3 and 1/2 Years
"The Gospel of John, by recording the annual Passovers
that Jesus attended, provides evidence that three and a half years did
indeed elapse between Christ's baptism and His death.
"John 2 and 3 tell about a Passover
during which Jesus talked at night with Nicodemus and told him that he
must be born again.
"John 5:1 tells of a feast, most
probably a Passover, in connection with which Jesus healed a man who had
suffered thirty-eight years from paralysis.
"John 6:4 tells of a Passover season
during which Jesus fed a very large crowd with a boy's small lunch.
"John 12:1 introduces the Passover
season during which Jesus died."
C. Mervyn Maxwell. God Cares: The Message
of Daniel For You and Your Family (Pacific Press Publishing Association,
Boise, ID, 1981), pp. 218, 219.
