Thursday, September 19, 2013

A Jesus Timeline

We just began a teaching series on Sunday evenings - "Journey Through The New Testament". Below is part of the outline from week one  - "The Gospels". This is a brief (limited) timeline of Jesus' time on this earth according to the Gospel accounts.

Autumn, A.D. 28:
•          Jesus left Nazareth and went down for Him baptism
•          Right after His baptism He went into the mountains to be tempted by Satan
•          Then He went back to Salem, and then to Cana
◦          The first disciples were from there – John, Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathaniel

Spring, A.D. 29:
•          The first miracle was at the wedding in Can
•          Jesus then moved to Capernaum, where he established His base of operations.
•          While Jesus was at Passover in Jerusalem, Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews, came to Him at night and Jesus explained the need to be “born again” (John 3:16)
•          This was about the time of John the Baptists last testimony
 
Winter, A.D. 29:
•          Jesus met the woman at the well at Sycar
•          Jesus went back to Cana and healed the son of a royal official
•          Jesus healed a man at the Pool of Bethesda

Spring, A.D. 30:
•          John the Baptist had been imprisoned in  Jerusalem
•          In Galilee, Jesus began to broaden His public ministry
•          At the synagogue, in Nazareth, Jesus read from Isaiah and the townspeople tried to throw Him off of a cliff
•          Jesus left Nazareth and went back to Capernaum
◦          There He called four more disciples
•          Peter's mother-in-law and a leper were healed
 
Summer, A.D. 30:
•          Jesus healed a paralytic in Capernaum
•          Matthew was called
•          Jesus and His disciples picked grain on the Sabbath
•          Jesus healed a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath
•          Jesus preached the sermon on the mount 

Fall, A.D. 30:
•          Jesus healed a blind and dumb man in Capernaum and was accused of doing this by the powers of Satan
•          From this point on Jesus spoke publicly only in parables
•          The seven kingdom parables in Matthew 13 were spoken
•          The people accused Jesus of being Satan
•          Jesus rebuked the storm
•          Jesus encountered the demonic man in the region of the Gadarenes and permitted the demons to go into a heard of pigs
•          The disciples went back to Capernaum

Winter, A.D. 30
•          Jarius's daughter is raised
•          A woman with an issue of bleeding was healed
•          Two blind men and a dumb man were healed
•          Jesus arrived back in Nazareth and opffened people.
•          John the baptist was beheaded
•          The Apostles were sent out in pairs
•          Jesus returned to Capernaum

Sprint, A.D. 31:
•          The twelve apostles returned to Capernaum
•          Jesus then returned to Bethsaida, which became a major base
•          Jesus fed 5,000
•          Jesus walked on water and returned to Capernaum
•          Jesus preached His sermon on “the Bread of Life”
•          Jesus was accused of eating with unwashed hands
•          Jesus went to the region of Decapolis
•          Jesus healed a deaf and dumb man and fed 4,000
•          Jesus went to Magdela where the Pharisee's demanded a sign
•          Jesus took a ship to Bethsaida where he talked about the yeast of the Pharisee's
•          Jesus traveled north to Caesarea Philippi
•          Jesus went up on the Mount of Transfiguration
•          Jesus healed a possessed boy and returned to Capernaum
•          Jesus went down to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles where He declared Himself to be the Living Water
•          He forgave a woman of adultery and returned to Galilee

Winter, A.D. 31:
•          The Samaritan's rejected Jesus
•          Jesus went to Perea, east of the Jordan and presented several parables
◦          the good Samaritan, the unrighteous steward, the rich man and Lazarus
•          Jesus sent out the seventy disciples
•          Jesus traveled to Jerusalem and healed a man born blind
•          Jesus stayed at Bethabara

Spring, A.D. 32:
•          Jesus traveled to Bethany
•          Lazarus was raised from the dead
•          Jewish leaders plotted to kill Lazarus and Jesus
•          Jesus moved to the village of Ephraim
•          Jesus encountered ten lepers and gave a number of parables
•          James and John's mother made the request that Jesus make her sons one and two
•          Jesus traveled back to Jericho where He healed blind Bartimeus
•          Jesus called Zaccheus and presented the parable of the ten talents
•          Jesus went to Bethany for His final week – the “Passion Week"

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