With the information that we have discovered, we can construct a timeline of Jesus’s life:
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Date |
Event |
Matthew |
Mark |
Luke |
John |
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June, 7 BC |
Gabriel announces John’s birth to Zechariah |
1:5-22 |
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June 11th, 7 BC |
Zechariah returns home |
1:23 |
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June 25th, 7 BC |
Elizabeth becomes pregnant |
1:24-25 |
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Dec. 11th, 7 BC |
Gabriel's announces Jesus’s birth to Mary |
1:26-38 |
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December, 7 BC |
Mary visits Elizabeth |
1:39-56 |
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Dec. 25th, 7 BC |
Mary becomes pregnant |
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January, 6 BC |
An angel visit Joseph |
1:18-24 |
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March 25th, 6 BC |
Birth of John the Baptist |
1:57-80 |
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Sept. 25th, 6 BC |
Birth of Jesus |
1:25 |
2:1-20 |
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Oct. 2nd, 6 BC |
Jesus is circumcised 8 days after birth (Lev. 12:3) |
2:21 |
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Nov. 5th, 6 BC |
Jesus is presented at the Temple 33 days later (Lev. 12:4,6) |
2:22-38 |
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September, 5 BC |
Visit of the Magi |
2:1-12 |
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October, 5 BC |
The Holy Family flee to Egypt |
2:13-18 |
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4 BC |
Herod the Great dies and the Holy Family return from Egypt to Nazareth |
2:19-23 |
2:39-40 |
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April, AD 8 |
Jesus visits Jerusalem aged 12 |
2:41-52 |
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AD 28 |
John the Baptist begins his ministry |
3:1-12 |
1:1-8 |
3:1-20 |
1:15-18 |
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September, AD 29 |
Jesus begins his ministry |
3:13-4:11 |
1:9-13 |
3:21-4:13 |
1:19-2:12 |
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April, AD 30 |
Passover in Jerusalem |
2:13-4:4 |
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AD 30 |
Jesus ministers in Galilee |
4:12-9:38 |
1:14-2:22 |
4:14-5:39 |
4:5-54 |
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April, AD 31 |
Passover in Jerusalem |
5:1-15 |
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AD 31 |
Further ministry in Galilee |
10:1-13:58 |
2:23-6:13 |
6:1-9:6 |
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September, AD 31 |
John the Baptist is executed |
14:1-12 |
6:14-29 |
9:7-9 |
5:16-47 |
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April, AD 32 |
Passover spent in Galilee (see Jn. 7:1 for reason) |
14:13-18:35 |
6:30-9:50 |
9:10-62 |
6:1-71 |
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AD 32 |
Further ministry in Galilee |
7:1-9 |
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September, AD 32 |
Feast of Tabernacles in Judea |
10:1-11:17 |
7:10-10:21 |
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December, AD 32 |
Feast of Hanukkah in Jerusalem |
10:22-39 |
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January, AD 33 |
Ministry in Perea, Samaria and Jericho |
19:1-20:28 |
10:1-52 |
11:18-19:27 |
10:40-42 |
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February, AD 33 |
Jesus in Bethany |
11:1-53 |
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March, AD 33 |
Jesus in Ephraim |
11:54-57 |
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Sat. March 26th, AD 33 |
Jesus in Bethany |
12:1-11 |
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Sun. March 27th, AD 33 |
Jesus enters Jerusalem |
21:1-9 |
11:1-11 |
19:28-44 |
12:12-19 |
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Mon. March 28th, AD 33 |
Jesus in Bethany |
21:10-19 |
19:45-48 |
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Jesus in Jerusalem |
12:20-50 |
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Tue. March 29th, AD 33 |
Jesus in Bethany |
21:20-22 |
11:19-26 |
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Jesus in Jerusalem |
21:22-23:39 |
11:27-12:44 |
20:1-21:4 |
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Jesus on the Mount of Olives |
24:1-26:5 |
13:1-14:2 |
21:5-22:2 |
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Wed. March 30th, AD 33 |
Jesus in Bethany |
26:6-16 |
14:3:1-11 |
22:3-6 |
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Thu. March 31st, AD 33 |
Jesus in Jerusalem |
26:17-19 |
14:12-16 |
22:7-13 |
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Jesus in the Upper Room |
26:20-29 |
14:17-25 |
22:14-38 |
13:1-17:26 |
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Jesus on the Mount of Olives |
26:30-46 |
14:26-42 |
22:39-46 |
18:1 |
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Fri. April 1st, AD 33 (a.m.) |
Jesus in Gethsemane |
26:47-56 |
14:43-52 |
22:47-53 |
18:2-12 |
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Jesus is tried in Jerusalem |
26:57-27:34 |
14:53-15:23 |
22:54-23:33 |
18:12-19:17 |
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Jesus is crucified on Calvary |
27:35-56 |
15:24-41 |
23:33-49 |
19:18-30 |
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Fri. April 1st, AD 33 (p.m.) |
Jesus is buried at Golgotha |
27:57-60 |
15:42-46 |
23:50-54 |
19:31-37 |
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Sat. April 2nd, AD 33 |
Passover |
27:61-66 |
15:47 |
23:55-56 |
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Sun. April 3rd, AD 33 (a.m.) |
Jesus is resurrected |
28:1-8 |
16:1-8 |
24:1-12 |
20:1-10 |
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Jesus's resurrection is reported to the disciples |
28:9-15 |
16:9-11 |
20:11-18 |
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Sun. April 3rd, AD 33 (p.m.) |
Jesus appears on the road to Emmaus |
16:12-23 |
24:13-35 |
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Jesus appears to the disciples in Jerusalem |
16:14 |
24:36-43 |
20:19-25 |
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Sun. April 10th, AD 33 |
Jesus appears to Thomas |
20:26-31 |
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April-May, AD 33 |
Further appearances by Jesus |
28:16-20 |
16:15-18 |
24:44-49 |
21:1-25 |
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Thu. May 12th, AD 33 |
Jesus ascends to Heaven |
16:19-20 |
24:50-53, Acts 1:1-12 |
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Sun. May 22nd, AD 33 |
The Holy Spirit is sent |
Acts 2:1-41 |
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