Was Jesus' ministry one year or three years?

[MWood]

In a thread in another CF sub-form there was mention of Jesus' ministry being only one year. The Bible doesn't tell how long Jesus preached. But from what was said, Jesus attended only two Passovers. The first, was when He encountered the money changers and those selling and trading. The second, was when He was crucified. I didn't give this any thought before this, but after consideration it makes sense to me.

 

[Quid est Veritas?]

The Synoptic gospels refer to only one passover, while John mentions two passovers and then the Passover of Jesus' Crucifixion.
This does not mean that the Synoptics only allow 1 year for the ministry as they could merely have not mentioned the other passovers. One could see it as John just being slightly more detailed in this regard.
Most scholars assume a three year ministry therefore, since it would also have taken at least a year or two for a Galilean prophet to become well enough known in Judaea for the later gospel accounts to play out.

 

[DennisTate]

The Synoptic gospels refer to only one passover, while John mentions two passovers and then the Passover of Jesus' Crucifixion.
This does not mean that the Synoptics only allow 1 year for the ministry as they could merely have not mentioned the other passovers. One could see it as John just being slightly more detailed in this regard.
Most scholars assume a three year ministry therefore, since it would also have taken at least a year or two for a Galilean prophet to become well enough known in Judaea for the later gospel accounts to play out.

Exactly!

Especially since Messiah Yeshua - Jesus told many people who had a miracle to not tell others about that miracle.

 

[MWood]

The Synoptic gospels refer to only one passover, while John mentions two passovers and then the Passover of Jesus' Crucifixion.
This does not mean that the Synoptics only allow 1 year for the ministry as they could merely have not mentioned the other passovers. One could see it as John just being slightly more detailed in this regard.
Most scholars assume a three year ministry therefore, since it would also have taken at least a year or two for a Galilean prophet to become well enough known in Judaea for the later gospel accounts to play out.

It appears that the Passover mentioned in John 6 is the same that is mentioned in chapter 12. and as the Gospel of John continues, this Passover is the one where He is crucified.

As for the scholars are concerned, we need to follow the teachings of the Bible, and let the scholars fall by the wayside. These scholars have written into our doctrine a lot of things that have influenced our testimony of Jesus. We the Body of Christ need to search the scriptures and set aside all the teachings of these scholars. For the most part they are wrong.