Jesus Christ’s death by crucifixion – and his subsequent resurrection – is the reason we celebrate Easter.

There is long-standing written evidence that Jesus, who claimed to be the son of God, was a real man. He was a Galilean Jew, born at the beginning of the 1st century.

We are fairly certain of this because Jewish and Roman historians wrote about him, as well as the dozens of Christians who claimed to have crossed his path.

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So how old was he when he died?

The obvious first step to finding out how old he was is to work out when he was born. But that detail is about as clear as mud.

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