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Was Timothy a young man?
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: thewatchman on February 16, 2015, 06:45:17 PM ---He wasn't as young as you. Paul was over 60 when he wrote that and Timothy over 40. Because of the the cultural elder issues where Timothy was teaching men older than him, Paul was encouraging Timothy to not defer to the older men in age as he was the true elder in the spirit.
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Are you sure that he was somewhere around forty? I thought the way paul encouraged him to "flee youthful lust" that he was at least in his twenties. Also talking to him as his own son made me believe timothy could be around this age. Certainly not forty though? I suppose I could be wrong. I never looked into this.
My own earthly father is 62 right now.
rick:
Hi Alex,
Its possible Timothy could be a middle age man expressing his attraction towards women causing Paul to say flee also your youthful lust .
I do h.v.a.c. for a living and once I was at a customers home and she the customer said to me her kids won’t let her go down stairs into the basement where the boiler is, she the customer was 93 years of age, her kids would of been at least 70 years of age.
If she had of said to me her dearly beloved son is on his way over, her son would be an old man so we cant say son or daughter means youth.
Today Timothy would be about 2,000 years old, Just another perspective Alex.
Dave in Tenn:
--- Quote from: thewatchman on February 16, 2015, 06:45:17 PM ---He wasn't as young as you. Paul was over 60 when he wrote that and Timothy over 40. Because of the the cultural elder issues where Timothy was teaching men older than him, Paul was encouraging Timothy to not defer to the older men in age as he was the true elder in the spirit.
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With that last thought in mind, it would have made no difference if he were 14 or 40.
Kat:
I found this.
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,896.0.html -------
Dear Mr. Smith,
I was just curious. How old do you think the disciples were when they were following Jesus? I've heard that they were young men, even teenagers. (Peter being the oldest, because he was the only one mentioned that paid the temple tax)
Rachel
Dear Rachel:
I would suppose that they were all at least 30 years of age. Jesus was 30 years of age, and anyone serving in the Tabernacle in Israel had to be at least 30 years of age, as was Joseph 30 years of age when he began witnessing to Pharaoh. Paul was surely in his forties when he was called, seeing that after 25 years of ministry, he refers to himself as "paul the aged." Paul was no "doctor of the law" in his teens, that's for sure, neither would he be considered "aged" at age 18 plus 25 = 43/
God be with you,
Ray
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: Kat on February 16, 2015, 08:11:39 PM ---
I found this.
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,896.0.html -------
Dear Mr. Smith,
I was just curious. How old do you think the disciples were when they were following Jesus? I've heard that they were young men, even teenagers. (Peter being the oldest, because he was the only one mentioned that paid the temple tax)
Rachel
Dear Rachel:
I would suppose that they were all at least 30 years of age. Jesus was 30 years of age, and anyone serving in the Tabernacle in Israel had to be at least 30 years of age, as was Joseph 30 years of age when he began witnessing to Pharaoh. Paul was surely in his forties when he was called, seeing that after 25 years of ministry, he refers to himself as "paul the aged." Paul was no "doctor of the law" in his teens, that's for sure, neither would he be considered "aged" at age 18 plus 25 = 43/
God be with you,
Ray
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Interesting Kat, thank you!
Dave I agree with what you said in regards to what thewatchman posted.
I guess it was just a little side curiosity of mine as I was reading what Paul was writing to timothy. Perhaps we will never know with certainty but if there is no certainty in the matter then I don't think it hurts to think of him as having been a younger man. It gives me encouragement :)
God bless,
Alex
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