Was Jesus’ ministry mainly ministry to his closest disciples?

Since this period isn’t well documented in the gospels, this is an indication that Jesus’ ministry was primarily hidden and, therefore, primarily a ministry to His closest disciples throughout much of the year.

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How long was John’s ministry in parallel to Jesus’ ministry?

Most chronologies of Jesus’ ministry have the ministry of John the Baptist continuing in parallel with Jesus’ ministry for at least six months. They are wrong; Luke says, ‘As John was completing his work, he said: 'Who do you think I am? I am not that one.

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How old were most of Jesus’ disciples at halfway through his ministry?

This event indicates most of Jesus’ disciples were less than twenty years old, at halfway through Jesus’ ministry, because they weren’t required to pay the census tax (Matthew 17:22-27). The census tax must be paid by all men twenty years old and up (who were 161Matthew 17:1-13; Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36.

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Where did Jesus go on his first journey?

Jesus spent most of the next three days returning the way He came, He first journeyed north from Tyre to Sidon, then to the southeast, into the wilderness of the Decapolis, over fifty miles (80 km). To get there, all would have to ford the Jordan River at Bethsaida and so be baptized (at

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