Life of Christ
Preparation
Public Ministry
Sacrifice
POPULARITY
(declining)
OBSCURITY
(vanishing)
OPPOSTITION
(increasing)
Extended Ministries
Early
Ministries
Specialized
Ministry
4 months
Opening
Events
Early
Judean
4 months
Middle
Galilean
6 months
Concluding
Ministries
Later
Galilean
3
3
months months
40
days
ASCENSION
THIRD YEAR
RESURRECTION
DEATH
Triumphal Entry
Matt. 21:1
Beyond Jordan
John 10:4
To Feast of Tabernacles
SECOND YEAR
Later Perean
Judean
2 months
John 7:10
To Tyre & Sidon
Matt. 15:21
Jesus ordains Twelve
Luke 6:12ff
FIRST YEAR
Early
Galilean
Jesus returns to Galilee
Mark 1:14
Jesus cleanses Temple
John 2:13ff
John introduces Jesus
John 1:19ff
BIRTH
3BC
8 months
10 months
John 11:55
John 6:4
John 5:1
John 2:13
Four
Annual
Passovers
POPULARITY
(declining)
3
3
months months
Early
Judean
4 months
Extended Ministries
Later Perean
Judean
2 months
Later
Galilean
Middle
Galilean
Early
Galilean
8 months
Specialized
Ministry
Early
Ministries
Concluding
Ministries
10 months
4 months
OPPOSTITION
(increasing)
OBSCURITY
(vanishing)
Sacrifice
Public Ministry
Preparation
6 months
Opening
Events
ASCENSION
Jesus cleanses Temple
John 2:13ff
Jesus returns to Galilee
Mark 1:14
Jesus ordains Twelve
Luke 6:12ff
Matt. 15:21
To Tyre & Sidon
John 7:10
To Feast of Tabernacles
Beyond Jordan
John 10:4
Triumphal Entry
Matt. 21:1
RESURRECTION
DEATH
40
days
John introduces Jesus
John 1:19ff
BIRTH
THIRD YEAR
SECOND YEAR
FIRST YEAR
3BC
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Life of Christ
Matthew
Chapter 28
Matthew 21:1
John 11:55
Matthew 19:1
Matthew 10:1-42
Matthew 8:19-22
Matthew 18:35
Matthew 15:1
John 6:4
Matthew 5:1
John 5:1
Matthew 4:12
John 2:13
Matthew 4:1
Four
Annual
Passovers
Matthew
Chapter 1
Life of Christ
Showing the Coverage by Mark (Shaded Area)
Preparation
Public Ministry
Sacrifice
POPULARITY
(declining)
OBSCURITY
(vanishing)
OPPOSTITION
(increasing)
Extended Ministries
Early
Ministries
Specialized
Ministry
4 months
Opening
Events
Early
Judean
4 months
Early
Galilean
Middle
Galilean
6 months
Concluding
Ministries
Later
Galilean
3
3
months months
40
days
ASCENSION
RESURRECTION
DEATH
Triumphal Entry
Matt. 21:1
Beyond Jordan
John 10:4
To Feast of Tabernacles
SECOND YEAR
FIRST YEAR
Later Perean
Judean
2 months
John 7:10
To Tyre & Sidon
Matt. 15:21
Jesus ordains Twelve
Luke 6:12ff
Jesus returns to Galilee
Mark 1:14
Jesus cleanses Temple
John 2:13ff
John introduces Jesus
John 1:19ff
BIRTH
3BC
8 months
10 months
THIRD YEAR
Mark Chapter 16
Mark 11:1
John 11:55
Mark 10:1
Mark 9:50
Mark 7:24
John 6:4
Mark 3:13
John 5:1
Mark 1:14
John 2:13
Mark 1:1
Four
Annual
Passovers
POPULARITY
(declining)
3
3
months months
Early
Judean
4 months
Extended Ministries
Later Perean
Judean
2 months
Later
Galilean
Middle
Galilean
Early
Galilean
8 months
Specialized
Ministry
Early
Ministries
Concluding
Ministries
10 months
4 months
OPPOSTITION
(increasing)
OBSCURITY
(vanishing)
Sacrifice
Public Ministry
Preparation
6 months
Opening
Events
ASCENSION
Jesus cleanses Temple
John 2:13ff
Jesus returns to Galilee
Mark 1:14
Jesus ordains Twelve
Luke 6:12ff
Matt. 15:21
To Tyre & Sidon
John 7:10
To Feast of Tabernacles
Beyond Jordan
John 10:4
Triumphal Entry
Matt. 21:1
RESURRECTION
DEATH
40
days
John introduces Jesus
John 1:19ff
BIRTH
THIRD YEAR
SECOND YEAR
FIRST YEAR
3BC
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Life of Christ
Luke Chapter 24
Luke 19:28
John 11:55
Luke 13:22
Luke 9:51
Luke 9:18
Luke 9:17
John 6:4
Luke 6:12
John 5:1
Luke 4:14
John 2:13
Luke 4:13
Four
Annual
Passovers
Luke
Chapter 1
POPULARITY
(declining)
3
3
months months
Early
Judean
4 months
Extended Ministries
Later Perean
Judean
2 months
Later
Galilean
Middle
Galilean
Early
Galilean
8 months
Specialized
Ministry
Early
Ministries
Concluding
Ministries
10 months
4 months
OPPOSTITION
(increasing)
OBSCURITY
(vanishing)
Sacrifice
Public Ministry
Preparation
6 months
Opening
Events
ASCENSION
Jesus cleanses Temple
John 2:13ff
Jesus returns to Galilee
Mark 1:14
Jesus ordains Twelve
Luke 6:12ff
Matt. 15:21
To Tyre & Sidon
John 7:10
To Feast of Tabernacles
Beyond Jordan
John 10:4
Triumphal Entry
Matt. 21:1
RESURRECTION
DEATH
40
days
John introduces Jesus
John 1:19ff
BIRTH
THIRD YEAR
SECOND YEAR
FIRST YEAR
3BC
Showing the Coverage by John (Shaded Area)
Life of Christ
John 21:25
John 12:12
John 11:55
John 10:40
John 10:22-39
John 7:2-10:21
John 7:1
John 6:4
John Chapter 6
John Chapter 5
John 5:1
John 4:43-54
John 4:42
John 2:13
John 1:19
Four
Annual
Passovers
John 1:1-18
MATTHEW– JESUS & HIS PROMISED KINGDOM
Matthew contains 5 Discourses, 15 Parables & 20 Miracles
and
8:31-16:20 – give His life
1:1-8:26
8:27-30
Who do
men say
I am?
8:31-16:20
THAT HE IS THE CHRIST
8:31-15:47 – THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS
Jesus as Redeemer (8:31-10:52)
Jesus as Lord (11:1-13:37)
Jesus as Sacrifice (14:1-15:47)
JESUS
3:7-8:30 – CONFRONTATION
Scope of the Ministry (3:7-12)
Helpers in the Ministry (3:13-19)
Opposition to the Ministry (3:20-35)
Ministry in Word (Parables, 4:1-34)
Ministry in Works (Miracles, 4:35-8:30) /
Opposition
JESUS PRESSES THE CLAIM
TRIUMPH OF
OPPOSITION
2:1-3:6
POPULARITY
1:14-45
KV: Mark 10:45
1:1-8:26 – came to minister
BY WHAT HE DOES
PRESENTATION
Discourse #5
(ch 24-25)
Second Coming
MARK– THE SERVANT JESUS
JESUS REVEALS HIS IDENTITY
1:1-13
Final Ministries
(ch 19-23)
1 miracle
Baptism &
Temptation
(ch 3-4)
Discourse #4
(18:1-19:1a)
Relationships
Birth &
Infancy
(ch 1-2)
Mission (ch 14-17)
6 miracles
PASSION
Discourse #3 (ch 13)
Parables
PROCLAMATION
Rejection (ch 11-12)
1 miracle
PRESENTATION
Discourse #2 (9:35-10:42)
Charge to the Twelve
16:21-28:20
Power (ch 8-9)
10 miracles
4:12-16:20
Discourse #1 (ch 5-7)
Sermon on the Mount
1:1-4:11
Death &
Resurrection
(ch 26-28)
16:21-28:20 – WHAT HE CAME TO DO
16:1-20 – THE
1:1-16:20 – WHO JESUS IS
LUKE – THE SON OF MAN AMONG MEN
Key Verse: 19:10 – “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost”
1:1-19:27
19:28-24:53
SEEKING THE LOST
SAVING THE LOST
1:1-9:50
9:51-24:53
MIRACLES PROMINENT
PARABLES & TEACHING PROMINENT
JOHN – LIFE IN JESUS, THE SON OF GOD
1:1-18
1:19-12:50
13:1-17:26
18:1-20:31
21:1-25
PROLOGUE
PUBLIC MINISTRY
PRIVATE MINISTRY
PASCHAL MINISTRY
EPILOGUE
Eternity
3 years
Few days
Chapters 13-17
Few hours
Few days
Chapters 1-12 – Seven Miracles
Upper Room (ch 13-14)
/ To Garden (ch 15-17)
Chapter 2 – Water to Wine
Chapter 4 – Nobleman’s Son Cured
Chapter 5 – Sick Man Healed
Chapter 6 – 5,000 Fed
Chapter 6 – Walking on Water
Chapter 9 – Blind Man Healed
Chapter 11 – Lazarus Raised
Ch 14 – The Father’s
House
Ch 15 – Vine & Branches
Ch 16 – Promises of Jesus
Ch 17 – Highly Priestly
Prayer
Chapters 18-21
Supreme Miracle
Chapter 18-19 – Arrest, Trials, Death
Chapter 20 – Resurrection
Chapter 21 – Postresurrection Appearances
Chapter 21 – Draught of Fishes