Tag! Wie alt ist Jesus? Ich bin Lutheran und ich gehe in die Stadt. Ich liebe Jesus!
Est-ce que vous avez un Bible? . . ."
Translated into English, this actually has a few questions in it (it was posted by my friend who wanted to show off her impressive language skills). It means:
Hi! How old is Jesus? I am Lutheran and I go in[to] the city. I love Jesus! Do you have a Bible?
I will answer her questions in order of appearance.
Jesus' age is fairly easy to roughly calculate. His birthday, of course, is December 25 (Christmas day). For the year, think of the time division before people got really picky about respecting all the minority groups, regardless of whether or not a majority group was respected: B.C (before Christ, now changed to Before Common Era) and A.D (Anno Domine, often interpreted as After Death. Anno domine means "In the year of our Lord". Interpreted as "After Death", the whole period of Jesus' life would have no place to rest and, technically, could not exist). The turning point, year 0 or 1, is when Christ was born according to calculations by a fifth century monk. Although we must assume it is not perfect, it is as close as we can ever get as Jesus' body (and bones) are no longer on earth. So, according to this calculation Jesus will be two-thousand-and-nine (2009) years old this Christmas. Happy Birthday!
And yes, I do have a Bible, thank you for asking. Do you?
Anonymous said...
Tag!
Wie alt ist Jesus?
Ich bin Lutheran und ich gehe in die Stadt.
Ich liebe Jesus!
Est-ce que vous avez un Bible? . . ."