Youth/ Birth Timeline from Left to Right
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6-4 BC • Birth of Jesus Christ
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5-4 BC • Escape to Egypt. Slaughter of children. |
4 BC • Herod the Great dies (spring). |
7-8 AD • Jesus visits Jerusalem as a child. |
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12 AD • Augustus makes Tiberius co-regent.
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14 AD • Tiberius becomes Caesar (August 19th). |
25 AD • Pilate & Caiaphas appointed to office. |
29 AD • Ministry of John the Baptist begins. |
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29 AD • Christ's ministry begins. |
31 AD • Tiberius executes Sejanus (Oct 18th). |
33 AD • Jesus dies (Friday, April 3rd, 3:00pm). |
36 AD • Pilate dethroned. Caiaphas deposed. |
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At the age of about 30 (Luke 3:23), Jesus was baptized by John in the River Jordan, the Spirit of God descending upon Him like a dove, and a voice from heaven proclaiming, "Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased." Previously, however, to entering on His office of divine teacher, Jesus retired to a solitary place, where He passed forty days in fasting, meditation, and prayer, previous to the remarkable scene of the temptation described by the evangelists - Matthew 4, Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4. He was afterward transfigured in the presence of three of His disciples, when Moses and Elias appeared to Him from heaven, and His raiment became white and shining, and His face shone as the sun. On this occasion again, a voice came from heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son; hear ye him" (Matthew 4, Mark 4, Luke 4:28-36).
Jesus' mission is generally considered to have occupied three years, spent in acts of mercy (chiefly miraculous), in inculcating a purer system of morals, more exalted notions of God, and more elevating views of man and his destiny than had yet been presented to the world. His doctrine is embodied chiefly in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6), containing the form of prayer He taught to His disciples, commonly called the Lord's Prayer; in His discourses to the Jews in John 5-8, and 10; to His disciples, chapters 14-16; and His intercessory prayer, chapter 17.
The Greatest Sermon ever told
Teachings of Jesus
Jesus taught people how to live godly lives. As he traveled around Israel, Jesus taught with sermons and parables. Parables are like little stories. Jesus used the simple things to make His points.
Sermon on the Mount
Jesus delivered his most famous sermon on a mountain. In it, Jesus taught his listeners to:
• Love your enemies.
• Do not judge others.
• Trust God.
• Don't be anxious about tomorrow.
• Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (The "golden rule").
Healing (See Prayer Shaw)
53:5 But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the {h} chastisement for our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
(h) He was chastised for our reconciliation, 1Co 15:3.
But he was wounded
chalal (khaw-lal')
to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening wedge) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
for our transgressions
pesha` (peh'-shah)
a revolt (national, moral or religious) -- rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
he was bruised
daka' (daw-kaw')
to crumble; transitively, to bruise -- beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.
for our iniquities
`avon (aw-vone')
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil -- fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
the chastisement
muwcar (moo-sawr')
chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint -- bond, chastening (-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
of our peace
shalowm (shaw-lome')
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
was upon him and with his stripes
chabbuwrah (khab-boo-raw')
bound (with stripes), i.e. a weal (or black-and-blue mark itself) -- blueness, bruise, hurt, stripe, wound.
we are healed
rapha' (raw-faw')
to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure -- cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, thoroughly, make whole.
53:5 Wounded - Which word comprehends all his pains and punishments. For our iniquities - For the guilt of their sins, which he had voluntarily taken upon himself, and for the expiation of their sins, which was hereby purchased. The chastisement - Those punishments by which our peace, our reconciliation to God, was to be purchased, were laid upon him by God's justice with his own consent. Healed - By his sufferings we are saved from our sins.
Betrayed by a kiss on the cheek
Jesus chose twelve apostles to be the companions of His ministry, the witnesses of His miracles, and the depositories of His doctrine; and He was betrayed into the power of His enemies by one of these with the mockery of a friendly salutation. Betrayed by one, denied by another, and abandoned by all, He was carried before the Jewish priests, found guilty, and by them delivered over to the Roman magistrates, who alone had the power of life and death.
Condemned to death as a disturber of the public peace, He was nailed to the cross on Mount Calvary, and it was in the agonies of this bitter death that Jesus prayed for the forgiveness of His executioners, and with a touching act of filial love, commended His mother to His favorite disciple.
The evangelists relate that from the hour of noon the sun was darkened, and three hours after, Jesus, having cried out, "It is finished!" gave up the ghost. The veil of the temple, they add, was torn asunder, the earth shook, rocks were rent, and the tombs opened. The centurion who was present, directing the execution, exclaimed, "Truly this was the Son of God!" The body of Jesus was taken down by Joseph of Arimathea and placed in a tomb, about which the Jewish priests, remembering His prophecy that He should rise on the third day, set a guard, sealing up the door. Notwithstanding these precautions, Jesus' prophecy was fulfilled by His resurrection on the first day of the week (Sunday), and He appeared repeatedly to His disciples to encourage, console, and instruct them.
On the 40th day after His resurrection, while with them on the Mount of Olives, after He had given them instructions to teach and proselytize all nations, promising them the gift of the Holy Spirit, a cloud received Him out of their sight, and Jesus was taken up to heaven. While the disciples stood gazing after Him, two men in white apparel appeared to them, and predicted His coming again in like manner as they had seen Him go. See the closing chapters of the four evangelists, and Acts 1:1-14