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How did Jesus finance his ministry? There was Jesus, 12 disciples, Mary
Magdalene, plus sundry hangers-on, all with no obvious income for 3 years.
How did they support themselves? There was no social security. I reckon
the bill must be at least a million pounds in today's money. Did they have
a wealthy backer? Did they charge for sermons and miracles? Did they steal
or beg? None of the alternatives seem particularly worthy.
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I didn't say I wasn't Christian either, we simply can't answer the question, Christians believe that Christ existed that he suffered and died for us but apparently the mundane details of day to day living weren't considered necessary to record. One would assume though that he did have a few wealthy patrons and did depend on contributions from others.
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JC's "costs" would presumably have been limited to food, clothing, shelter and the occasional dental appointment. Not sure how that adds up to a million pounds. There were plenty of religious and cult figures around then who would have lived off their followers (the same thing happens today in religious cultures such as India) without too much fuss being made. Although not all of them have professional staff who to this day continue to live off those self-same followers ;-)
Cpmcmahon, I'm not religious but I have read bits of the gospel which is where we find most of our information about Jesus.
He was a travelling preacher/teacher and people were happy to provide him with a few basics to hear Him teach.
Whether you believe in God or not surely you can acknowledge that there might be someone who had such a belief in what he was doing that he was willing to give up not only everything he owned but also encourage his closest followers to do the same to set an example to others.