stealth mode ...

That's a new twist on the tale! Do you have the name(s) of this literature? I'm not at all sure that Hindus or Buddhists were abundant at that time!

The Bible says, "And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." That reads that Jesus stayed in Nazareth and was obedient to his parents and that he learned and grew there - not in Tibet or anywhere else. There's no "hole" in the gospels; only a period where nothing remarkable happened so there was nothing to write about.

Jesus was one of a number of messiahs who were preaching in and around Isreal at that time. He only became an important messiah when Paul became one of his leading followers and promoted the sect and opened it to non-jews. Nobody knew the history of his childhood and this had to be invented which it what happened. So all that stuff about no room at the inn and talking to the rabbi in the temple when he was 11 is just made would up. I would suppose the bit about India is as well

Aren't there literally hundreds of competing versions of gospel out there and they were hand-picked, sorted, edited and cataloged to form what we know of as the bible? I find it quite odd that texts from the same periods in time can stand side by side, while the religious community can claim one is a hoax while the other is not. But that's just in general. As to where Jesus was... Another theory as good as any I've read or seen is the ancient alien theory. A trip back to the home planet might explain the gap! I realize believers would instantly call that theory a hoax. And that is what it is. But you never know.

Perhaps he went to Tibet or crossed the Atlantic ocean and went to America.

no need to speculate on this. Jesus was with Joseph and Mary growing up as a normal person. About this time, 12years to 30years, Jesus was learning the craft of his adoptive father, a carpenter. He must also be spending much of this time with his adoptive parents because Jesus was well known by the people of his village..if you remember one account in the gospel when Jesus was preaching in his hometown, some were questioning how he acquired wisdom when they all knew that he was the carpenter's son, they knew who his siblings were that is why they did not believe him because they have known him. If Jesus was somewhere else at the time gap, it should have been mentioned in the scriptures.

Jesus spent those years living as a human. He went to school back in those times and made a career as a carpenter until the right time came for his mission on earth to took place. It does not matter where he spent his academic career. The Bible is a historical book and much more - and History itself is not even concrete... The book of the New Testament is like an autobiography however much more. When you write an autobiography you only shared the important, significant or life-changing events that occurred to your life and nothing else. You cut-off some information to retain the privacy of your life and so with Jesus's life. Jesus is part human and part divine. Respect his privacy.

I have heard this theory and it is an interesting one. I heard that during the so called lost years of Jesus, he had gone to India and was studying Buddhism. And when he came back to Israel or Palestine to begin his preachings, he was actually teaching Buddhism. I am not a Christian but I have asked Christian friends about this theory. Most of them or none of them have heard about it. I can not remember how I heard about it but I believe that it was from television programming.

Wow. Jesus was in India during those times. I haven't heard of it. Do you have links on those accounts? The world must know about this.Maybe it is true, the old testament was somewhat different from the teachings of Jesus Christ. Maybe he did learn some things in Hindu