While I disagree with one certain parenthetical phrase in your question, I believe the man you are referring to lived thirty-three years.How long was Bar-jesus, the false prophet, alive?
Jesus bar Abbas was said to have lived into the early years of the 2nd century. However, his story was well known among Greeks and Egyptians and was confused with many Jesus found in the Roman Empire and added even more gossip as he was also seen as ';Thomas'; the twin of a Jesus who went to India and studied Buddhism and Hinduism as graves in India attest to.
There have been many throughout the history of paganism and also in Judaism long before the common era. The sage, Jesus ben Sira wrote many great articles and is credited with a book that early Jesus followers of the the various Christian sects thought their own Jewish Jesus wrote. The Greeks had their own historical Jesuses, one translates into Jason, of the great mythological stories of god-heros. Hermes was also a god-messenger from the gods to humans and could interpret the mysteries of the world outside of this one. Jesus bar Abbas was written as a Greek savior born in Egypt (Cleo was a Greek and ruled Egypt). He was seen as a hermaphrodite, a gift of Hermes and thus was the ';new'; reincarnate son messenger and savior of the gods as the 'son' of a Greek Paul(us), a Roman citizen. Paulus took him around the Empire as the new messenger of God (for pagans it would be Zeus, or Jove or Osiris (which became ee-sa or Isa [Jesus] in Aramaic and later in Arabic. However, taking this Jesus to Greece was a big mistake of this Paul(us) and he went on trial for heresy and had to flee to save his life. When these two returned to Judah, now named Palestine after the long-gone pagan Philistines, the use of various gods from Greek and Roman mythology while incorporating the religion of the Egyptians ended up being another heresy trial for Paul, this time with the Romans. Paul was found guilty but because he was a citizen was spared a crucification and was exiled instead. Philo records that this Jesus bar Abbas was arrested as a false emperor of Rome, but was mocked as a fake ';king'; with a mental and physical defeat by the Roman soldiers. He was given a fake crown, and a robe of raw straw. Eventually he was found not guilty due to his mental state and released.How long was Bar-jesus, the false prophet, alive?
Jesus lived 33 years.
I have no idea about any ';Bar-jesus, the false prophet';. Don't know why you would care if you believe Jesus was a false prophet.
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