| Time | The Life of Christ | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 BC - 25 AD | Birth and Early Life | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | ||
| 26 AD - 27 AD | Year of Inauguration | 3 - 4 | 1 | 3 - 4 | 1 - 4 |
| 28 AD - 29 AD, Mar | Year of Popularity | 5 - 14 | 2 - 6 | 5 - 8 | 5 - 6 |
| 29 AD, Apr - 30 AD, Mar | Year of Opposition | 15 - 20 | 7 - 10 | 9 - 19 | 7 - 11 |
| 30 AD, Apr 2-8 | Final Week | 21 - 27 | 11 - 15 | 20 - 23 | 12 - 19 |
| 30 AD Apr 9 - May 18 | Resurrection and Appearing | 28 | 16 | 24 | 20 - 21 |
| No. | The Life of Christ | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John |
| Luke's Preface | Lk 1:1-4 | ||||
| Prediction and conception of John | Lk 1:5-25 {5} In the time of Herod king of Judea ... {8} Once when Zechariah's division was on duty ... {23} When his time of service was completed, he returned home. {24} After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. ... | ||||
| {26} In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town
in Galilee, {27} to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of
David. The virgin's name was Mary. {28} The angel went to her and said, "Greetings,
you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." {29} Mary was greatly troubled at
his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. {30} But the angel said to
her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. {31} You will be with
child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. {32} He will be
great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne
of his father David, {33} and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom
will never end." {34} "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since
I am a virgin?" {35} The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be
called the Son of God. {36} Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her
old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. {37} For nothing is
impossible with God." {38} "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered.
"May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her. {39} At that time
Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, {40} where she entered
Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. {41} When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the
baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. {42} In a loud
voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will
bear! {43} But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? {44} As
soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
{45} Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be
accomplished!" {46} And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord {47} and my
spirit rejoices in God my Savior, {48} for he has been mindful of the humble state of his
servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, {49} for the Mighty One has
done great things for me-- holy is his name. {50} His mercy extends to those who fear him,
from generation to generation. {51} He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has
scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. {52} He has brought down rulers
from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. {53} He has filled the hungry with good
things but has sent the rich away empty. {54} He has helped his servant Israel,
remembering to be merciful {55} to Abraham and his descendants forever, even as he said to
our fathers." {56} Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then
returned home. {57} When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a
son. {58} Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and
they shared her joy. {59} On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they
were going to name him after his father Zechariah, {60} but his mother spoke up and said,
"No! He is to be called John." {61} They said to her, "There is no one
among your relatives who has that name." {62} Then they made signs to his father, to
find out what he would like to name the child. {63} He asked for a writing tablet, and to
everyone's astonishment he wrote, "His name is John." {64} Immediately his mouth
was opened and his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak, praising God. {65} The
neighbors were all filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were
talking about all these things. {66} Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking,
"What then is this child going to be?" For the Lord's hand was with him. {67}
His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: {68} "Praise be
to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. {69} He
has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David {70} (as he
said through his holy prophets of long ago), {71} salvation from our enemies and from the
hand of all who hate us-- {72} to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy
covenant, {73} the oath he swore to our father Abraham: {74} to rescue us from the hand of
our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear {75} in holiness and righteousness
before him all our days. {76} And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most
High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, {77} to give his
people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, {78} because of
the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven {79} to
shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the
path of peace." {80} And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in
the desert until he appeared publicly to Israel. |
| No. | The Life of Christ | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John |
| John's ministry a fulfillment of prophecy | Mk 1:1-3 Mark 1:3 "a voice of one calling in the desert, ... | ||||
| John the Baptist begins his ministry | Mk 1:4-8 {4} And so John came, baptizing in the desert region ... {5} The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. ... in the Jordan River. | ||||
| Jesus is baptized in the Jordan | Mk 1:9-11 {9} At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. | ||||
| Jesus is tempted in the wilderness | Mk 1:12-13 {12} At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, {13} and he was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan. ... | ||||
| {14} After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming
the good news of God. {15} "The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of
God is near. Repent and believe the good news!" {16} As Jesus walked beside the Sea
of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were
fishermen. {17} "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers
of men." {18} At once they left their nets and followed him. {19} When he had gone a
little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing
their nets. {20} Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the
boat with the hired men and followed him. {21} They went to Capernaum, and when the
Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. {22} The people were
amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the
teachers of the law. {23} Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil
spirit cried out, {24} "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to
destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!" {25} "Be quiet!" said
Jesus sternly. "Come out of him!" {26} The evil spirit shook the man violently
and came out of him with a shriek. {27} The people were all so amazed that they asked each
other, "What is this? A new teaching--and with authority! He even gives orders to
evil spirits and they obey him." {28} News about him spread quickly over the whole
region of Galilee. {29} As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John
to the home of Simon and Andrew. {30} Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and
they told Jesus about her. {31} So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The
fever left her and she began to wait on them. {32} That evening after sunset the people
brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. {33} The whole town gathered at the
door, {34} and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons,
but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was. {35} Very early in the
morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary
place, where he prayed. {36} Simon and his companions went to look for him, {37} and when
they found him, they exclaimed: "Everyone is looking for you!" {38} Jesus
replied, "Let us go somewhere else--to the nearby villages--so I can preach there
also. That is why I have come." {39} So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in
their synagogues and driving out demons. {40} A man with leprosy came to him and begged
him on his knees, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." {41} Filled with
compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he
said. "Be clean!" {42} Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured. {43}
Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: {44} "See that you don't tell this
to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses
commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them." {45} Instead he went out and
began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town
openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from
everywhere. |