A Summary of the Major Events

THE SOURCES OF THE GOSPELS
THE PRE-EXISTENT STATE OF CHRIST AND HIS INCARNATION
THE TWO GENEALOGIES IN MATTHEW AND LUKE
THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF THE BAPTIST AND OF JESUS
THE BEGINNING OF THE BAPTIST’S MINISTRY
THE BEGINNING OF CHRIST’S PUBLIC MINISTRY
THE GREAT GALLILEAN MINISTRY
THE SPECIAL TRAINING OF THE TWELVE IN DISTRICTS AROUND GALILEE
THE LATER JUDEAN MINISTRY
THE LATER PEREAN MINISTRY
THE LAST PUBLIC MINISTRY IN JERUSALEM
IN THE SHADOW WITH JESUS
THE ARREST, TRIAL, CRUCIFIXION, AND BURIAL OF JESUS
THE RESURRECTION, APPEARANCES, AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST

All of the Events of the Timeline

THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE BAPTIST TO ZACHARIAS
THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE VIRGIN MARY OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS
THE SONG OF ELIZABETH TO MARY UPON HER VISIT
THE MAGNIFICAT OF MARY
THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF THE BAPTIST AND HIS DESERT LIFE
THE ANNUNCIATION TO JOSEPH OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS
THE BIRTH OF JESUS
THE PRAISE OF THE ANGELS AND THE HOMAGE OF THE SHEPHERDS
THE CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS
THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE WITH THE HOMAGE OF SIMEON AND ANNA
MAGI VISIT THE NEW-BORN KING OF THE JEWS
THE CHILD JESUS CARRIED TO EGYPT, AND THE CHILDREN AT BETHLEHEM SLAIN
THE CHILD BROUGHT FROM EGYPT TO NAZARETH
THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS AT NAZARETH
THE VISIT OF THE BOY JESUS TO JERUSALEM WHEN TWELVE YEARS OLD
THE EIGHTEEN YEARS AT NAZARETH
THE TIME OF THE BEGINNING
THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSENGER
A SPECIMEN OF JOHN’S PREACHING
THE FORERUNNER’S PICTURE OF THE MESSIAH BEFORE SEEING HIM
JESUS BAPTIZED BY JOHN IN THE JORDAN
THE THREE TEMPTATIONS OF JESUS
THE TESTIMONY OF THE BAPTIST TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE SANHEDRIN
JOHN’S IDENTIFICATION OF JESUS AS THE MESSIAH
JESUS MAKES HIS FIRST DISCIPLES
JESUS WORKS HIS FIRST MIRACLE
JESUS MAKES A FIRST SOJOURN AT CAPERNAUM, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS KINDRED AND HIS EARLY DISCIPLES
THE FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE AT THE PASSOVER
THE INTERVIEW OF NICODEMUS WITH JESUS
THE PARALLEL MINISTRY OF JESUS AND JOHN WITH JOHN’S LOYALTY TO JESUS
CHRIST’S REASONS FOR LEAVING JUDEA
JESUS IN SAMARIA AT JACOB’S WELL AND IN SYCHAR
THE ARRIVAL OF JESUS IN GALILEE
GENERAL ACCOUNT OF HIS TEACHING IN GALILEE
THE HEALING AT CANA OF THE SON OF A COURTIER OF CAPERNAUM
THE FIRST REJECTION AT NAZARETH
THE NEW HOME IN CAPERNAUM
JESUS FINDS FOUR FISHERS OF MEN IN FOUR FISHERMEN
THE EXCITEMENT IN THE SYNAGOGUE BECAUSE OF THE TEACHING OF JESUS AND THE HEALING OF A DEMONIAC ON THE SABBATH
HE HEALS PETER’S MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MANY OTHERS
THE FIRST TOUR OF GALILEE WITH THE FOUR FISHERMEN
A LEPER HEALED AND MUCH POPULAR EXCITEMENT
THRONGED IN CAPERNAUM, HE HEALS A PARALYTIC LOWERED THROUGH THE ROOF OF PETER’S HOUSE
THE CALL OF MATTHEW (LEVI) AND HIS RECEPTION IN HONOR OF JESUS
JESUS IN THREE PARABLES DEFENDS HIS DISCIPLES FOR FEASTING INSTEAD OF FASTING
AT A FEAST IN JERUSALEM (POSSIBLY THE PASSOVER) JESUS HEALS A LAME MAN ON THE SABBATH AND DEFENDS THIS ACTION TO THE PHARISEES IN A GREAT DISCOURSE
ANOTHER SABBATH CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES WHEN THE DISCIPLES PLUCK EARS OF GRAIN IN THE FIELDS
A THIRD SABBATH CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES OVER THE HEALING OF A MAN WITH A WITHERED HAND IN A SYNAGOGUE
JESUS TEACHES AND HEALS GREAT MULTITUDES BY THE SEA OF GALILEE
AFTER A NIGHT OF PRAYER JESUS SELECTS TWELVE APOSTLES
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. PRIVILEGES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE MESSIANIC REIGN, CHRIST’S STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
JESUS HEALS A CENTURION’S SERVANT AT CAPERNAUM
HE RAISES A WIDOW’S SON AT NAIN
THE MESSAGE FROM THE BAPTIST AND THE EULOGY OF JESUS
WOES UPON THE CITIES OF OPPORTUNITY. THE CLAIMS OF CHRIST AS THE TEACHER ABOUT THE FATHER
THE ANOINTING OF CHRIST’S FEET BY A SINFUL WOMAN IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON A PHARISEE. THE PARABLE OF THE TWO DEBTORS
THE SECOND TOUR OF GALILEE
BLASPHEMOUS ACCUSATION OF LEAGUE WITH BEELZEBUB
SCRIBES AND PHARISEES DEMAND A SIGN
CHRIST’S MOTHER AND BRETHREN SEEK TO TAKE HIM HOME
THE FIRST GREAT GROUP OF PARABLES
IN CROSSING THE LAKE, JESUS STILLS THE TEMPEST
BEYOND THE LAKE JESUS HEALS THE GERASENE DEMONIAC
THE RETURN AND THE HEALING OF JAIRUS’ DAUGHTER AND OF THE WOMAN WHO ONLY TOUCHED CHRIST’S GARMENT
HE HEALS TWO BLIND MEN AND A DUMB DEMONIAC, A BLASPHEMOUS ACCUSATION
THE LAST VISIT TO NAZARETH
THE THIRD TOUR OF GALILEE AFTER INSTRUCTING THE TWELVE AND SENDING THEM FORTH BY TWOS
THE GUILTY FEARS OF HEROD ANTIPAS IN TIBERIAS ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE HE HAD BEHEADED THE BAPTIST IN MACHÆRUS
THE FIRST RETIREMENT. THE TWELVE RETURN, AND JESUS RETIRES WITH THEM BEYOND THE LAKE TO REST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND
THE PREVENTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PURPOSE TO PROCLAIM JESUS KING (A POLITICAL MESSIAH)
THE PERIL TO THE TWELVE IN THE STORM AT SEA AND CHRIST’S COMING TO THEM ON THE WATER IN THE DARKNESS
THE RECEPTION AT GENNESARET
THE COLLAPSE OF THE GALILEAN CAMPAIGN BECAUSE JESUS WILL NOT CONFORM TO POPULAR MESSIANIC EXPECTATIONS
PHARISEES FROM JERUSALEM REPROACH JESUS FOR ALLOWING HIS DISCIPLES TO DISREGARD THEIR TRADITIONS ABOUT CEREMONIAL DEFILEMENT OF THE HANDS. A PUZZLING PARABLE IN REPLY
THE SECOND WITHDRAWAL TO THE REGION OF TYRE AND SIDON AND THE HEALING OF THE DAUGHTER OF A SYRO-PHOENICIAN WOMAN
THE THIRD WITHDRAWAL NORTH THROUGH PHOENICIA AND EAST TOWARDS HERMON AND SOUTH INTO DECAPOLIS (KEEPING OUT OF THE TERRITORY OF HEROD ANTIPAS) WITH THE HEALING OF THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN AND THE FEEDING OF THE FOUR THOUSAND
THE BRIEF VISIT TO MAGADAN (DALMANUTHA) IN GALILEE AND THE SHARP ATTACK BY THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES. (NOTE THEIR APPEARANCE NOW AGAINST JESUS)
THE FOURTH RETIREMENT TO BETHSAIDA JULIAS IN THE TETRARCHY OF HEROD PHILIP WITH SHARP REBUKE OF THE DULNESS OF THE DISCIPLES ON THE WAY ACROSS AND THE HEALING OF A BLIND MAN IN BETHSAIDA
NEAR CÆSAREA PHILIPPI JESUS TESTS THE FAITH OF THE TWELVE IN HIS MESSIAHSHIP
JESUS DISTINCTLY FORETELLS THAT HE, THE MESSIAH, WILL BE REJECTED AND KILLED AND WILL RISE THE THIRD DAY
THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN IN THAT GENERATION
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS ON A MOUNTAIN (PROBABLY HERMON) NEAR CÆSAREA PHILIPPI
THE PUZZLE OF THE THREE DISCIPLES ABOUT THE RESURRECTION AND ABOUT ELIJAH ON THEIR WAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
THE DEMONIAC BOY, WHOM THE DISCIPLES COULD NOT HEAL
RETURNING PRIVATELY THROUGH GALILEE, HE AGAIN FORETELLS HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION
JESUS, THE MESSIAH, PAYS THE HALF-SHEKEL FOR THE TEMPLE
THE TWELVE CONTEND AS TO WHO SHALL BE THE GREATEST UNDER THE MESSIAH’S REIGN. HIS SUBJECTS MUST BE CHILDLIKE
THE MISTAKEN ZEAL OF THE APOSTLE JOHN REBUKED BY JESUS IN PERTINENT PARABLES
RIGHT TREATMENT OF A BROTHER WHO HAS SINNED AGAINST ONE, AND DUTY OF PATIENTLY FORGIVING A BROTHER (PARABLE OF THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT)
THE MESSIAH’S FOLLOWERS MUST GIVE UP EVERYTHING FOR HIS SERVICE
THE UNBELIEVING BROTHERS OF JESUS COUNSEL HIM TO EXHIBIT HIMSELF IN JUDEA, AND HE REJECTS THE ADVICE
HE GOES PRIVATELY TO JERUSALEM THROUGH SAMARIA
THE COMING OF JESUS TO THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CREATES INTENSE EXCITEMENT CONCERNING THE MESSIAHSHIP
STORY OF AN ADULTEROUS WOMAN BROUGHT TO JESUS FOR JUDGMENT
AFTER THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES IN THE TEMPLE JESUS ANGERS THE PHARISEES BY CLAIMING TO BE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
THE PHARISEES ATTEMPT TO STONE JESUS WHEN HE EXPOSES THEIR SINFULNESS
JESUS HEALS A MAN BORN BLIND WHO OUTWITS THE PHARISEES. THE RULERS FORBID THE RECOGNITION OF JESUS AS THE MESSIAH. THE CONVERSION OF THE HEALED MAN
IN THE PARABLE (ALLEGORY) OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD JESUS DRAWS THE PICTURE OF THE HOSTILE PHARISEES AND INTIMATES THAT HE IS GOING TO DIE FOR HIS FLOCK AND COME TO LIFE AGAIN
THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY. CHRIST’S JOY IN THEIR WORK ON THEIR RETURN
JESUS ANSWERS A LAWYER’S QUESTION AS TO ETERNAL LIFE, GIVING THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN
JESUS THE GUEST OF MARTHA AND MARY
JESUS AGAIN GIVES A MODEL OF PRAYER (COMP. 54) AND ENCOURAGES HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY. PARABLE OF THE IMPORTUNATE FRIEND
BLASPHEMOUS ACCUSATION OF LEAGUE WITH BEELZEBUB
WHILE BREAKFASTING WITH A PHARISEE, JESUS SEVERELY DENOUNCES THE PHARISEES AND LAWYERS AND EXCITES THEIR ENMITY
HE SPEAKS TO HIS DISCIPLES AND A VAST THRONG ABOUT HYPOCRISY, COVETOUSNESS (PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL), WORLDLY ANXIETIES, WATCHFULNESS (PARABLE OF THE WAITING SERVANTS AND OF THE WISE STEWARD), AND HIS OWN APPROACHING PASSION
ALL MUST REPENT OR PERISH. (TWO CURRENT TRAGEDIES); PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE
JESUS HEALS A CRIPPLED WOMAN ON THE SABBATH AND DEFENDS HIMSELF AGAINST THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE. (CF. §49-51 AND 114.) REPETITION OF THE PARABLES OF THE MUSTARD SEED AND OF THE LEAVEN
AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION JESUS WILL NOT YET OPENLY SAY THAT HE IS THE MESSIAH. THE JEWS TRY TO STONE HIM
THE WITHDRAWAL FROM JERUSALEM TO BETHANY BEYOND JORDAN
TEACHING IN PEREA, ON A JOURNEY TOWARD JERUSALEM, WARNED AGAINST HEROD ANTIPAS
WHILE DINING (BREAKFASTING) WITH A CHIEF PHARISEE, HE AGAIN HEALS ON THE SABBATH AND DEFENDS HIMSELF (COMP. §49 TO 51 AND 110) THREE PARABLES SUGGESTED BY THE OCCASION
GREAT CROWDS FOLLOW HIM, AND HE WARNS THEM TO COUNT THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP TO HIM (COMP. §70 AND 83)
THE PHARISEES AND THE SCRIBES MURMUR AGAINST JESUS FOR RECEIVING SINNERS. HE DEFENDS HIMSELF BY THREE GREAT PARABLES (THE LOST SHEEP, THE LOST COIN, THE LOST SON)
THREE PARABLES ON STEWARDSHIP (TO THE DISCIPLES, THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD; TO THE PHARISEES, THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS; TO THE DISCIPLES, THE PARABLE OF THE UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS)
JESUS RAISES LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD
THE EFFECT OF THE RAISING OF LAZARUS (ON THE PEOPLE, ON THE SANHEDRIN, ON THE MOVEMENTS OF JESUS)
JESUS STARTS ON THE LAST JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM BY WAY OF SAMARIA AND GALILEE
TWO PARABLES ON PRAYER (THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW, THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN)
GOING FROM GALILEE THROUGH PEREA, HE TEACHES CONCERNING DIVORCE
CHRIST AND CHILDREN AND THE FAILURE OF THE DISCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND THE ATTITUDE OF JESUS
THE RICH YOUNG RULER, THE PERILS OF RICHES, AND AMAZEMENT OF THE DISCIPLES. THE REWARDS OF FORSAKING ALL TO FOLLOW THE MESSIAH WILL BE GREAT, BUT WILL BE SOVEREIGN (PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD)
JESUS AGAIN FORETELLS TO THE DISCIPLES HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION (COMP. §83, 85, 86, 88), AND REBUKES THE SELFISH AMBITION OF JAMES AND JOHN
BLIND BARTIMÆUS AND HIS COMPANION HEALED
JESUS VISITS ZACCHÆUS, AND SPEAKS THE PARABLE OF THE POUNDS, AND SETS OUT FOR JERUSALEM
JESUS ARRIVES AT BETHANY NEAR JERUSALEM
HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM AS THE MESSIAH
THE BARREN FIG TREE CURSED, AND THE SECOND CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE (COMP. 31)
THE DESIRE OF SOME GREEKS TO SEE JESUS PUZZLES THE DISCIPLES AND LEADS JESUS IN AGITATION OF SOUL TO INTERPRET LIFE AND DEATH AS SACRIFICE AND TO SHOW HOW BY BEING “LIFTED UP” HE WILL DRAW ALL MEN TO HIM
THE BARREN FIG TREE FOUND TO HAVE WITHERED
THE RULERS (SANHEDRIN) FORMALLY CHALLENGE THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS AS AN ACCREDITED TEACHER (RABBI)
THE PHARISEES AND THE HERODIANS TRY TO ENSNARE JESUS ABOUT PAYING TRIBUTE TO CÆSAR
THE SADDUCEES ASK HIM A PUZZLING QUESTION ABOUT THE RESURRECTION
THE PHARISEES REJOICE OVER THE ROUT OF THE SADDUCEES AND A PHARISAIC LAWYER ASKS JESUS A LEGAL QUESTION
JESUS, TO THE JOY OF THE MULTITUDE, SILENCES HIS ENEMIES BY THE PERTINENT QUESTION OF THE MESSIAH’S DESCENT FROM DAVID AND LORDSHIP OVER DAVID
IN HIS LAST PUBLIC DISCOURSE, JESUS SOLEMNLY DENOUNCES THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES (COMP. 107)
JESUS CLOSELY OBSERVES THE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE TEMPLE, AND COMMENDS THE POOR WIDOW’S GIFT
SITTING ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, JESUS SPEAKS TO HIS DISCIPLES ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND HIS OWN SECOND COMING IN APOCALYPTIC LANGUAGE. THE GREAT ESCHATOLOGICAL DISCOURSE
JESUS PREDICTS HIS CRUCIFIXION TWO DAYS HENCE (JEWISH FRIDAY)
AT THE FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE LEPER MARY OF BETHANY ANOINTS JESUS FOR HIS BURIAL
JUDAS, STUNG BY THE REBUKE OF JESUS AT THE FEAST, BARGAINS WITH THE RULERS TO BETRAY JESUS
THE PREPARATION FOR THE PASCHAL MEAL AT THE HOME OF A FRIEND (POSSIBLY THAT OF JOHN MARK’S FATHER AND MOTHER)
JESUS PARTAKES OF THE PASCHAL MEAL WITH THE TWELVE APOSTLES AND REBUKES THEIR JEALOUSY
DURING THE PASCHAL MEAL, JESUS WASHES THE FEET OF HIS DISCIPLES
AT THE PASCHAL MEAL JESUS POINTS OUT JUDAS AS THE BETRAYER
AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF JUDAS JESUS WARNS THE DISCIPLES (PETER IN PARTICULAR) AGAINST DESERTION, WHILE ALL PROTEST THEIR LOYALTY
JESUS INSTITUTES THE MEMORIAL OF EATING BREAD AND DRINKING WINE
THE FAREWELL DISCOURSE TO HIS DISCIPLES IN THE UPPER ROOM
THE DISCOURSE ON THE WAY TO GETHSEMANE
CHRIST’S INTERCESSORY PRAYER
GOING FORTH TO GETHSEMANE, JESUS SUFFERS LONG IN AGONY
JESUS IS BETRAYED, ARRESTED, AND FORSAKEN
JESUS FIRST EXAMINED BY ANNAS, THE EX-HIGH PRIEST
JESUS HURRIEDLY TRIED AND CONDEMNED BY CAIAPHAS AND THE SANHEDRIN, WHO MOCK AND BUFFET HIM
PETER THRICE DENIES HIS LORD
AFTER DAWN, JESUS IS FORMALLY CONDEMNED BY THE SANHEDRIN
REMORSE AND SUICIDE OF JUDAS THE BETRAYER
JESUS BEFORE PILATE THE FIRST TIME
JESUS BEFORE HEROD ANTIPAS THE TETRARCH
JESUS THE SECOND TIME BEFORE PILATE
THE ROMAN SOLDIERS MOCK JESUS
JESUS ON THE WAY TO THE CROSS (VIA DOLOROSA) ON GOLGOTHA
THE FIRST THREE HOURS ON THE CROSS
THE THREE HOURS OF DARKNESS FROM NOON TO THREE P.M.
THE PHENOMENA ACCOMPANYING THE DEATH OF CHRIST
THE BURIAL OF THE BODY OF JESUS IN THE TOMB OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA AFTER PROOF OF HIS DEATH
THE WATCH OF THE WOMEN BY THE TOMB OF JESUS
THE VISIT OF THE WOMEN TO THE TOMB OF JESUS
THE EARTHQUAKE, THE ROLLING AWAY OF THE STONE BY AN ANGEL, AND THE FRIGHT OF THE ROMAN WATCHERS
THE VISIT OF THE WOMEN TO THE TOMB OF JESUS ABOUT SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING AND THE MESSAGE OF THE ANGELS ABOUT THE EMPTY TOMB
MARY MAGDALENE AND THE OTHER WOMEN REPORT TO THE APOSTLES, AND PETER AND JOHN VISIT THE EMPTY TOMB
THE APPEARANCE OF JESUS TO MARY MAGDALENE AND THE MESSAGE TO THE DISCIPLES
THE APPEARANCE OF JESUS TO THE OTHER WOMEN
SOME OF THE GUARD REPORT TO THE JEWISH RULERS
THE APPEARANCE TO TWO DISCIPLES (CLEOPAS AND ANOTHER) ON THE WAY TO EMMAUS
THE REPORT OF THE TWO DISCIPLES AND THE NEWS OF THE APPEARANCE TO SIMON PETER
THE APPEARANCE TO THE ASTONISHED DISCIPLES (THOMAS ABSENT) WITH A COMMISSION AND THEIR FAILURE TO CONVINCE THOMAS
THE APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES THE NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT AND THE CONVINCING OF THOMAS
THE APPEARANCE TO SEVEN DISCIPLES BESIDE THE SEA OF GALILEE. THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES
THE APPEARANCE TO ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED ON AN APPOINTED MOUNTAIN IN GALILEE, AND A COMMISSION GIVEN
THE APPEARANCE TO JAMES THE BROTHER OF JESUS
THE APPEARANCE TO THE DISCIPLES WITH ANOTHER COMMISSION
THE LAST APPEARANCE AND THE ASCENSION