At the start of this period, he recruited 12 men – known as disciples - to follow him.
He also healed people of a huge range of illnesses. Jesus lived in Nazareth until he was about 30 when he began travelling around the area teaching people about God and urging them to change the way they lived. The family returned to their home in Nazareth in what is now northern Israel after King Herod’s death. His parents, Joseph and Mary, took him to Egypt to avoid a massacre of infant boys ordered by King Herod. It is thought that Jesus Christ was born around 4 – 6 BC in Bethlehem, about six miles from Jerusalem.
