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Job 2
Job 3
Job 4
Job 5
Job 6
Job 7
Job 8
Job 9
Job 10
Job 11
Job 12
Job 13
Job 14
Job 15
Job 16
Job 17
Job 18
Job 19
Job 20
Job 21
Job 22
Job 23
Job 24
Job 25
Job 26
Job 27
Job 28
Job 29
Job 30
Job 31
Chronological
Genesis 1-2
Genesis 3-5
Genesis 6-7
Genesis 8-9
Genesis 10-11
Genesis 12-14
Genesis 15-17
Genesis 18-19
Genesis 20-21
Genesis 22-23
Genesis 24-25
Genesis 26-28
Genesis 29-30
Genesis 31-32
Genesis 33-34
Genesis 35-36
Genesis 37-38
Genesis 39-41
Genesis 42-44
Genesis 45-47
Genesis 48-50
Exodus 1-3
Exodus 4-6
Exodus 7-8
Exodus 9-10
Exodus 11-12
Exodus 13-14
Exodus 15-16
Exodus 17-18
Exodus 19-21
Exodus 22-23
Date(s)
4004 BC
4004-2349
2469-2349 BC
2348-1998 BC
2348-1922 BC
1921-1912 BC
1912-1897 BC
1897 BC
1896-1891 BC
1871-1859 BC
1856-1821 BC
1821-1760 BC
1759-1739 BC
1739 BC
1739-1732 BC
1732-1716 BC
1728-1708 BC
1728-1715 BC
1707 BC
1706-1702 BC
1689-1635 BC
1706-1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
Chronological Events
The Creation
The Fall, Cain & Abel, pre-Flood Patriarchs, Death of Methuselah (Noah's Grandfather)
Noah Starts Preaching & Building the Ark (2469 BC), The Flood (2349 BC)
Noah's Family & Animals Disembark the Ark, Death of Noah (1998 BC)
Table of Nations & Tower of Babel (2242 BC), Death of Terah (1922 BC)
God Calls Abram, Abram Goes to Egypt, Abram & Lot Separate, Abram Rescues Lot
Covenant with Abram (1912 BC), Ishmael Born (1910 BC), Abram Circumcised (1897 BC)
Abraham Pleads for Sodom with the LORD, Sodom & Gomorrah Destroyed
Abraham & Abimelech, Birth of Isaac (1896 BC), Hagar & Ishmael Sent Away (1891 BC)
Abraham Tested (1871 BC), Death of Sarah (1859 BC)
Isaac & Rebekah (1856 BC), Jacob & Esau Born (1836 BC), Death of Abraham (1821 BC)
Isaac & Abimelech, Esau Marries (1796 BC), Jacob Steals Esau's Blessing (1760 BC)
Jacob Goes to Laban & Marries Leah & Rachel (1759 BC), 11 Sons & 1 Daughter Born
Jacob Flees From Laban, Laban Pursues Jacob, Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau
Jacob Meets Esau, Dinah Raped and Brothers Simeon & Levi Get Revenge
Jacob Returns to Bethel, Death of Rachel in Childbirth, Death of Isaac (1716 BC)
Joseph Sold Into Slavery (1728 BC), Judah Commits Adultery with Tamar (c. 1708 BC)
Joseph & Potiphar's Wife, Joseph Imprisoned (1717 BC), Joseph Elevated to 2nd in Egypt
Joseph's Brothers go to Egypt
Jacob Goes to Egypt at 130 Years Old (1706 BC), 7th & Final Year of Famine (1702 BC)
Jacob's Blessing, Death of Jacob (1689 BC), Death of Joseph (1635 BC)
Birth of Moses (1571 BC), Moses Flees to Midian (1531 BC), Call of Moses (1491 BC)
Moses returns to Egypt (Age 80), and Aaron His Brother (Age 83) to Lead Israel
Plagues of Blood, Frogs, Gnats, Flies
Plagues of Livestock, Boils, Hail, Locusts, & Darkness
Plague on the Firstborn & Passover
Crossing of the Red Sea
The Song of Moses, God's Provision of Food--Manna & Quail
God's Provision of Water, Jethro (Moses' father-in-law) visits
Moses receives the Law (the Ten Commandments)
Additional Laws
Note: The two primary sources used for the dates given are Dr. Floyd N. Jones' The Chronology of the Old Testament, 16th Ed. (2007) and Archbiship James Ussher's Annals of
the World , first published in Latin in 1650 and then in English 1658 (two years after his death), revised and updated by Larry and Marion Pierce in 2003.
Note: From the Call of Abram (1921 BC) to the Exodus from Egypt (1491 BC) was 430 years to the day (Exodus 12:40-41; Galatians 3:16-17).
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Wisdom
Job 32
Job 33
Job 34
Job 35
Job 36
Job 37
Job 38
Job 39
Job 40
Job 41
Job 42
Psalm 1
Psalm 2
Psalm 3
Psalm 4
Psalm 5
Psalm 6
Psalm 7
Psalm 8
Psalm 9
Psalm 10
Psalm 11
Psalm 12
Psalm 13
Psalm 14
Psalm 15
Psalm 16
Psalm 17
Chronological
Exodus 24-26
Exodus 27-29
Exodus 30-31
Exodus 32-33
Exodus 34-35
Exodus 36-38
Exodus 39-40
Leviticus 1-3
Leviticus 4-5
Leviticus 6-7
Leviticus 8-10
Leviticus 11-13
Leviticus 14-15
Leviticus 16-18
Leviticus 19-21
Leviticus 22-23
Leviticus 24-25
Leviticus 26-27
Numbers 1-2
Numbers 3-4
Numbers 5-6
Numbers 7-8
Numbers 9-10
Numbers 11-13
Numbers 14-15
Numbers 16-18
Numbers 19-21
Numbers 22-24
Date(s)
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1491 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1490 BC
1489 BC
1489 BC
1489-1452 BC
1452 BC
Chronological Events
The Covenant Confirmed, Offerings and Design Plans for the Tabernacle
Plans for the Altar & Courtyard, Plans for the Priestly Garments and their Consecration
The Altar, God Provides Craftsmen for Tabernacle
The Golden Calf, The Tent of Meeting, Moses & the Glory of the LORD
New Stone Tablets, Materials for the Tabernacle
Building the Tabernacle, the Ark and Altar
Making the Priestly Garments, God's Glory fills the Tabernacle
Instructions on Offerings
Instructions on Offerings
Instructions on Offerings
Ordination of Aaron and Sons for the Priesthood, Deaths of Aaron's Sons
Clean & Unclean Food, Purification after Childbirth, Infectious Skin Disease Regulations
Cleansing from Infectious Skin Diseases & Bodily Discharges
Day of Atonement, Eating of Blood Forbidden, Unlawful Sexual Relations
Various Laws, Punishments for Sin, Rules for Priests
Rules for Priests continued, The LORD's Feasts
Oil and Bread Before the LORD, Sabbatical & Jubilee Years
Rewards & Punishments, Redeeming What is the LORD's
1st Census (2nd year of Exodus), and Arrangement of Tribal Camps
The Tribe of Levi
Test for an Unfaithful Wife, Rules for a Nazirite
Offerings at Dedication of the Tabernacle, Setting Apart of the Levites
Celebrating the Passover, Silver Trumpets, Israelites Leave Sinai
Quail from the LORD, Miriam & Aaron oppose Moses, Exploring Canaan
Israel Rebels, Supplementary Offerings
Korah's Rebellion, Aaron's Staff, Duties of Priests, Offerings for Priests
Water of Cleansing, Water from the Rock, Death of Aaron, The Bronze Snake
The Bronze Snake, Balak Summons Balaam, Balaam's Donkey, Balaam's Oracles
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Wisdom
Psalm 18
Psalm 19
Psalm 20
Psalm 21
Psalm 22
Psalm 23
Psalm 24
Psalm 25
Psalm 26
Psalm 27
Psalm 28
Psalm 29
Psalm 30
Psalm 31
Psalm 32
Psalm 33
Psalm 34
Psalm 35
Psalm 36
Psalm 37
Psalm 38
Psalm 39
Psalm 40
Psalm 41
Psalm 42
Psalm 43
Psalm 44
Psalm 45
Psalm 46
Psalm 47
Psalm 48
Chronological
Numbers 25-27
Numbers 28-29
Numbers 30-31
Numbers 32-33
Numbers 34-36
Deuteronomy 1-2
Deuteronomy 3-4
Deuteronomy 5-7
Deuteronomy 8-10
Deuteronomy 11-12
Deuteronomy 13-15
Deuteronomy 16-18
Deuteronomy 19-21
Deuteronomy 22-24
Deuteronomy 25-27
Deuteronomy 28
Deuteronomy 29-30
Deuteronomy 31-32
Deuteronomy 33-34
Joshua 1-3
Joshua 4-6
Joshua 7-8
Joshua 9-10
Joshua 11-13
Joshua 14-15
Joshua 16-18
Joshua 19-20
Joshua 21-22
Joshua 23-24
Judges 1:1-3:6
Judges 17-18
Date(s)
1452 BC
1452 BC
1452 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451 BC
1451-1445 BC
1451-1445 BC
1445 BC
1445 BC
1445 BC
1444 BC
1444-1424 BC
1424-1405 BC
1405 BC
Chronological Events
Moab Seduces Israel, 2nd Census (40th year of Exodus), Joshua to Succeed Moses
Daily, Sabbath & Monthly Offerings, Feasts of the LORD
Vows, Vengeance on the Midianites
Two & One-Half Tribes Settle East of Jordan River, Summary of Israel's Journey
Boundaries of Canaan, Towns for Levites, Inheritance of Zelophehad's Daughters
Appointment of Leaders, Rebellion Against God, Condemned to Wander
Conquests east of Jordan, Division of Canaan, Obedience Commanded
The Ten Commandments, Love the LORD Your God, God's Command to Drive Out Nations
Don't Forget the LORD, Not Because of Israel's Righteousness, Golden Calf, New Tablets
Love and Obey the LORD, Worship at the Tabernacle
Worshipping other Gods, Clean & Unclean Food, Canceling Debts & Freeing Servants
Feasts of the LORD, Instructions on Judges, Law Courts, a King, Prophets
Cities of Refuge, Witnesses to a Crime, Rules for War, Unsolved Murder, Right of Firstborn
Various Laws, Marriage Violations, Exclusion from Assembly, Certificate of Divorce
Various Laws, Firstfruits & Tithes, Altar on Mt. Ebal, Pronounce of Curses
Blessings for Obedience and Curses for Disobedience
Renewal of the Covenant, Offer of Life or Death
Read Law during Tabernacles, Rebellion Predicted, Song of Moses
Moses Blesses the Tribes, Death of Moses
Joshua Takes Command, Rahab & the Spies, Crossing the Jordan
Memorial to Crossing Jordan, Israelites Circumcised, Fall of Jericho
Achan's Sin, Fall of Ai
Gibeonites Deceive Israelites, The Sun Stands Still, Five Amorite Kings Killed
List of Kings Defeated, Land Still to be Taken, Division of the Land East of Jordan River
Division of Land West of Jordan River, Allotment for Judah
Allotment of Land to Tribes
Allotment of Land to Tribes, Cities of Refuge, Towns for Levites
Towns for Levites, Eastern Tribes Return Home
Joshua's Farewell, Covenant Renewed, Death of Joshua
Israel Fails to Drive Out all Nations; Every Man is a Law Unto Himself (Judges 17-21)
Micah's Idols, Danites Settle in Laish
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Wisdom
Psalm 49
Psalm 50
Psalm 51
Psalm 52
Psalm 53
Psalm 54
Psalm 55
Psalm 56
Psalm 57
Psalm 58
Psalm 59
Psalm 60
Psalm 61
Psalm 62
Psalm 63
Psalm 64
Psalm 65
Psalm 66
Psalm 67
Psalm 68
Psalm 69
Psalm 70
Psalm 71
Psalm 72
Psalm 73
Psalm 74
Psalm 75
Psalm 76
Psalm 77
Psalm 78
Chronological
Judges 19-21
Judges 3:7-30
Ruth 1-2
Ruth 3-4
Judges 3:31-5:31
Judges 6-7
Judges 8-10:5
Judges 10:6-12:15
Judges 13-14
Judges 15-16
1 Samuel 1-2
1 Samuel 3-4
1 Samuel 5-6
1 Samuel 7-8
1 Samuel 9-10
1 Samuel 11-12
1 Samuel 13-14
1 Samuel 15-16
1 Samuel 17
1 Samuel 18-19
1 Samuel 20-21
1 Samuel 22-24
1 Samuel 25-26
1 Samuel 27,29-30
1 Samuel 28,31
1 Chronicles 1-10
2 Samuel 1-2
2 Samuel 3-4
2 Samuel 5:1-10; 1 Chron. 11-12
2 Samuel 5:11-25; 1 Chron. 13-14
Date(s)
1403 BC
1400-1280 BC
1282-1272 BC
1272-1271 BC
1280-1240 BC
1240-1200 BC
1233-1152 BC
1170-1121 BC
1151-1121 BC
1121-1101 BC
1169-1122 BC
1169-1122 BC
1122-1121 BC
1121-1095 BC
1095 BC
1095 BC
1093 BC
1070 BC
1067 BC
1065 BC
1065 BC
1065 BC
1060 BC
1060-1056 BC
1056 BC
4004-1056 BC
1055 BC
1048 BC
1048 BC
1047 BC
Chronological Events
A Levite & Concubine, Israel fights the Tribe of Benjamin, Wives for Benjamites
Subjugation (8 yrs) & Ehud (32 yrs), Subjugation (18 yrs) & Ehud (62 yrs)
Ruth, a Moabitess, Meets Boaz
Ruth Marries Boaz (Grandfather of David)
Subjugation (20 yrs) and Deborah & Barak (20 yrs), Shamgar vs. Philistines (1260 BC)
Subjugation (7 yrs) & Gideon (33 yrs)
Gideon's Ephod, Abimelech (3 yrs), Tola (23 yrs), Jair (22 yrs)
Subjugation (18 yrs), Jephthah (6 yrs), Ibzan (7 yrs), Elon (10 yrs), Abdon (8 yrs)
Birth of Samson, Marries a Philistine, Philistine 40-yr Subjugation Begins (1141 BC)
Samson's Revenge, Samson & Delilah, Death of Samson (1101 BC)
Birth of Samuel, Hannah Dedicates Samuel, Samuel Serves with Eli, Eli's Wicked Sons
The Call of Samuel, Philistines Capture the Ark, Death of Eli (1122 BC)
Ark Causes Trouble for Philistines, Ark is Returned to Israel
Philistines Subdued at Mizpah, Israel Asks For a King
Samuel Anoints Saul as King of Israel
Saul Defeats Ammonites (1095 BC), Samuel's Farewell (1095 BC)
Samuel Rebukes Saul, Jonathan Attacks the Philistines (1093 BC)
The LORD Rejects Saul as King, Samuel Secretly Anoints David as King
David (c. age 18) Kills Goliath (1067 BC)
Saul's Jealousy of David, Saul Tries to Kill David
David & Jonathan, David Eats Consecrated Bread, David Finds Refuge at Gath
Saul Pursues David & Kills the Priests at Nob, David Spares Saul
Death of Samuel, David Marries Abigail, David Again Spares Saul
David Among Philistines, David Sent to Ziklag, David Destroys Amalekites
Saul & the Witch of Endor, Saul Takes His Life
Genealogies from Adam to Saul (skim read Chapters 1-9), Saul Takes His Life
David Mourns Saul, Anointed King over Judah, War with House of Saul
Abner Joins David but is Murdered by Joab, Saul's Son Murdered
David King over all Israel, David Conquers Jerusalem
David Defeats the Philistines
Note: Eli (1220-1122 BC) became a priest at age 30 (1190 BC). He was the High Priest when Hannah prayed for a son. Samuel was born (c. 1169-1152 BC) while Jair was judge
(about the same time Samson was born). After Samuel was weaned (age 5?), Hannah dedicated him to the LORD, and he served before the LORD with Eli.
Note: Upon the death of Eli (who was both a priest and a judge), Samson led (judged) Israel for 20 years while Samuel served the LORD as a prophet and priest. After Samson
died, Samuel lived for another 40 years and served as a circuit-riding judge (1 Sam. 7:15-17).
Note: 1 Chronicles 9:1-34 indicates it was written after the Babylonian Captivity of the 6th century BC. Tradition holds that Ezra the priest who led a group of exiles back to
Jerusalem wrote 1&2 Chronicles (a single book in the Hebrew canon) and Ezra-Nehemiah (a single book in the Hebrew canon).
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Wisdom
Psalm 79
Psalm 80
Psalm 81
Psalm 82
Psalm 83
Psalm 84
Psalm 85
Psalm 86
Psalm 87
Psalm 88
Psalm 89
Psalm 90
Psalm 91
Psalm 92
Psalm 93
Psalm 94
Psalm 95
Psalm 96
Psalm 97
Psalm 98
Psalm 99
Psalm 100
Psalm 101
Psalm 102
Psalm 103
Psalm 104
Psalm 105
Psalm 106
Psalm 107
Psalm 108
Psalm 109
Chronological
2 Samuel 6; 1 Chronicles 15-16
2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17
2 Samuel 8; 1 Chronicles 18
2 Samuel 9-10; 1 Chronicles 19
2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Chron. 20:1-3
2 Samuel 13-14
2 Samuel 15-16:14
2 Samuel 16:15-19:8
2 Samuel 19:9-20:26
2 Samuel 21-22; 1 Chron. 20:4-8
2 Samuel 23-24; 1 Chronicles 21
1 Chronicles 22-24
1 Chronicles 25-27
1 Chronicles 28, 1 Kings 1
1 Chronicles 29; 1 Kings 2
1 Kings 3-4; 2 Chronicles 1
1 Kings 5; 2 Chronicles 2
1 Kings 6; 2 Chronicles 3
1 Kings 7; 2 Chronicles 4
1 Kings 8:1-21; 2 Chronicles 5
1 Kings 8:22-66; 2 Chronicles 6-7
1 Kings 9; 2 Chronicles 8
1 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 9:1-12
1 Kings 11; 2 Chronicles 9:13-31
1 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 10-11
1 Kings 13-14; 2 Chronicles 12
1 Kings 15:1-8; 2 Chronicles 13
1 Kings 15:9-24; 2 Chronicles 14-16
1 Kings 15:25-16:34; 2 Chron. 17
1 Kings 17-18
1 Kings 19-21
Date(s)
1045 BC
1044 BC
1040-1037 BC
1035 BC
1032-1027 BC
1027-1023 BC
1023 BC
1023 BC
1018 BC
1017 BC
1015 BC
1015 BC
1015 BC
1015 BC
1015-1013 BC
1013 BC
1012-1005 BC
1004-992 BC
1004 BC
1004 BC
992 BC
975 BC
975-954 BC
958-955 BC
955-914 BC
954-897 BC
914-912 BC
911-899 BC
Chronological Events
The Ark is Brought to Jerusalem
God's Promise to David
David's Victories, His Officials
Mephibosheth (son of Jonathan) honored, David Defeats the Ammonites
David & Bathsheba, Nathan Rebukes David, Joab Captures Rabbah
Amnon Rapes Tamar (1032 BC), Absolom Kills Amnon (1030 BC) & Flees for 3 Years
Absalom's Conspiracy & Rebellion
Absalom's Conspiracy Fails, Death of Absalom, David Mourns
David Returns to Jerusalem, Sheba Rebels Against David
Gibeonites Avenged, War with Philistines
David Counts the Fighting Men
Preparations for the Temple, The Levites, Divisions of the Priests for Temple Service
Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers & Other Officials, Army Divisions, King's Officials
David's Plans for the Temple, Adonijah-Usurper to the Throne; David Makes Solomon King
People Acknowledge Solomon, David's Charge to Solomon, Death of David
Solomon Asks For Wisdom; Solomon's Officials & Daily Provisions
Preparations for Building the Temple
Solomon Builds the Temple
Solomon Builds his Palace (1004-992 BC); The Temple Furnishings
The Ark Brought to the Temple
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication; Dedication of the Temple
The LORD Appears to Solomon; Solomon's Other Activities
Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon
Solomon's Wives & Splendor, Jeroboam's Rebellion, Death of Solomon
Israel (10 Northern Tribes) Rebels Against Rehoboam (son of Solomon)
Jeroboam (Israel, 975-954 BC), Rehoboam (Judah, 975-958 BC), Shishak Attacks Judah
Abijah (Judah, 958-955 BC)
Asa (Judah, 955-914 BC); Sends Treasuries to Ben-Hadad I (King of Aram)
Many Kings of Israel, then Ahab (Israel, 918-897 BC); Jehoshaphat (Judah, 914-889 BC)
Elijah Resurrects a Boy, Elijah Confronts Prophets of Baal
Elijah Flees, Call of Elisha, Ben-Hadad II Attacks Ahab, Naboth's Vineyard
Note: Shishak, king of Egypt attacked the Southern Kingdom of Judah in 971 BC and carried off all the Temple and Palace treasures. This is the first of many times a foreign king
invaded Judah and took treasures from the Temple. The Bible never mentions the fate of the Ark, nor is there any record that a foreign king took it. Either the Temple priests hid
the Ark, or as some have suggested, Solomon gave it to the Queen of Sheba (a kingdom consisting of parts of modern day Eritrea, Ethiopia and Yemen).
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Wisdom
Psalm 110
Psalm 111
Psalm 112
Psalm 113
Psalm 114
Psalm 115
Psalm 116
Psalm 117
Psalm 118
Psalm 119:1-24
Psalm 119:25-48
Psalm 119:49-72
Psalm 119:73-88
Psalm 119:89-112
Psalm 119:113-136
Psalm 119:137-160
Psalm 119:161-176
Psalm 120
Psalm 121
Psalm 122
Psalm 123
Psalm 124
Psalm 125
Psalm 126
Psalm 127
Psalm 128
Psalm 129
Psalm 130
Psalm 131
Psalm 132
Chronological
1 Kings 22:1-40; 2 Chronicles 18
1 Kings 22:41-50; 2 Chron. 19-20
1 Kings 22:51-53; 2 Kings 1-2
2 Kings 3-4
2 Kings 5-6
2 Kings 7:1-8:24; 2 Chron. 21
2 Kings 8:25-9:37; 2 Chron. 22:1-9
2 Kings 10-11; 2 Chron. 22:10-12
2 Kings 12; 2 Chronicles 23-24
2 Kings 13
2 Kings 14; 2 Chronicles 25
2 Kings 15:1-26; 2 Chronicles 26
Joel 1-3
Jonah 1-4
Amos 1-3
Amos 4-6
Amos 7-9
Hosea 1-3
Hosea 4-5
Hosea 6-8
Hosea 9-10
Hosea 11-12
Hosea 13-14
Isaiah 1-3
Isaiah 4-6
2 Kings 15:27-38; 2 Chronicles 27
Micah 1-3
Micah 4-5
Micah 6-7
2 Kings 16; 2 Chronicles 28
Date(s)
898-897 BC
899-889 BC
898-897 BC
897-886 BC
896 BC
896-886 BC
886 BC
886-879 BC
879-839 BC
857-838 BC
839-784 BC
810-758 BC
808-797 BC
808-784 BC
788 BC
788 BC
788 BC
785-720 BC
785-720 BC
785-720 BC
785-720 BC
785-720 BC
785-720 BC
759 BC
759 BC
759-739 BC
754-720 BC
754-720 BC
754-720 BC
742-726 BC
Chronological Events
Ahab & Jehoshaphat go to War Against Arameans and Ahab is Killed
Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges, Defeats Moab and Ammon
Ahaziah (Israel, 898-897 BC); Elijah Miraculously Transported (897 BC)
Joram (Israel, 897-866 BC), Elisha Resurrects a Boy & Feeds 100
Elisha Performs More Miracles; Ben-Hadad II (King of Aram) Besieges Samaria
Siege Lifted, 7-Year Famine, King of Aram Murdered, Jehoram (Judah, 893-886 BC)
Ahaziah (Judah, 886 BC); Jehu Anointed King of Israel, Jehu Kills Joram & Ahaziah
Ahab's Family Killed, Prophets of Baal Killed, Usurpation by Athaliah (Judah, 886-879 BC)
Joash (Judah, 879-839 BC) King at Age 7, Joash Repairs the Temple
Jehoahaz (Israel, 857-840 BC), Jehoash (Israel, 840-825 BC), Death of Elisha (838 BC)
Amaziah (Judah, 839-810 BC), Jeroboam II (Israel, 825-784 BC)
Uzziah (aka Azariah, King of Judah, 810-758 BC), Four More Kings of Israel
Joel (Prophet to Judah), Call to Repentance, Nations to be Judged
Jonah (Prophet to Israel) Sent to Nineveh of Assyria, People Repent
Amos (Prophet to Israel), Israel's Neighbors to be Judged, Israel to be Judged
A Lament Over Israel, Seek the LORD and Live, Woe to the Complacent
Israel to be Destroyed, Israel's Restoration
Hosea (Prophet to Israel) is Called to Illustrate Israel's Unfaithfulness
The Charge Against Israel, Judgment Against Israel
Israel Unrepentant, Israel to Reap the Whirlwind
Punishment for Israel
God's Love for Israel, Israel's Sin
The LORD's Anger Against Israel, Repentance to Bring Blessing
Isaiah (Prophet to Judah), A Rebellious Nation, Mountain of the LORD, Day of the LORD
The Branch of the LORD, Song of the Vineyard, Woes & Judgments, Isaiah's Commission
Pekah (Israel, 759-739 BC) and Jotham (Judah, 758-742 BC)
Micah (Prophet to Israel), Man's Plans & God's, Leaders & False Prophets Rebuked
The Mountain of the LORD, The LORD's Plan, A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem
The Case Against Israel, Guilt & Punishment, Israel Will Rise, Prayer & Praise
Ahaz (Judah, 742-726 BC), Worshipped the Baals & Shut the LORD's Temple
Note: Many believe Elijah did not die because God took him "up to heaven" in a fiery chariot (2 Kings 2:1-18) and equate Elijah's experience with that of Enoch (Genesis 5:21-24).
Whereas the author of Hebrews confirms that Enoch did not taste death (Hebrews 11:5) we can surmise that Elijah was translated to another location similar to Philip's experience
(Acts 8:39-40). Elijah's transportation occured shortly after Ahaziah (king of Israel, 898-897 BC) had died, but a few years later he reproved Jehoram (king of Judah, 893-886 BC)
for killing his brothers to secure the throne (2 Chronicles 21:12-15).
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Wisdom
Psalm 133
Psalm 134
Psalm 135
Psalm 136
Psalm 137
Psalm 138
Psalm 139
Psalm 140
Psalm 141
Psalm 142
Psalm 143
Psalm 144
Psalm 145
Psalm 146
Psalm 147
Psalm 148
Psalm 149
Psalm 150
Proverbs 1:1-19
Proverbs 1:20-33
Proverbs 2:1-11
Proverbs 2:12-22
Proverbs 3:1-18
Proverbs 3:19-35
Proverbs 4:1-13
Proverbs 4:14-27
Proverbs 5:1-14
Proverbs 5:15-23
Proverbs 6:1-19
Proverbs 6:20-35
Proverbs 7:1-13
Chronological
Isaiah 7-8
Isaiah 9-10
Isaiah 11-12
Isaiah 13-14
2 Kings 17
2 Kings 18:1-4; 2 Chronicles 29-31
Isaiah 15-17
Isaiah 18-20
Isaiah 21-22
Isaiah 23-24
Isaiah 25-27
Isaiah 28-29
Isaiah 30-31
Isaiah 32-33
2 Kings 18:5-16; Isaiah 34-35
2 Chronicles 32:1-23; Isaiah 36
2 Kings 18:17-19:37; Isaiah 37
2 Kings 20; 2 Chr. 32:24-33; Isa. 38-39
Isaiah 40-41
Isaiah 42-43
Isaiah 44-45
Isaiah 46-48
Isaiah 49-51
Isaiah 52-54
Isaiah 55-57
Isaiah 58-60
Isaiah 61-63
Isaiah 64-66
2 Kings 21; 2 Chronicles 33
2 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 34
2 Kings 23:1-30; 2 Chronicles 35
Date(s)
742-726 BC
742-726 BC
742-726 BC
742-726 BC
730-721 BC
726 BC
726-713 BC
726-713 BC
726-713 BC
726-713 BC
726-713 BC
726-713 BC
726-713 BC
726-713 BC
726-713 BC
713-710 BC
710 BC
713-697 BC
710-697 BC
710-697 BC
710-697 BC
710-697 BC
710-697 BC
710-697 BC
710-697 BC
710-697 BC
710-697 BC
710-697 BC
697-640 BC
640-623 BC
623-609 BC
Chronological Events
The Sign of Immanuel, Assyria the LORD's Instrument, Fear God
To Us A Child Is Born, Anger Against Israel, Judgment on Assyria, Remnant of Israel
The Branch from Jesse, Songs of Praise
A Prophecy Against Babylon, Against Assyria & Against Philistines
Hoshea (Israel, 730-721 BC), Israel (Northern Kingdom) Falls to Assyria (721 BC)
Hezekiah (Judah, 726-697 BC), Purifies Temple 1st Month, Passover 2nd Month
Prophecy Against Moab and Damascus, Assyria Defeats Moab (724 BC)
Prophecy Against Cush and Egypt (713 BC), Assyria Defeats Egypt After 3 Yrs (710 BC)
Prophecies Against Bablyon and Edom, A Prophecy About Jerusalem
A Prophecy About Tyre, The LORD's Devastation of the Earth
Praise to the LORD, A Song of Praise, Deliverance of Israel
Woe to Ephraim, Woe to David's City
Woe to an Obstinate Nation, Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt
The Kingdom of Righteousness, The Women of Jerusalem, Distress and Help
Hezekiah Pays Tribute to Assyria (713 BC), Judgment for Nations, Joy of the Redeemed
Jerusalem is Initially Bypassed by Assyria, but Sennacherib Sends Letter (710 BC)
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem, Hezekiah's Prayer, Jerusalem's Deliverance
Hezekiah's Pride, Illness, Repentance & Recovery; Babylonian Envoys, Death of Hezekiah
God's Comfort for His People, The Helper of Israel
The Servant of the LORD, Israel Blind & Deaf, Israel's Only Savior, God's Mercy
Israel the Chosen, The LORD Not Idols, Jerusalem to be Inhabited
Gods of Babylon, The Fall of Babylon, Stubborn Israel
Servant of the LORD, Israel's Sin & Servant's Obedience, Everlasting Salvation for Zion
Salvation for Israel, The Suffering Servant, The Future Glory of Zion
Invitation to the Thirsty, Salvation for Others, Comfort for the Contrite
True Fasting, Confession and Redemption, The Glory of Zion
The Year of the LORD's Favor, Zion's New Name, Day of Vengeance & Redemption
Praise & Prayer, Judgment & Salvation, New Heavens & New Earth, Judgment & Hope
Manasseh (Judah, 697-642 BC), Amon (Judah, 642-640 BC)
Josiah (Judah, 640-609 BC), Institutes Reforms, Book of Law Found (623 BC)
Josiah Celebrates the Passover, Death of Josiah
Note: After the Fall of Samaria (721 BC), the kings of Assyria continued their conquest of neighboring nations. Assyria invaded the cities of Judah in Hezekiah's 14th year (713
BC), and Hezekiah paid tribute to the king to not invade Jerusalem. Assyria then turned its attention to Moab and Egypt as prophesied by Isaiah. In 710 BC, Sennacherib sent a
letter to Hezekiah of his intent to destroy Jerusalem. Hezekiah turned to the LORD in prayer, and God answered through Isaiah the prophet that He would defend Jerusalem.
Indeed, an angel of the LORD put to death 185,000 fighting men in the Assyrian camp in one night, and after Sennacherib returned to Nineveh, his sons put him to death.
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Wisdom
Proverbs 7:14-27
Proverbs 8:1-21
Proverbs 8:22-36
Proverbs 9:1-18
Proverbs 10:1-16
Proverbs 10:17-32
Proverbs 11:1-15
Proverbs 11:16-31
Proverbs 12:1-14
Proverbs 12:15-28
Proverbs 13:1-12
Proverbs 13:13-25
Proverbs 14:1-17
Proverbs 14:18-35
Proverbs 15:1-16
Proverbs 15:17-33
Proverbs 16:1-16
Proverbs 16:17-33
Proverbs 17:1-14
Proverbs 17:15-28
Proverbs 18:1-12
Proverbs 18:13-24
Proverbs 19:1-15
Proverbs 19:16-29
Proverbs 20:1-15
Proverbs 20:16-30
Proverbs 21:1-16
Proverbs 21:17-31
Proverbs 22:1-16
Proverbs 22:17-29
Proverbs 23:1-18
Chronological
Jeremiah 1-2
Jeremiah 3-4
Jeremiah 5-6
Jeremiah 7-8
Jeremiah 9-11
Jeremiah 12-13
Jeremiah 14-15
Jeremiah 16-17
Nahum 1-3
Zephaniah 1-3
2 Kings 23:31-24:20; 2 Chr. 36:1-14
Habakkuk 1-3
Daniel 1-3
Jeremiah 25-26
Jeremiah 35-36
Jeremiah 45-47
Jeremiah 48-49
Jeremiah 22-24
Jeremiah 27-28
Jeremiah 29-31
Jeremiah 50-51
Ezekiel 1-3
Ezekiel 4-5
Ezekiel 6-7
Ezekiel 8-10
Ezekiel 11-12
Ezekiel 13-14
Ezekiel 15-16
Ezekiel 17-18
Ezekiel 19-20
Ezekiel 21-23
Date(s)
629-609 BC
629-609 BC
629-609 BC
629-609 BC
629-609 BC
629-609 BC
629-609 BC
629-609 BC
615 BC
610 BC
609-586 BC
609 BC
606-604 BC
606 BC
606 BC
606 BC
606 BC
597 BC
594 BC
593 BC
593 BC
593 BC
593-592 BC
593-592 BC
592-591 BC
592-591 BC
592-591 BC
592-591 BC
592-591 BC
591-590 BC
589 BC
Chronological Events
Jeremiah (Prophet to Judah), Call of Jeremiah, Israel Forsakes God
Unfaithful Israel, Disaster from the North
No One Is Upright, Jerusalem Under Siege
False Religion Worthless, The Valley of Slaughter, Sin & Punishment
God & Idols, Coming Destruction, The Covenant is Broken, Plot Against Jeremiah
Jeremiah's Complaint & God's Answer, Judgment & Threat of Captivity
Drought, Famine & Sword
Day of Disaster, Keeping the Sabbath Holy
Nahum Prophesies the Fall of Nineveh (Babylonians Defeated Nineveh in 612 BC)
Zephaniah Prophesies Against Judah and Surrounding Nations, Future of Jerusalem
Jehoahaz (609 BC), Jehoiakim (609-598), Jehoiachin (598-597), Zedekiah (597-586)
Habakkuk Cries to the LORD for Justice, God Replies He's Sending the Babylonians
Daniel Taken to Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of a Statue, The Fiery Furnace
Seventy Years of Captivity Prophesied, Jeremiah Threatened with Death
The Recabites Obedience Commended, Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah's Scroll
A Message to Baruch, A Message About Egypt, A Message About the Philistines
A Message About Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar and Hazor, and Elam
Jeremiah Prophesies Against Jehoiachin, The Righteous Branch, Two Baskets of Figs
Judah to Serve Babylon, The False Prophet Hananiah
Jeremiah Sends Letter to Exiles, Restoration of Israel, A New Covenant
A Prophecy Against Babylon
Ezekiel Begins to Prophesy Among Exiles in Babylon
Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized
A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel, The End Has Come
Idolatry in the Temple, Idolaters Killed, The Glory Departs the Temple
Judgment on Israel's Leaders, The Exile Symbolized
False Prophets Condemned, Idolaters Condemned, Judgment Inescapable
A Useless Vine, Unfaithful Jerusalem
Two Eagles & A Vine, The Soul Who Sins Will Die
A Lament for Israel's Princes, Rebellious Israel, Judgment & Restoration
Babylon--God's Sword of Judgment, Jerusalem's Sins, Two Adulterous Sisters
Note: Josiah was the last sovereign king of Judah. He was killed in battle against Pharoah Neco in 609 BC, and the people of Judah made one of Josiah's sons, Jehoahaz, king.
However, he ruled only three months before Neco deposed him and took him in chains to Egypt. Neco then placed another of Josiah's sons, Eliakim, on the throne and changed
his name to Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim paid tribute to Neco until Nebuchadnezzar invaded Judah for the first time (606 BC). Jehoiakim quickly changed allegiances from Egypt to
Babylon, and he was allowed to remain on the throne in Judah, but now as a vassal king to Nebuchadnezzar. Meanwhile, Nebuchadnezzar deported some of "the best and
brightest" youths to be trained in Babylon. Among them was Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego.
Note: King Jehoiakim would not remain faithful to Babylon for long, and Nebuchadnezzar returned to Judah in 597 BC. Jehoiakim was shackled to be taken to Babylon, but was
killed before being deported (possibly by the Jews), and his son Jehoiachin became king for 3 months. Nebuchadnezzar deported 10,000 prominent Jews (soldiers, craftsman
and artisans) from Jerusalem, plus an additional 8,000 from the rest of Judah to Babylon, and he took all the Temple treasures. Among those deported to Babylon included King
Jehoiachin, his mother, his wives & officials, Ezekiel the prophet, and Mordecai (whose younger cousin Hadassah would be born in exile and become Queen Esther, see Esther
2:5-7). Nebuchadnezzar made Zekediah, another son of Josiah, king.
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Wisdom
Proverbs 23:19-35
Proverbs 24:1-16
Proverbs 24:17-34
Proverbs 25:1-14
Proverbs 25:15-28
Proverbs 26:1-14
Proverbs 26:15-28
Lamentations 1
Lamentations 2
Lamentations 3
Lamentations 4
Lamentations 5
Proverbs 27:1-14
Proverbs 27:15-27
Proverbs 28:1-14
Proverbs 28:15-28
Proverbs 29:1-14
Proverbs 29:15-27
Proverbs 30:1-16
Proverbs 30:17-33
Proverbs 31:1-9
Proverbs 31:10-31
Song of Songs 1
Song of Songs 2
Song of Songs 3
Song of Songs 4
Song of Songs 5
Song of Songs 6
Song of Songs 7
Song of Songs 8
Chronological
Ezekiel 24-25
Ezekiel 26-28
Ezekiel 29-31
Jeremiah 18-19
Jeremiah 20-21
Jeremiah 32-34
Jeremiah 37-38
2 Kings 25:1-26; Jeremiah 39
2 Chron. 36:15-21; Jer. 52:1-30
Jeremiah 40-41
Jeremiah 42-43
Jeremiah 44; Ezekiel 32
Ezekiel 33-34
Ezekiel 35; Obadiah
Ezekiel 36-37
Ezekiel 38-39
Daniel 4
Ezekiel 40-41
Ezekiel 42-43
Ezekiel 44-45
Ezekiel 46-48
2 Kgs 25:27-30; Jer 52:31-34; Dan 7-8
Daniel 5-6,9
2 Chron. 36:22-23; Daniel 10-12
Ezra 1-4
Haggai 1-2; Zechariah 1-2
Zechariah 3-6
Zechariah 7-10
Zechariah 11-14
Ezra 5-6
Date(s)
589 BC
588-587 BC
588-587 BC
588 BC
588 BC
588-586 BC
588-586 BC
586 BC
586 BC
586 BC
586 BC
586 BC
586-585 BC
585 BC
585 BC
585 BC
580-561 BC
572 BC
572 BC
572 BC
572 BC
561-551 BC
539 BC
536-534 BC
536-521 BC
520-519 BC
520-519 BC
519-518 BC
519-518 BC
519-516 BC
Chronological Events
Two Adulterous Sisters, The Cooking Pot, A Prophecy Against Surrounding Nations
A Prophecy Against Tyre, A Lament for Tyre, A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre
A Prophecy Against Egypt, A Lament for Egypt, A Cedar in Lebanon
At the Potter's House
Jeremiah & Pashhur, Jeremiah's Complaint, God Rejects Zedekiah's Request
Jeremiah Buys a Field, Promise of Restoration, Warning to Zedekiah, Freedom for Slaves
Jeremiah in Prison, Jeremiah Thrown Into a Cistern
The Fall of Jerusalem
The Fall of Jerusalem; Minor Deportations (Jer. 52:28-30)
Jeremiah Freed, Gedaliah Assassinated
A Remnant of Jews Flee to Egypt
Disaster Because of Idolatry, A Lament for Pharaoh
Ezekiel A Watchman, Jerusalem's Fall Explained, Shepherds and Sheep
Prophecies Against Edom (Edomites, descendants of Esau, rejoiced at fall of Jerusalem)
A Prophecy to Mountains of Israel, The Valley of Dry Bones, One Nation Under One King
A Prophecy Against Gog
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of a Tree (Fulfilled One Year Later)
Vision of the New Temple
Vision of God's Glory Returning to the Temple
The Prince, The Levites & The Priests, Division of the Land
Offerings & Holy Days, The River From The Temple, Division of the Land, Gates of the City
Jehoiachin Released (561 BC), Daniel's Dreams of World Empires (553 & 551 BC)
The Writing on the Wall, The Lion's Den, Daniel's Prayer & The Seventy Sevens
Cyrus Allows Jews to Return, Vision of Future Kings to Temple's Desecration & End Times
The Exiles Return, Rebuilding of the Temple Begins But Opposition Stops its Progress
Haggai & Zechariah Begin to Prophesy About Rebuilding the Temple
Joshua a Symbol of the Branch, Judgment Coming to the World
God Requires Justice & Mercy, Blessings for Jerusalem, The Coming of Zion's King
Visions of the Coming Messiah, Israel's Ultimate Acceptance & Millennial Kingdom
Cyrus' Decree Found in the Archives, Decree Reissued by Darius, Temple Completed
Note: Zedekiah also rebelled against Babylon in opposition to the Word of God spoken by Jeremiah, as the three previous kings of Judah had done. The final siege of Jerusalem
began in 588 BC, it was lifted temporarily to engage the Egyptian army, then Jerusalem fell in 586 BC. Jeremiah was intially taken captive, then released. When he saw the
devasted city he wrote 5 poems lamenting its destruction. The utter destruction of the Temple in 586 BC marks the beginning of the 70 year period of Desolations (i.e., no
Temple), which overlaps the 70 year period of Servitude to Babylon that began in 606 BC. The 70 years of Servitude ended with the decree of Cyrus in 536 BC following the Fall
of Babylon to the Persians. However, early attempts to rebuild the Temple were frustrated until Darius, King of Persia, reissued Cyrus' decree in 520 BC. The Temple's
reconstruction was completed in 516 BC, closing out the 70 year period of Desolation.
Note: Ezra, the author of 1&2 Chronicles, provides the reason for a 70 year period of Desolation as punishment for not following God's Law of Sabbath rests for the land (see 2
Chronicles 36:20-21 in fulfillment of Leviticus 26:33-35 and the Sabbath Law for the land in Exodus 23:10-11 and Leviticus 25:1-7). 70 years of Desolation equates to the land
missing every Sabbath year during the 490 year Kingdom Era from Saul until the beginning of the Servitude to Babylon (1095-606 BC).
Note: Daniel served in the king's court in Babylon into the early years of King Cyrus. In the first year after Babylon had fallen, he offered an intercessory prayer confessing the sins
of Israel, understanding that the 70 years of Servitude were about complete. In response, God sent Gabriel to give Daniel the vision of Seventy-Sevens (Daniel 9).
Note: Zechariah's visions of the Flying Scroll, The Woman in a Basket, and Four Chariots (Chapters 5-6) appear to be similar to John's visions of the Scroll that only the Lamb
could unseal, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Mystery Babylon--the Harlot (see Revelation 5,6,17-18).
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Wisdom
Ecclesiastes 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Ecclesiastes 3
Ecclesiastes 4
Ecclesiastes 5
Ecclesiastes 6
Ecclesiastes 7
Ecclesiastes 8
Ecclesiastes 9
Ecclesiastes 10
Ecclesiastes 11
Ecclesiastes 12
Matthew
1:1-25
2:1-4:11
4:12-25
8:1-4,14-17
9:1-8
9:9-13
12:1-21
5:1-7:29
8:5-13
11:1-30
12:22-50
13:1-52
8:18-34
9:14-10:42
13:53-58
14:1-36
15:1-16:20
16:21-18:35
Chronological
Esther 1-2
Esther 3-5
Esther 6-8
Esther 9-10
Ezra 7-8
Ezra 9-10
Nehemiah 1-3
Nehemiah 4-6
Nehemiah 7-9
Nehemiah 10-11
Nehemiah 12-13
Malachi 1-4
Mark
Luke
1:1-2:20
1:1-13
2:21-4:13
John
1:1-5
1:6-18
1:19-4:54
Date(s)
519-515 BC
510 BC
510 BC
509 BC
467 BC
467 BC
455-454 BC
454 BC
454 BC
454 BC
454-442 BC
442-416 BC
Date(s)
3-1 BC
10-27 AD
28 AD
1:14-2:12
4:14-5:26
2:13-3:19
5:27-6:16
3:20-21
6:17-49
7:1-50
8:1-3
8:19-21
28 AD
4:1-5:20
8:4-39
28 AD
5:21-6:13
8:40-9:6
28 AD
6:14-56
7:1-8:30
8:31-9:37
9:38-50
9:7-17
9:18-27
9:28-48
9:49-10:16
10:17-11:13
11:14-13:35
14:1-17:37
3:22-35
28 AD
5:1-47
28 AD
28 AD
6:1-71
7:1-8:30
8:31-10:21
29 AD
29 AD
29 AD
29 AD
29 AD
29 AD
29 AD
29
19:1-30
10:1-31
18:1-30
10:22-42
29-30 AD
30
20:1-34
10:32-52
18:31-19:10
11:1-54
30 AD
31
21:1-32
11:1-33
19:11-20:8
11:55-12:1
12:9-19
30 AD
Chronological Events
Darius Divorces Queen Vashti (518 BC), Marries Esther (515 BC)
Haman's Plot, Mordecai Persuades Esther, Esther's Request, Haman's Rage
Mordecai Honored, Haman Hanged, King's Edict on Behalf of the Jews
Triumph of the Jews, Purim Celebrated, The Greatness of Mordecai
Ezra Comes to Jerusalem, Artaxerxes' Decree to Beautify Temple, List of Family Heads
Ezra's Prayer About Intermarriage, People's Confession of Sin
Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem to Rebuild the Walls
Jerusalem's Walls Are Rebuilt in 52 Days Despite Opposition
Ezra Reads the Law, The Israelites Confess Their Sins
People Agree to Follow the Law, New Residents of Jerusalem
Priests & Levites Who Returned, Dedication of the Wall, Nehemiah's Final Reforms
Blemished Sacrifices, The Day of Judgment, Robbing God, The Day of the LORD
Refer to "Gospels in Parallel" Tab For Greater Detail
Conception & Birth of John & Jesus, Jesus Presented at Temple
Jesus (12) at Temple, John the Baptist, Baptism of Jesus, Temptation of Jesus
Water to Wine, Clears Temple (1st Passover), Remains in Judea until John Imprisoned
John Denies He is Christ, John Imprisoned, Jesus Returns to Galilee, Performs Miracles in
Capernaum, Goes to Nazareth and is Rejected, He Returns to Capernaum and Lives There
Teaching in Synagogues and Performing Miracles, Jesus Calls the First Disciples
Calling of Matthew, Heals Man at Bethesda (Unspecified Feast), After Praying All Night Jesus
Chooses the Twelve
Multitudes Gather, Jesus Delivers the Sermon on the Mount
The Faith of a Centurion, John the Baptist (From Prison) Sends Disciples to Jesus, Women
Minister to Jesus & the Twelve; Jesus Heals a Blind & Dumb Man, Sign of Jonah, Mother &
Brothers
Jesus Teaches Several Parables to Multitudes Gathered at the Shore From a Boat, Jesus
Calms the Storm, Heals Two Demon-Possessed Men
Jesus Raises Jairus' Daughter, Heals the Blind and the Dumb, Jesus is Rejected Again in His
Home Town of Nazareth, Workers Are Few, He Sends out the Twelve
John the Baptist Beheaded, Jesus Withdraws to a Solitary Place, Jesus Feeds 5,000
Clean vs. Unclean (2nd Passover), Jesus Feeds 4,000, Peter's Confession of Christ
The Transfiguration, Jesus Begins to Teach Disciples About His Death, Parables
Jesus Sends out the 72, Jesus at Feast of Tabernacles, A Woman is Caught in Adultery
The 72 Return and Give a Report, Parable of the Good Samaritan, The Lord's Prayer
The Sign of Jonah, Jesus Teaches On Way to the Feast of Dedication (Hannakah)
Jesus Dines at House of a Pharisee, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Ten Lepers Healed
Jews Try to Seize Christ in Jerusalem for Feast of Dedication, Following the Feast Jesus
Goes to East Side of Jordan River Near Where John Baptized
Lazarus Dies & is Raised by Christ, Many Believe in Him, Jewish Leaders Plot to Kill Him,
Jesus Withdraws From Public Ministry Until Passover, On Return to Jerusalem Jesus Heals
Blind Beggars in Jericho and Stays with Zacchaeus
Jesus Arrives in Bethany 6 Days Before 3rd Passover, Large Crowds Gather to See Jesus &
Lazarus, The Triumphal Entry
Note: The King of Persia in the story of Esther is named Ahasuerus in Hebrew. It is a throne name, and scholars have associated almost every Persian king with this Ahasuerus.
Modern scholarship identifies him with Xerxes I (485-465 BC), but there are several reasons to reject this identity in favor of his predecessor, Darius I (521-485 BC). It is under Darius I
that the Persian empire reached its height with 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia (Esther 1:1), and Darius I is the king who invaded and conquered India in 506 BC. In contrast, the
Greek historian Herodotus records that by the beginning of Xerxes I reign, the Persian empire was beginning to lose provinces.
Cell: G15
Comment: The Nativity year in use today was established in AD 525 by Pope John I who commissioned Dionysius Exiguus to prepare a standard calendar for the Western Church. Not
wanting to reckon years from the Roman Emperor Diocletian, who persecuted the Church, he calculated the beginning of the Christian Era as January 1, 754 A.U.C. (anno urbis
conditae = from the foundation of the city of Rome) and Christ's birth was thought to have been the preceding December 25th.
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Comment: According to Luke 3:12, John the Baptist began his ministry in the 15th year of Tiberias Caesar, which is AD 26 or AD 28 depending on whether Luke was measuring from when
he became co-regent with Augustus or when he became the sole regent. John was 6 months older than Jesus (Luke 1:5-38) and it is reasonable to assume he started his
ministry at age 30 according to Mosaic Law (Numbers 4) and Jesus began his ministry 6 months later at age 30 (Luke 3:23). If Jesus was 30 in AD 26, this corresponds to a 5
BC birth. If he was 30 in AD 28, this corresponds to a 3 BC birth.
Nov
1
2
Matthew
21:33-22:46
23:1-24:35
Mark
12:1-37
12:38-13:31
Luke
20:9-44
20:45-21:33
John
Date(s)
30 AD
30 AD
3
24:36-26:16
13:32-14:11
21:34-22:6
12:2-8, 20-50
30 AD
4
26:17-30
14:12-26
22:7-39
13:1-15:17
30 AD
5
26:31-56
14:27-52
22:40-53
15:18-18:11
30 AD
6
26:57-27:26
14:53-15:15
22:54-23:25
18:12-40
30 AD
7
8
27:27-61
27:62-28:20
19:1-42
20:1-21:25
15:16-47
23:26-56
16:1-20
24:1-53
Chronological
9
10
11
Acts 1-3
Acts 4-6
Acts 7-9
30 AD
30 AD
Date(s)
30 AD
30 AD
30-41 AD
12
Acts 10-12
41-44 AD
13
Acts 13:1-15:35
45-50 AD
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
James 1-2
James 3-5
Acts 15:36-18:22
1 Thessalonians 1-5
2 Thessalonians 1-3
Acts 18:23-21:36
Galatians 1-3
Galatians 4-6
1 Corinthians 1-3
1 Corinthians 4-6
1 Corinthians 7-9
1 Corinthians 10-13
1 Corinthians 14-16
2 Corinthians 1-3
2 Corinthians 4-6
2 Corinthians 7-9
2 Corinthians 10-13
50 AD
53-56 AD
56 AD
56 AD
56-60 AD
58 AD
59 AD
59 AD
Refer to "Gospels in Parallel" Tab For Greater Detail
Jesus Teaches Publicly While Jewish Leaders Seek Ways to Arrest Him
Woes Against Jewish Leaders, The Widow's Offering, Signs of the End of the Age
Jesus Continues To Teach Publicly While Jewish Leaders Plot to Kill Him, Jesus Prays Aloud
to the Father and He Responds With A Thunderous Voice
Jesus Sends Peter & John to Prepare for Passover Meal, At the Meal Jesus Institutes the
Lord's Supper & Reveals His Betrayer, Afterwards They Leave for Garden of Gethsemane
Jesus Comforts the Disciples & Prays, Judas Leads an Armed Crowd to Arrest Jesus
Jesus is Taken to Home of the High Priest Where a Mock Trial is Held Before Dawn, At Dawn
He is Tried Before Sanhedrin and Taken to Pilate to be Executed
Jesus is Flogged, Mocked & Crucified at 3rd hour (9:00 am), He Dies & is Buried
Jesus is Risen, He Appears to Many over 40 Days, Jesus Ascends into Heaven
Chronological Events
Ascension of Christ, Matthias Chosen, Pentecost, Peter Heals a Crippled Beggar
Peter & John Before Sanhedrin, Ananias & Sapphira, Choosing Seven Deacons
Stoning of Stephen, Church Persecuted, Philip & the Ethiopian, Saul's Conversion (32 AD)
Conversion of Cornelius, Peter Explains His Actions, The Church in Antioch, James (Brother of
John) Martyred, Peter's Escape From Prison, Death of Herod Agrippa
Paul's 1st Missionary Journey (45-46 AD), Upon Returning Paul & Barnabas Stayed in Antioch
"A Long Time" (About 5 Years), Council at Jerusalem (50 AD)
Trials & Temptations, Listening & Doing, Favoritism Forbidden, Faith & Deeds
Taming the Tongue, Two Kinds of Wisdom, Submit to God, Warning to Rich Oppressors
Paul's 2nd Missionary Journey
Paul Sent Timothy With This Letter to Thessalonica While He Was in Corinth
Paul Followed Up With A Second Letter to Expand on His Teaching of the End Times
Paul's 3rd Missionary Journey, Paul Arrested In Jerusalem
After Paul Left Galatia, the Church Was Seduced Into Believing That They Were Justified By
Works of the Law, So Paul Sent This Strongly Worded Letter to Correct Them
Chloe's household told Paul a schism had developed in the church at Corinth. Meanwhile
Apollos arrived with a letter from Corinth asking advice about marriage (1 Cor. 7:1). In
response, Paul wrote this letter to the Corinthians and sent it with Stephanas, Fortunatas and
Achaicus, as Apollos was not ready to return (1 Cor. 16:12-18). In the letter he ordered the
expulsion of an immoral brother (1 Cor. 5) and corrected errors in conduct and belief.
Titus met Paul in Macedonia and delivered a good report of the church in Corinth (2 Cor. 7:57). Paul then wrote this 2nd letter and sent it with Timothy along with Titus and another brother
to finish collecting the gift for believers in Jerusalem (2 Cor. 8:16-9:5).
Cell: G13
Comment: Following Paul's conversion, he preached in Damascus, then 3 years later he went to Jerusalem (Gal. 1:18) where most of the disciples distrusted him. Barnabas took him in
and brought him before the apostles. Paul began to preach openly in Jerusalem until some Grecian Jews threatened to kill him. So, the brothers sent Paul away to Tarsus,
his birthplace (Acts 9:19b-30; 22:3).
Cell: G14
Comment: As a consequence of persecution by Jews in Jerusalem, disciples traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch of Syria. In Antioch, some disciples began to speak to
Gentiles about Jesus and a great number believed. When news reached the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to investigate. Barnabas then went to Tarsus to bring
Paul back to Antioch. This church also began the practice of taking a collection for the believers in Judea (Acts 11:19-30).
Cell: G15
Comment: After a year in Antioch, the Holy Spirit called Paul & Barnabas to mission work (Acts 13:1-3). Antioch was their base of support. [In correcting the Galatians, Paul referenced
the false teachers who came to Antioch and subsequent Jerusalem Council (Gal. 2:1-10).]
Cell: G16
Comment: James is a brother of the Lord Jesus (Matthew 13:55) and was the first Bishop of the Church in Jerusalem (Acts 15:13, 21:18). He wrote this letter to the Jewish Christians
dispersed throughout the nations. According to Josephus, the Jews assembled the Sanhedrin and condemned James to death by stoning immediately after the death of
Festus and before Albinus replaced him in 62 AD.
Cell: G18
Comment: Early during Paul's 2nd journey, a young disciple named Timothy joined him & Silas (Acts 16:1-4). Next, Luke (the author of Acts) joined Paul's team at Troas and
accompanied Paul to Philippi before returning to Troas. Note Luke's change to the first person pronoun "we" in Acts 16:11. Paul & Silas were flogged & imprisoned in
Philippi (Acts 16:16-40), but were supported by the believers of Philippi during their mission work in Thessalonica (Phil. 4:14-16). Eventually Jews caused a near riot forcing
Paul to move on to Berea. The same Jews followed Paul to Berea and caused him to move on to Athens. Few accepted the gospel in Athens, so Paul moved on to Corinth
where he stayed for some time.
Cell: G19
Comment: Anxious to get back to Thessalonica but being prevented from doing so, Paul sent Timothy from Athens to go to Thessalonica. Timothy rejoined Paul in Corinth with a good
report of a thriving church despite persecution. Paul then wrote the first letter to the Thessalonians from Corinth. Upon Timothy's return, Paul realized he needed to expand
on some teachings resulting in the 2nd letter.
Cell: G21
Comment: Paul traveled first through Galatia and Phrygia (Acts 18:23). He proceeded to the province of Lydia (where the city of Ephesus is located). Apollos had come from
Alexandria, Egypt to teach the Ephesians but knew only the baptism of John. Apollos then went to the province of Achaia and the city of Corinth (Acts 18:24-28). When Paul
arrived in Ephesus he led the disciples to be baptized into the name of Jesus and laid hands on them so they would receive the Holy Spirit (Acts 19:1-7). He stayed in the
area for 3 years, and planned to pass through Macedonia on the way to Corinth to collect the offerings to take to Jerusalem. Afterwards he planned to travel to Rome (Acts
19:8-22).
Dec
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Chronological
Romans 1-3
Romans 4-6
Romans 7-9
Romans 10-12
Romans 13-16
Acts 21:37-24:27
Acts 25-28
1 Peter 1-5
Philippians 1-4
Colossians 1-4
Philemon, Ephesians 1-3
Ephesians 4-6
Hebrews 1-3
Hebrews 4-6
Hebrews 7-9
Hebrews 10-13
1 Timothy 1-3
1 Timothy 4-6
Titus 1-3
2 Peter 1-3
2 Timothy 1-4
1 John 1-2
1 John 3-5
2 John, 3 John, Jude
Revelation 1-3
Revelation 4-6
Revelation 7-9
Revelation 10-12
Revelation 13-16
Revelation 17-19
Revelation 20-22
Date(s)
60 AD
60-62 AD
62-64 AD
62 AD?
64 AD
64 AD
64 AD
64 AD
65 AD
65 AD
66 AD
66 AD
85-90 AD?
69-90 AD?
90-95 AD?
Chronological Events
God's Wrath & Righteous Judgment, The Jews & The Law, God's Faithfulness
Abraham Justified by Faith, Death Through Adam & Life Through Christ, Dead to Sin
Struggling With Sin, Life Through the Spirit, Future Glory, God is Sovereign
Israel's Unbelief, The Remnant of Israel, Ingrafted Branches, Israel to be Saved
Submission to Authorities, Love for the Day is Near, The Weak & The Strong
Paul Speaks to Crowd, Paul Before the Sanhedrin, Transfer to Caesarra, Trial Before Felix
Trial Before Festus, Paul Appeals to Caesar, Arrives in Rome & Preaches Under Guard
Be Holy, A Chosen People, Wives & Husbands, Living for God, Persecution
Philippians Send Epaphroditus to Paul in Rome, Paul Sends Him Back With This Letter
Paul Used Onesimus & Tychicus to Deliver This Letter To Believers in Colosse Who Had
Paul Sent Onesimus With a Letter to be Reconciled to His Master Philemon in Colosse, Paul
Sent Tychicus (Who Accompanied Paul in Asia) to Deliver a Letter to Ephesus
Jesus is Greater Than Angels, Made Like His Brothers, And Is Greater Than Moses
A Sabbath Rest Awaits, Jesus is the Great High Priest, Warning Against Falling Away
Jesus is Like Mechizedek, He Is The High Priest of a New Covenant, Christ's Blood
Christ's Sacrifice is Once & For All, Heroes of Faith, God Disciplines His Sons
Warnings Against False Teachers, Instructions on Worship, Overseers & Deacons
Instructions to Timothy, Advice About Widows, Elders & Slaves, Love of Money
Titus' Task on Crete, Teach In Accord With Sound Doctrine, Do What is Good
Make Your Calling Certain, False Teachers, The Day of the Lord
Be Faithful, A Workman Approved by God, Godlessness in Last Days, Paul's Charge
The Word of Life, Walking in the Light, Do Not Love the World, Warning Against Antichrists
Children of God, Love One Another, Test the Spirits, God's Love, Faith in the Son of God
Two Personal Letters from John & A Letter from Jude About False Teachers
Introduction to the Revelation of Jesus Christ, Message to the Seven Churches of Asia
The Throne in Heaven, The Scroll & The Lamb, The Seven Seals
144,000 Sealed, The Seventh Seal
Angel & Little Scroll, The Two Witnesses, The 7th Trumpet, The Woman & The Dragon
The Beasts Out of the Sea & Earth, The Lamb, Seven Plagues, Seven Bowls of Wrath
The Woman on the Beast, The Fall of Babylon, The Rider on the White Horse
The 1000 Years, Satan's Doom, Great White Throne Judgment, The New Jerusalem
Cell: D2
Comment: While in Corinth, Paul wrote this letter to the believers in Rome, expressing his long-held desire to visit the city (Rom. 1:11-13; 15:23-33).
Cell: D8
Comment: Paul was under house arrest in Rome in a house he himself rented for two years (Acts 28:30). He was free to entertain visitors and many of the leaders of the church did
indeed visit him. He boldly proclaimed the gospel (Acts 28:31), including to Nero who reigned from AD 54-68. It is likely that Mark, son of one of the Marys who attended
to Jesus, and was trained by Peter, wrote his gospel during Paul's imprisonment primarily for the Gentile Christians in Rome.
Cell: D9
Comment: The date of 1 Peter varies widely among scholars. Initially Peter was the Bishop of the Church in Antioch. Peter was an Apostle to Jews (Gal. 2:7-8) as Paul was to the
Gentiles. He figures prominently in the first half of the book of Acts. Later Peter went to Rome from where this letter was written with the help of Silas and a coded
reference to Rome as Babylon (1 Pet. 5:12-13).
Cell: D14
Comment: The author of Hebrews is in dispute, but Paul is a likely candidate despite differences in style and that the letter is missing Paul's typical greeting. At the time of its writing
Timothy, who had been a prisoner with Paul, was released (Heb. 13:23) and we know the author wrote it from Rome as he closes with "Those from Italy send you their
greetings." (Heb. 13:24b) Paul, too, was released from prison in Rome. Following his release he stayed for some time in Ephesus and left Timothy there (1 Tim 1:3) and
accompanied Titus to Crete. In this year, Rome burned and Nero blamed the Christians and began to persecute them.
Cell: D21
Comment: Peter wrote his 2nd letter to the Hebrews dispersed throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia. He alludes to a revelation from the Lord of his
approaching death (2 Peter 1:13-14). He was crucified upside down in 67 AD.
Cell: D22
Comment: Paul returned to Rome and sent his 2nd letter to Timothy at Ephesus by way of Tychicus. Like Peter, Paul is aware of his approaching death (2 Tim. 4:6-7). He exorts
Timothy to come to him quickly and notes that only Luke is with him. He asks Timothy to bring his cloak left behind at Troas and his scrolls (1 Tim. 4:9-13). Paul was
beheaded in Rome in 67 AD.
Cell: D25
Comment: John settled in Ephesus around 69 AD. 2 John is addressed to an unnamed "chosen lady and her children" which may be a reference to Mary and the brothers & sisters of
Jesus who became believers after His resurrection. 3 John is addressed to a Gaius, but there is no agreement as to who he was. Jude, a brother of Jesus (Matt. 13:55)
warns against false teachers.
Cell: D26
Comment: John received this revelation while exiled on the Isle of Patmos during the reign of Domitian, 81-96 AD (Rev. 1:9).
Cell: D31
Comment: The woman on the beast had this title on her forehead: "Mystery Babylon the Great, The Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the Earth." This reference is to
the source of all false worship (the beast = satan the dragon, and the woman = Babylon). The founder of Babylon and Nineveh, the capital cities of the nations that
dispersed the Jews, was Nimrod (Genesis 10:8-11). Babylon is considered the center of all idolatry and false worship. Nimrod led the construction of the Tower of Babel in
rebellion against God. As a result God confused the languages and created multiple nations in order that men might seek Him rather than continue in rebellion as one
against Him (Acts 17:26-27).
13-Oct
Matthew
1:1-17
Mark
1:18-25
14-Oct
Luke
1:1-4
1:5-25
1:26-38
1:39-56
1:57-80
2:1-20
2:21-40
John
1:1-5
2:1-12
2:13-18
2:19-23
3:1-12
3:13-17
4:1-11
1:1-8
1:9-11
1:12-13
2:41-52
3:1-18
3:19-38
4:1-13
15-Oct
16-Oct
1:19-28
1:29-34
1:35-51
2:1-11
2:12
2:13-25
3:1-21
3:22-36
4:1-38
4:39-42
4:43-54
4:12-17
4:18-22
4:23-25
8:14-17
17-Oct
1:6-18
8:1-4
9:1-8
9:9-13
1:14-15
1:16-20
4:14-30
5:1-11
1:21-28
1:29-34
1:35-39
1:40-45
2:1-12
2:13-17
2:18-22
4:31-37
4:38-41
4:42-44
5:12-16
5:17-26
5:27-32
5:33-39
2:23-28
3:1-6
3:7-12
3:13-19
6:1-5
6:6-11
5:1-47
12:1-8
12:9-14
12:15-21
18-Oct
6:12-16
6:17-19
3:20-21
19-Oct
5:1-12
5:13-16
5:17-20
5:21-26
5:27-30
5:31-32
5:33-37
5:38-42
5:43-48
6:1-4
6:5-15
6:16-18
6:19-24
6:25-34
7:1-6
7:7-12
7:13-14
7:15-23
7:24-29
8:5-13
6:20-26
6:27-36
6:37-42
6:43-45
6:46-49
7:1-10
7:11-17
7:18-35
11:1-19
11:20-24
11:25-30
7:36-50
8:1-3
20-Oct
12:22-37
12:38-45
12:46-50
13:1-23
3:22-30
3:31-35
4:1-20
4:21-25
13:24-30
13:31-32
13:33-35
13:36-43
4:26-29
4:30-34
8:19-21
8:4-15
8:16-18
Description of Events
Genealogy of Jesus / Introductions
The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
Mary Visits Elizabeth & Mary's Song
The Birth of John the Baptist & Zachariah's Song
Birth of Jesus
Jesus Presented at the Temple
Visit of the Magi
Escape to Egypt
Return to Nazareth
The Boy Jesus, Age 12, at the Temple
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
Baptism of Jesus (Luke includes genealogy of Jesus and that He was about 30)
Temptation of Jesus
John the Baptist Denies Being the Christ
John the Baptist Identifies the Christ
Calling of the First Disciples
Jesus Changes Water to Wine
Jesus, Mary, Brothers and Disciples go to Capernaum
Jesus Clears the Temple at 1st Passover of Public Ministry
Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
John the Baptist's Testimony About Jesus
Jesus Talks to a Samaritan Woman
Many Samaritans Believe
Jesus Heals Son of Official from Capernaum
Start of Public Ministry
Calling of the First Disciples
Jesus Heals the Sick (Galilee)
Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit
Jesus Heals Simon's Mother-in-Law / Jesus Heals Many
Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place
Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy
Jesus Heals a Paralytic
The Calling of Matthew
Pharisees Question Jesus About Fasting
Jesus Heals Crippled Man at Pool of Bethesda at unspecified Feast (Pentecost?)
Lord of the Sabbath
Jesus Heals a Man With a Shriveled Hand
Crowds Follow Jesus and Are Healed
Jesus Prayed All Night Then Chose the Twelve Apostles From Among His Disciples
Jesus Meets With the Multitudes and Heals Many
The Multitudes Gather Again as Jesus & Disciples Try to Eat
Beatitudes
Salt and Light
Fulfillment of the Law
Anger at Brother Equated to Murder
Lust in One's Heart Equated to Adultery
Divorce
Oaths
An Eye for an Eye
Love Your Enemies
Give in Secret
How to Pray - The Lord's Prayer
Fast in Secret
Treasures in Heaven
Do Not Worry
Judging Others
Ask, Seek, Knock
The Narrow and Wide Gates
A Tree and Its Fruit
The Wise and Foolish Builders
The Faith of a Centurion
Jesus Raises a Widow's Son
Jesus and John the Baptist
Woe to Unrepentant Cities
Rest for the Weary
Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman
Jesus Travels From Town to Town with the Twelve & Women Minister to Them
Jesus and Beelzebub
The Sign of Jonah
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
The Parable of the Sower
A Lamp on a Stand
The Parable of the Weeds
The Parable of the Growing Seed
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
The Parable of the Yeast
The Parable of the Weeds Explained
13:44-46
13:47-52
8:18-22
8:23-27
8:28-34
21-Oct
22-Oct
9:14-17
9:18-26
9:27-34
13:53-58
9:35-38
10:1-42
14:1-12
14:13-14
14:15-36
23-Oct
15:1-20
15:21-28
15:29-31
15:32-38
15:39
16:1-4
16:5-12
24-Oct
25-Oct
16:13-20
16:21-28
17:1-13
17:14-21
17:22-23
17:24-27
18:1-9
18:10-14
18:15-20
18:21-35
4:35-41
5:1-20
5:21
8:22-25
8:26-39
8:40
5:22-43
8:41-56
6:1-6
6:7-13
6:14-29
6:30
6:31-34
6:35-56
9:1-6
9:7-9
9:10
9:11
9:12-17
6:1-21
6:22-24
6:25-59
6:60-71
7:1-23
7:24-30
7:31-37
8:1-9
8:10
8:11-13
8:14-21
8:22-26
8:27-30
8:31-9:1
9:2-13
9:14-29
9:30-32
9:18-27
9:28-36
9:37-42
9:43-45
9:33-37
9:46-48
9:38-41
9:42-50
9:49-50
7:1-13
9:51-56
9:57-62
10:1-16
7:14-24
7:25-44
7:45-53
8:1-11
8:12-30
8:31-47
8:48-59
9:1-41
10:1-21
26-Oct
27-Oct
28-Oct
10:17-24
10:25-37
10:38-42
11:1-13
11:14-26
11:27-28
11:29-32
11:33-36
11:37-54
12:1-12
12:13-21
21:22-34
12:35-48
12:49-53
12:54-59
13:1-9
13:10-17
13:18-19
13:20-21
13:22
13:22-30
13:31-35
14:1-14
14:15-24
14:25-35
15:1-7
The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
The Parable of the Net
The Cost of Following Jesus
Jesus Calms the Storm
The Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men
When Jesus Returned the People Welcomed Him
John's Disciples Question Jesus About Fasting
Jesus Raises Jairus' Daughter and a Sick Woman is Healed of an Issue of Blood
Jesus Heals the Blind and Dumb
Jesus Once Again Rejected in His Home Town of Nazareth
The Workers Are Few
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Herod Has John the Baptist Beheaded, Then Assumes He Has Been Raised
When the Apostles Returned They Told Jesus the Things They Had Done
Learning of John's Death Jesus Withdrew to a Solitary Place, But Crowds Followed
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand, Jesus Walks on the Water
Jesus and the Twelve Slip Away and Crowds Search for Them in Capernaum
Jesus the Bread of Life
Many Disciples Desert Jesus
Clean and Unclean Discussion with Pharisees (following 2nd Passover of Public Ministry)
The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
The Healing of a Deaf and Dumb Man
Jesus Went Up Into a Mountain, Healed Many and the Multitude Wondered
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
Jesus Dismisses the Crowd and Sailed to Magdala
The Demand For a Sign
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
The Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida
Peter's Confession of Christ
Jesus Predicts His Death
The Transfiguration
The Healing of an Epileptic Boy
Jesus and Disciples Pass Through Galilee Secretly and Begins to Teach Them About His Death
The Temple Tax
The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
A Brother Who Sins Against You
The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant
Whoever Is Not Against Us Is for Us
Causing to Sin
Jesus Goes to the Feast of Tabernacles
Samaritan Opposition
The Cost of Following Jesus
Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two
Jesus Teaches at the Feast
Is Jesus the Christ?
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders
A Woman Caught in the Act of Adultery
The Validity of Jesus' Testimony
The Children of Abraham / The Children of the Devil
The Claims of Jesus About Himself
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind / Pharisees Investigate / Spiritual Blindness
The Shepherd and His Flock
The Seventy-Two Return and Report Results to Jesus
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
At the Home of Martha and Mary
How to Pray - The Lord's Prayer
Jesus and Beelzebub
Blessed Are They That Hear the Word of God and Obey
The Sign of Jonah
A Lamp on a Stand
Six Woes
Jesus Warns & Encouranges His Disciples
The Parable of the Rich Fool
Do Not Worry
Watchfulness
Not Peace But Division
Interpreting the Times
Repent or Perish
A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
The Parable of the Yeast
Jesus Taught on Way to Jerusalem for Feast of Dedication
The Narrow and Wide Gates
Jesus' Sorrow for Jerusalem
Jesus Dines at a Pharisee's House
The Parable of the Great Banquet
The Cost of Following Jesus
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
15:8-10
15:11-32
16:1-18
16:19-31
17:1-10
17:11-19
17:20-37
18:1-8
18:9-14
29-Oct
30-Oct
19:1-12
19:3-12
19:13-15
19:16-30
20:1-16
10:1-12
10:2-12
10:13-16
10:17-31
20:17-19
20:20-28
10:32-34
10:35-45
18:15-17
18:18-30
18:31-34
18:35-43
19:1-10
20:29-34
10:46-52
31-Oct
19:11-27
21:1-7
21:8-11
11:1-7
11:8-10
19:28-35
19:36-40
19:41-44
11:11
21:18-22
21:12-17
1-Nov
2-Nov
3-Nov
21:23-27
21:28-32
21:33-44
21:45-46
22:1-14
22:15-22
22:23-33
22:34-40
22:41-46
23:1-39
24:1-35
24:36-51
25:1-13
25:14-30
25:31-46
26:1-5
11:12-17
11:18
11:19
19:45-46
19:47-48
11:20-21
11:22-25
11:27-33
20:1-8
12:1-12
20:9-19
12:13-17
12:18-27
12:28-34
12:35-37
12:38-40
12:41-44
13:1-31
13:32-37
20:20-26
20:27-40
20:41-44
20:45-47
21:1-4
21:5-33
21:34-36
21:37-38
4-Nov
26:6-13
26:14-16
14:1-9
14:10-11
22:1-6
26:17-19
14:12-16
22:7-13
26:20-29
14:17-25
22:14-23
14:26
22:24-30
22:31-34
22:35-38
22:39
26:30
5-Nov
The Parable of the Lost Coin
The Parable of the Lost Son
The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
The Rich Man and Lazarus
Sin, Faith, Duty
Ten Healed of Leprosy
The Coming of the Kingdom of God
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
10:22-39 In Jerusalem, at the Feast of Dedication, The Jews Tried to Seize Him
10:40-42 Jesus Went Beyond the Jordan River, Where John First Baptized, And He Taught & Healed Many
Jesus Teaches About Divorce
The Little Children and Jesus
The Rich Young Man
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
11:1-16 Death of Lazarus
11:17-44 Jesus Comforts Lazarus' Sisters, Mary & Martha, Then Raises Lazarus From the Dead
11:45-53 Word of Lazarus' Resurrection Causes Many to Believe, Jewish Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus
11:54 Jesus No Longer Moved About Publicly, He Withdrew to a Village in Ephraim until Passover
On the Way to Jerusalem, Jesus Tells His What Will Happen to Him
The Mother of James & John Request They Be Assigned Seats of Honor in the Kingdom
As Jesus Approached Jericho, He Healed a Blind Beggar
In Jericho, Jesus and the Disciples Stay at the Home of Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
As They Left Jericho, He Healed Two Blind Men (One of Whom Was Bartimaeus) & They Followed
The Parable of the Ten Minas
11:55-57 The Passover Was Near & Many Went to Jerusalem Early to Purify Themselves
Friday, 8 Nisan (March 31) AD 30
12:1
Six Days Before Passover Jesus Arrived at Bethany, Where Lazarus, Mary & Martha Lived
Saturday, Nisan 9 (April 1) AD 30
12:9-11 Large Crowds Gathered in Bethany to See Jesus & Lazarus, Chief Priests Plot to Kill Both
Sunday, Nisan 10 (April 2) AD 30
From Bethany to Jerusalem, Jesus Sent Two Disciples Ahead to Fetch a Colt
12:12-19 As He Rode To Jerusalem, Crowds Went Out to Meet Him & Praise Him, The City Was Stirred
Seeing Jerusalem, He Wept Over It & Predicted Its Destruction (Fulfilled in 70 AD)
He Entered the City, Looked Around at the Temple, Then Returned to Bethany As It Was Late
Monday, Nisan 11 (April 3) AD 30
The Fig Tree Withers
Jesus Clears the Temple
The Jewish Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus
Each Day He Taught at the Temple, In the Evening He Went to the Mount of Olives, Then Bethany
Tuesday, Nisan 12 (April 4) AD 30
In the Morning, As They Return to Jerusalem, Peter Notes the Withered Fig Tree
Jesus Teaches About Faith and Prayer
The Authority of Jesus Questioned
The Parable of the Two Sons
The Parable of the Tenants
Chief Priests Look For a Way to Arrest Jesus, But Are Afraid of the Crowd
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
Paying Taxes to Caesar
Marriage at the Resurrection
The Greatest Commandment
Whose Son Is the Christ?
Seven Woes Against Jewish Leaders
The Widow's Offering
Signs of the End of the Age
The Day and Hour Unknown
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
The Parable of the Talents
Judgment of the Nations
The Plot Against Jesus
Each Day Jesus Taught at the Temple, Each Evening He Retreated to the Mount of Olives
12:2-8 Jesus Anointed at Bethany
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
Wednesday, Nisan 13 (April 5) AD 30
12:20-26 Some Greeks Wanted to See Jesus, He Answered by Discussing the Purpose of His Death
12:27-35 Jesus Speaks to the Father, A Voice From Heaven Responds & The Crowd Heard It
12:36 When He Had Finished Speaking Jesus Left and Hid Himself From the Crowds
12:37-50 Jews Continue in Their Unbelief
Jesus Sends Peter & John to Make Preparations for the Passover Meal
13:1-17 As the Meal Was Being Served, Jesus Took Off His Outer Clothing & Washed the Disciples Feet
13:18-30 During the Meal, Jesus Reveals Judas Will Betray Him & Institutes the Lord's Supper
13:31-32 When Judas Was Gone, Jesus Said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified …"
A Dispute Arose as to Which One Was the Greatest
13:33-38 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
Jesus Warns the Eleven to Prepare Themselves
14:1-31 Jesus Comforts His Disciples, Conclude the Meal with a Hymn and Leave for the Mount of Olives
Thursday, Nisan 14 (April 6) AD 30
15:1-17 On the way, Jesus Tells a Parable of the Vine and Branches
15:18-16:4 He Tells Them They Should Expect Persecution, But They Must Testify About Him
16:5-16
16:17-33
17:1-26
18:1
6-Nov
26:31-35
26:36-46
26:47-56
26:57
26:58
26:69-70
26:59-68
26:71-75
27:1-2
27:3-10
27:11-14
7-Nov
14:27-31
14:32-42 22:40-46
14:43-52 22:47-53
14:53
22:54
14:54
22:54
14:66-68 22:55-57
14:55-65
14:69-72 22:58-62
14:65b
22:63-65
15:1-2 22:66-23:1
15:3-5
27:15-26
27:27-31
27:32
15:6-15
15:16-20
15:21
27:33-34
27:35-38
15:22-23
15:24-27
(27:35-36) (15:24)
27:39-44 15:29-32
23:2-7
23:8-12
23:9-25
23:26
23:27-31
23:33,38
23:34
23:34b
23:35-39
23:40-42
23:43
18:2-11
18:12-14
18:15-16
18:17-18
18:19-24
18:25-27
18:28-38
18:39-40
19:1-16
19:17
19:18-19
19:20-22
19:23-24
19:25-27
19:26-27
27:45
27:46
15:33
15:34
27:47-50
15:35-37
27:51-53
27:54
27:55-56
15:38
15:39
15:40-41
27:57-61
8-Nov
15:42-47
23:44-45a
19:28
19:29-30
19:30
23:46
23:45b
23:47-48
23:49
23:50-55
23:56
19:31
19:32-37
19:38-42
27:62-66
16:1
28:1
28:2-4
16:2-3
24:1
16:4
24:2-3
20:1
20:2
20:3-10
28:5-7
28:8
16:5-7
16:8
16:9-11
24:4-8
20:11-17
28:9-10
28:11-15
16:12-13
28:16-20
24:9-11
24:12
24:13-35
24:36-49
20:19-25
20:26-31
21:1-25
16:14-18
16:19-20
20:18
24:50-53
He Again Promises to Send the Holy Spirit
Jesus Again Comforts Them About His Approaching Death
Jesus Prays for Himself, His Disciples, and All Believers
They Crossed the Kidron Valley to the Mount of Olives
He Warns They Will Fall Away & Peter Denies He Will, Jesus Says Peter Will Deny Him 3 Times
They Enter the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus Prays Three Times
Judas Leads an Armed Crowd, Betrays Jesus With a Kiss, Jesus is Arrested, The Disciples Flee
Jesus is Taken to Annas, Father-in-Law to the current High Priest Caiaphas
Peter & John Follow Jesus, John is Allowed Into Courtyard and He Gets Peter Inside
Upon Entering the Courtyard Peter Denies Christ
Annas Leads a Mock Trial Before Dawn With Caiaphas & Members of Sanhedrin Present
Peter Denies Jesus Two More Times
Annas Send Jesus to Caiaphas, Soldiers Take Jesus Away, Mock & Beat Him
At Dawn, Jesus is Led Before Sanhedrin for the Official Trial, Where He Was Condemned to Death
Judas Tries to Return Blood Money Then Hangs Himself
Pilate Questions Jesus, Finds No Evidence Worthy of Capital Punishment, Sends Him to Herod
When Jesus Would Not Answer Herod, The Soldiers Mocked Him and Returned Him to Pilate
Pilate Releases Barabbas at Demand of the Crowd
Pilate's Soldiers Mock Jesus & Flogged Him
Initially Jesus Carries His Own Cross, Then Simon of Cyrene is Made to Carry the Cross
A Large Number of People Followed Jesus and He Spoke to the Women
At Golgotha (Calvary), Jesus is Offered Wine Mixed With Gall & He Refused to Drink It
He is Crucified (9:00 am) Charged With "The King of the Jews" Along With Two Criminals
Many Jews Protested to Pilate About the Sign
Jesus prayed, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
The Soldiers Divide His Clothes by Casting Lots
Passersby, the Jewish Leaders and One of the Criminals Mocked Him
The Other Criminal Rebuked His Fellow Criminal and Asked Jesus to Remember Him
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
Seeing His Mother & His Disciple John, He Looks to John to Take Care of Mary
Jesus said, "Dear woman, here is your son," and to John "Here is your mother."
Darkness Came Over the Land From the 6th Hour (Noon) to the 9th Hour (3:00 pm)
At the 9th hour Jesus cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
To fulfill all Scripture He then said, "I am thirsty."
Jesus Is Offered Wine Vinegar to Drink, Then He Cried Out (see below) and Died
After Receiving the Drink Jesus cried out, "It is finished."
At last Jesus cried out, "Father into your hands I commit my spirit."
Temple Curtain Torn, An Earthquake, Tombs Broke Open & Many Holy People Raised to Life
A Centurion & His Men Guarding Christ Declared He Was the Son of God
Many Women Who Had Cared For Jesus Watched at a Distance
To Hasten Death So Bodies Are Removed Before Sabbath Jews Ask Pilate to Have Legs Broken
Soldiers Break the Criminals Legs, But Discover Jesus is Dead & Pierce His Side With a Spear
Joseph of Arimathea Offered His Tomb to Bury Christ, Two Marys Watched as He Was Buried
The Women Went Home to Prepare Spices & Perfumes But Rested on the Sabbath
Friday, Nisan 15 (April 7) AD 30
The Next Day, Pilate Secured the Tomb with a Seal and a Posting of a Guard
Saturday, Nisan 16 (April 8) AD 30
When Sabbath is Over, Mary Magdalene, Mary (mother of James) and Salome Buy Spices
Sunday, Nisan 17 (April 9 ) AD 30
1st Day of Week, the Women Go to Tomb With Spices & Wonder Who Will Roll Away the Stone
A Violent Earthquake Happens, An Angel Rolled Away the Stone, The Guards Are Scared Stiff
The Women Arrive & Find the Stone Rolled Away and the Tomb Empty
Mary Magdalene Ran to Tell Peter & John While the Other Women Remained at the Tomb
Peter & John Raced to the Tomb & Saw the Burial Clothes Lying There, Then Went to Their Homes
After Peter & John Left, The Other Women Went Inside, Two Angels Appeared & One Spoke
Afraid, Yet Joyful, The Women Fled the Tomb
Meanwhile Mary Magdalene Stood Outside the Tomb & Wept When Jesus Appeared to Her
As The Other Women Were On Their Way to Tell the Eleven, Suddenly Jesus Appeared to Them
About the Same Time, The Guards at the Tomb Were Reporting to the Chief Priests
Mary Magdalene & the Other Women Told the Disciples About Seeing Jesus, They Didn't Believe
Peter However Ran Back to the Tomb and Left Wondering What Had Happened
Later That Day Jesus Appeared to Two Others, Who Returned to Jerusalem to Report to the Eleven
In The Evening Jesus Appeared to All But Thomas, Eats a Piece of Broiled Fish, Opens Scriptures
Sunday, Nisan 24 (April 16 ) AD 30
A Week Later Jesus Appeared to the Eleven, The First Time for Thomas
Later Jesus Appeared to Them in Galilee, He Reinstated Peter & Gave the Great Commission
Thursday, Iyar 26 (May 18) AD 30
40 Days After His Resurrection He Led Them Out of Jerusalem to Bethany & Ascended to Heaven
Cell: F37
Comment: Although John 5:1 does not specify the particular feast, tradition has held that this was a Passover.
Cell: F185
Comment: March 31 is the Julian Calendar date. For events prior to the correction instituted in 1582 by Pope Gregory dates are often given based on the Julian
Calendar. The calendar in use today by almost all nations is the Gregorian Calendar.
Cell: E223
Comment: John 12:20-50 is difficult to place in the sequence of events of the Passion Week. It appears in John's gospel immediately following the Triumphal
Entry, but John doesn't provide any other details of the week until Jesus washes the disciples feet at the Passover meal. (John 13:1-17).
Furthermore, there is nothing in this passage that one can link to an event in the other gospels. Finally, John 12:37-50 is a commentary on the lack
of response by the Jews as a whole to Jesus' teachings and miracles. Contextually, this commentary makes more sense occuring just before the
Passover meal, than it does earlier in the week.
Cell: F245
Comment: Whereas the office of the High Priest was passed from Aaron through Zadok and his descendants, during the time of Jesus' ministry, the Romans
would choose the High Priest from among prominent Jewish families who often paid the Romans to be so honored. Annas served as High Priest
from AD 6-15. Five of his sons also served as High Priest. His son-in-law Caiaphas was the High Priest from AD 18-36, but Annas continued to
exert considerable influence throughout his life.
Cell: F282
Comment: Nisan 15 marks the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread which lasts for 7 days. The first day of the Feast (Nisan 15) is a special Sabbath (a
high holy day). See Leviticus 23:4-8.
Cell: F285
Comment: The Jewish weekly Sabbath lasts from sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday. Therefore as soon as the sun set on Saturday (the beginning of
Sunday for the Jews) the women bought spices and prepared them to go to the tomb at sunrise to anoint Jesus' body.
Passion Week
Time
6: 00 PM - 11:59 PM
12:00 AM - 5:59 AM
6:00 AM - 11:59 AM
12:00 PM - 5:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 5:59 AM
6:00 AM - 11:59 AM
12:00 PM - 5:59 PM
6: 00 PM - 11:59 PM
Roman Day
Jewish
Date
Nisan 8
Jewish
Day
6th
Friday
Nisan 9
Event
Six days before Passover, Jesus and His disciples arrived in Bethany, the home town of Lazarus,
brother of Mary and Martha, located about 2 miles east of Jerusalem. (John reports a dinner in
Jesus' honor occurred in Bethany and Mary anointed Him with perfume. It is likely that this is the
same event that Matthew and Mark report happened two days before Passover.)
Bible References
John 12:1
Sabbath
Saturday
Nisan 10
1st
Nisan 11
2nd
Sunday
Monday
Nisan 12
3rd
Nisan 13
4th
Nisan 14
Passover
5th
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Nisan 15 1st
day of
Unleavened
Bread
Nisan 16
Saturday
Sunday
Nisan 17
First Fruits
6th
Triumphal Entry (Palm Sunday). On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus rode a colt from Bethphage (1/2
mile east of the city) while multitudes greeted Him waving palm branches (a symbol of the
Messiah). As it was late upon arrival, Jesus and His disciples returned to Bethany for the evening.
[The Passover lamb is selected on the 10th day of the first month. (Exodus 12:3)]
Jesus and His disciples returned to Jerusalem in the morning. Hungry, Jesus cursed a barren fig
tree, and cleared the Temple of the money changers. Each day until His betrayal, Jesus taught at
the Temple and performed healings. In the evening, He and the disciples went to the Mount of
Olives just outside the city to pray before returning to Bethany for the night.
On the way to Jerusalem, Peter notes the withered fig tree. Jesus teaches publicly at the Temple
and His authority is questioned, then privately with His disciples at the Mount of Olives. That
evening, a dinner is given in Jesus' honor in Bethany at the home of Simon the Leper, and Mary
anoints Jesus with perfume. Judas conspires with the chief priests to betray Jesus.
Jesus sends John & Peter to prepare for the Passover meal. During the meal Jesus reveals Judas
will betray Him, and Judas leaves. Jesus institutes the Lord's Supper, and speaks about His soon
death and comforts them. The meal concludes with a hymn (probably close to midnight), and Jesus
and His disciples leave for the Garden of Gethsemane to pray.
Jesus is arrested & taken to the high priest, then tried before the Sanhedrin. The Jewish leaders
decide to have Jesus put to death and deliver Him to Pilate. To appease the crowd, Pilate orders
Jesus be flogged and then crucified. Jesus died at the 9th hour (3:00 p.m.), and was buried in the
tomb of Joseph.
The chief priests and Pharisees approach Pilate about making the tomb secure to keep the
disciples from stealing the body of Jesus and deceiving the public about Jesus rising from the
dead. A seal is placed on the stone in front of the tomb and a guard is posted.
Matthew 21:1-11
Mark 11:1-11
Luke 19:28-44
John 12:12-19
Matthew 21:12-22
Mark 11:12-19
Luke 19:45-48
Matthew 21:23-26:16
Mark 11:20-14:11
Luke 20:1-22:6
John 12:2-8
Matthew 26:17-30
Mark 14:12-26
Luke 22:7-39
John 13:1-14:31
Matthew 26:31-27:61
Mark 14:27-15:47
Luke 22:40-23:56a
John 15:1-19:42
Matthew 27:62-66
1st
1st night
2nd day
Matthew 28:1
The women rested on the Sabbath(s) in obedience to the 4th commandment from preparing spices
Sabbath
and perfumes.
Luke 23:56b
Very early in the morning of the first day of the week, the women take spices to the tomb, but find
the tomb empty. Angels inform the women that Jesus had risen (before sunrise). The women
return to the Eleven to tell them everything they had witnessed. Peter outraces John to the tomb
and confirms it is empty. Jesus first appeared to Mary of Magdala.
1st day
Matthew 28:1-15
Mark 16:1-13
Luke 24:1-49
John 20:1-25
Although tradition holds Jesus was crucified on a Friday, the Bible does not give the days of the week for the events of Passion Week--from our Lord's Triumphal Entry through His
Resurrection--except that the tomb was found empty on the first day of the week (i.e., Sunday). All other days must be inferred from various clues provided in Scripture. The above
outline of events reconciles all known Scriptural references and resolves the prophecy given by Jesus to the Pharisees which poses a problem for the traditional Friday crucifixion: "For as
Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." (Matthew 12:38-40)
We are used to reckoning the start of a day at midnight, which is a practice dating back to 1500 BC. However, there are ample Bible verses indicating God reckons a day beginning in the
evening just after sunset, and He commanded His people Israel to do the same. Before mechanical clocks, the world divided the "day" (sunrise to sunset) into 12 hours, and likewise for
the night. The length of an hour changed with the seasons, longer in the summer and shorter in the winter, but would be equal to an hour as we know it on the first day of Spring and Fall.
Noon, local time, was always the time when the sun was at its highest point in the sky. Since Passover occurs in the Spring (on the 14th day of the first month after the vernal equinox),
the length of an hour during Jesus' crucifixion was approximately the same as we measure an hour today. Jesus was crucified at the 3rd hour (9:00 am), and darkness prevailed from the
6th hour (noon) until the 9th hour (3:00 pm) when He died.
When God originally instituted His Feasts, the Passover lamb was to be killed in the evening of the 14th day of the first month, at twilight; that is, just after sunset to start the 14th day (see
Exodus 12:6, Leviticus 23:5, Deuteronomy 16:2). The original Passover meal was eaten that evening and at midnight the firstborn of Egypt were killed by the death angel. The next
morning, which was still the 14th, the Israelites gathered at Ramses. On the following day, the 15th of Abib (Nisan), the Israelites set out from Ramses and camped at Succoth. The day
after that they moved to Pi Hahiroth, and on the third day after leaving Egypt, the Israelites passed through the Red Sea (Numbers 33:3-8).
Since the Feast of Unleavened Bread begins on Nisan 15 (the day after Passover) and Nisan 15 is a high holy day, the 14th became known as Preparation Day for the Feast of
Unleavened Bread (see John 19:31). In fact, by this time it was common to use the terms Unleavened Bread and Passover interchangeably to refer to the combined feasts. The
important meal had become celebrated on Nisan 15 (called the Seder), and is still practiced today. If Jesus fulfilled the requirements of being sacrificed on Passover (Nisan 14) and the
gospels testify he was crucified during daylight hours and died around 3:00 pm, then the Last Supper he shared with his disciples the night before was the Passover meal. So, assuming
the traditional Friday crucifixion, at sunset when the weekly Sabbath began, it would also have been one of the special annual Sabbath days associated with a Feast. Alternatively, if
Jesus was crucified on a Thursday, then Friday would have been an annual Sabbath, and Saturday would have been the weekly Sabbath--back-to-back days where no normal work could
be done. Interestingly, Matthew 28:1 is one of the instances in both the Old and New Testaments where the plural form of the word "sabbath" is used. Hence, this verse should be
translated, "After the Sabbaths, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb."
2nd night
3rd day
3rd night
The Feasts of the LORD
Feast
Hebrew Name
Date
Key Bible References
Event Commemorated
The Feast of Passover
Pesach
Nisan 14
Exodus 12:1-51
Leviticus 23:5
Numbers 9:1-14; 28:16
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Recalls the final plague against all the firstborn of
Egypt, during which the death angel passed over
houses where the blood of the passover lamb
had been put on the doorframe.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
(The Spring Festival)
(The Festival of the Matzahs)
(The Time of Our Freedom)
Pesach
Nisan 15-21
Exodus 12:1-13:16
Leviticus 23:6-8
Numbers 28:17-25
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Recalls the Exodus (the flight from Egypt) which
was made in haste on the day following the
Passover, so there was not enough time for
bread dough to rise.
The Feast of Firstfruits
Bikkurim
Day after weekly
Sabbath in midst
of Unleavened
Bread
Leviticus 23:9-14
Joshua 5:10-12
Instituted when Israel entered the promised land.
On this date, Israel first ate of the produce of the
land and the manna ceased. The feast also
commemorates the spring harvest (barley).
The Feast of Weeks
(The Day of Firstfruits)
(The Feast of Harvest)
(The Feast of Pentecost)
Shavuot
7 Weeks after
First Fruits
Leviticus 23:15-22
Numbers 28:26-31
Deuteronomy 16:9-12
From Firstfruits until the day before Shavuot, the
Counting of the Omer occurs. Shavuot
commemorates the giving of the Torah and the
beginning of the summer harvest.
The Feast of Trumpets
(The Head of the Year)
(The Day of the Awakening Shout)
(The Hidden Day)
Rosh Hashanah
Tishri 1
Leviticus 23:23-25
Numbers 29:1-6
During the Babylonian exile, the 7th month was
adopted as the 1st month and the Feast of
Trumpets became the Jewish New Year.
The Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
Tishri 10
Leviticus 16:1-34
Leviticus 23:26-32; 25:9
Numbers 29:7-11
On this day the High Priest entered the Holy of
Holies and a scapegoat was sent into the
wilderness bearing the sins of the nation.
The Feast of Tabernacles
(The Feast of Booths)
(The Feast of Ingathering)
Sukkot
Tishri 15-21
Leviticus 23:33-43
Numbers 29:12-38
Deuteronomy 16:13-17
Recalls God's provision in the wilderness, when
Israel lived in booths. God provided manna and
quail for food, and their clothes and shoes did
not wear out during the 40 years of wandering.
Additional Observances
Feast
Hebrew Name
Date
Key Bible References
Event Commemorated
The Fast of the Fifth Month
Tish'a B'Av
Av 9
Zechariah 7:5
Commemorates the destruction of both Temples,
which occurred on the same date (9th of Av) in
586 B.C. and A.D. 70.
The Feast of Dedication
(The Feast of Lights)
Hanukkah
(Chanukah)
Kislev 25 Tevet 2/3
John 10:22-39
Daniel 8:1-27; 11:31-32
Commemorates the cleansing and rededication
of the 2nd Temple (165 B.C.) exactly three years
after Antiochus IV Epiphanes sacrificed a pig on
the altar.
The Feast of Lots
Purim
Adar 14-15
Esther 9:20-32
Commemorates the salvation of the Jews under
King Xerxes of Persia during the exile, when
Queen Esther interceded and revealed Haman's
plot to destroy the Jews throughout the kingdom.
Sabbath
Shabbat
7th day of Week
Exodus 20:8-11
Commemorates God's rest after six days of
Creation.
New Moon Festival
1st day of Month
Numbers 28:11-15
Commemorates the New Moon.
Sabbatical Year
Every 7th Year
Exodus 23:10-11
Leviticus 25:1-7
Dt 15:1-18; 31:10-11
A sabbath rest for the land within Israel.
Jubilee Year
Every 50th Year
Leviticus 25:8-55
Leviticus 27:16-24
Recalls that God owns the land and redeemed
Israel from Egypt. On the Day of Atonement, all
land within Israel was to revert to its original
family, and Hebrew bondservants were to be
released.
Prophets (Active Years)
Habakuk (607 BC)
Obadiah (585 BC)
Zephaniah (610 BC)
Ezekiel (593-570 BC) - prophet to Jews in exile
Jeremiah (628-561 BC) - prophet to Judah in Jerusalem
574 BC
575 BC
576 BC
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Daniel (606-533 BC) - administrator
Era of the Servitude - Daniel's removal (Daniel 1:1) begins the 70 years of servitu
Era of the Captivity (Exile) - begins with the exile of King Jehoi
Era of the Desolation - Temple lay des
Josiah was the last King of Judah on the
sovereign throne of David. All his
offspring were vassals to foreign kings.
Josiah was killed in battle at Meggido
when he marched out against Pharaoh
Neco who had come to the aid of Assyria
against Babylon.
Neco named Jehoiakim, Josiah's second son, king. When Nebuchadnezzar invaded
Judah the first time, Jehoiakim switched allegiances and became his vassal for three
years. After that Jehoiakim rebelled against the king of Babylon. During the second
siege of Jerusalem, Jehoiakim was shackled to be taken to Babylon. It appears he died
or was killed (perhaps by Judeans) before being deported. After Jehoiakim's death, his
son Jehoiachin became king. He reigned three months before Nebuchadnezzar had him
deported to Babylon. Among the exiles taken to Babylon with Jehoiachin were Ezekiel the
prophet, and Mordecai, whose younger cousin Hadassah, born in exile, would become
Queen Esther (Esther 2:5-7).
Kings of Judah (Regnal Years)
Josiah
640-609 BC
2 Kings 22:1-23:30
2 Chronicles 34:1-35:27
After Josiah's death, the people of Judah made
his fourth son Jehoahaz (Shallum) king. He
reigned only three months before he was
deposed by Pharaoh Neco and exiled to Egypt.
Kings of Assyria (Regnal Years)
Ashur-Banipal
Ashur669-626 BC
etil-ilani
Jehoiakim
609-598 BC
2 Kings 23:36-24:7
2 Chron 36:5-8
Jehoiachin
598-597 BC (3 mos)
2 Kings 24:8-17
2 Chron 36:9-10
Jehoahaz
609 BC (3 mos)
2 Kings 23:31-35
2 Chron 36:2-4
Sin-Shur-Ishkun
621-612 BC
Ashur-Uballit
Kings of Neo-Babylonian Empire (Regnal Years)
Nabopolassar
626-605 BC
Following the death of Ashur-Banipal,
Babylon rebelled against Assyria.
Fall of Nineveh
Fall of Harran
Fall of Carchemish
612 BC
610 BC
605 BC
Zedekiah
597-586 BC
2 Kings 24:18-25:7
2 Chron 36:11-14
Nebuchadnezzar
605-562 BC
After a three-month siege, an alliance of Babylon and
Media razed Nineveh, the capital city of Assyria. Two
years later, the newly established capital at Harran would
fall to Nabopolassar. After the fall of Harran,
Nebuchadnezzar, crown prince and son of
Nabopolassar, would take command of the army and
finally crush the combined Assyrian and Egyptian forces
at Carchemish. Jeremiah prophesied after the fall of
Carchemish that God would send Nebuchadnezzar to
punish Egypt (Jeremiah 46).
Haggai (520 BC)
rophet to Jews in exile
Ezekiel is 30 years old when he begins to prophesy among the exiles in
the 5th year of the exile of King Jehoiachin (Ezekiel 1:1-4)
Zechariah (520-519 BC)
511 BC
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573 BC
606-533 BC) - administrator and prophet to kings of Babylon
egins the 70 years of servitude to Babylon prophesied by Jeremiah (Jeremiah 25:11)
with the exile of King Jehoiachin and ends with decree of Cyrus
Desolation - Temple lay desolate for 70 years (Daniel 9:1-2, 17-18; Exodus 23:10-11, Jeremiah 25:11-12; 29:10; 2 Chronicles 36:21)
zzar
C
Nebuchadnezzar named Josiah's third son, Zedekiah, to
succeed Jehoiachin. Zedekiah also rebelled against
Babylon, which brought the third and final siege against
Jerusalem. This time Nebuchadnezzar razed the city and
destroyed the Temple. Zedekiah tried to escape through a
hole in the wall, but was captured and taken to Riblah. He
was forced to watch his sons killed before his eyes were put
out, and then he was taken to Babylon as prophesied by
Ezekiel (12:1-13) and Jeremiah (34:1-7).
Evil Merodach released Jehoiachin
from prison in the 37th year of his exile.
(2 Kings 25:27, Jeremiah 52:31)
Evil Merodach (562-560 BC)
Neriglissar (560-555 BC)
Labashi Marduk (556-555 BC)
Although Cyrus had issued a decree in 536 BC
allowing the exiles to return to Jerusalem and rebuild
the Temple, its reconstruction would be frustrated
until the second year of Darius king of Persia (Ezra
4:24). At the same time that a copy of the decree of
Cyrus was discovered in Ecbatana, in the province
of Media (Ezra 6:1-5), God moved the prophets
Haggai (1:1-2) and Zechariah (1:1-6) to preach
righteousness and to encourage completion of the
Temple.
"In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to
fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the
LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to
make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put
it in writing: This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:
'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the
kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to
build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.
Anyone of his people among you--may the LORD his
God be with him, and let him go up.' " (2 Chronicles
36:22-23, Ezra 1:1-4.)
Belshazzar (553-539 BC)
Nabonidus (555-539 BC)
Kings of Persia (Regnal Years)
Cyrus
536-530 BC
Cambyses
530-522 BC
Darius I (Hystaspis)
522-486 BC
Darius the Mede (539-536 BC)
In 559 BC, Cyrus the Great became King of Anshan, a portion of Persia with Susa as its capital.
About 550 BC, his maternal grandfather Astyages, King of Media, marched against Cyrus.
Astyages was delivered by his own army over to Cyrus, thus forging one empire of the Medes and
Persians. About 546 BC he conquered Lydia. On Oct 6, 539 BC, Babylon fell to Cyrus.
Belshazzar, co-regent for his father Nabonidus, was slain, and "Darius son of Xerxes (a Mede by
descent)" was "made king" over Babylon (Daniel 9:1) by Cyrus who continued at the head of the
army, annexing the remainder of the empire. In 536 BC, Cyrus returned as sole regent over the
expanded empire and as suzerain over the Jews. 536 BC is thus the date intended by Scripture as
"the first year of Cyrus."
Cyrus is named by the prophet Isaiah (44:28, 45:1, 45:13) as God's anointed who will order the
rebuilding of Jerusalem at least 100 years before his birth.
Babylonian King
Nabopolassar
Nebuchadnezzar
Evil Merodach
Neriglissar
Labashi-Marduk
Nabonidus
Belshazzar
Reigned
626-605 BC
605-562 BC
562-560 BC
560-555 BC
556-555 BC
555-539 BC
553-539 BC
Persian King
Darius the Mede / Cyrus
Cyrus (the Great)
Cambyses
Smerdis (Artaxerxes of Ezra 4)
Darius I (Hystaspis)
Xerxes I
Artaxerxes (Longimanus)
Xerxes II
Darius II (Nothus)
Artaxerxes II (Mnemon)
Artaxerxes III (Ochus)
Arses
Darius III (Codomannus)
Reigned
539-536 BC
536-529 BC
529-522 BC
522-521 BC
521-485 BC
485-465 BC
474-425 BC
425-424 BC
424-404 BC
404-358 BC
358-337 BC
337-335 BC
336-331 BC
Greek King
Alexander the Great
Reigned
336-323 BC
Ptolemaic Dynasty (Egypt):
Kings of the South
Reigned
Daniel
Ptolemy I Soter
323-285 BC
11:5
Ptolemy II Philadelphius
285-246 BC
11:6
Ptolemy III Euergetes
246-221 BC
11:7-8
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
221-204 BC
204-181 BC
Ptolemy VI Philometer
181-145 BC
Roman Emporer
Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
Galba
Otho
Vitellius
Vespasian
Titus
Domitian
Reigned
27 BC - 14 AD
14-37 AD
37-41 AD
41-54 AD
54-68 AD
68-69 AD
69 AD
69 AD
69-79 AD
79-81 AD
81-96 AD
Seleucid Dynasty (Syria):
Kings of the North
Seleucus I Nicator
Antiochus I Soter
Anitochus II Theos
Seleucus II Callinicus
Seleucus III Soter
11:11-15
Antiochus III the Great
11:17
Seleucus IV Philopator
11:25
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
The Herods
King Herod the Great
Antipas "Tetrarch"
Philip II "Tetrarch"
Archelaus "King"
King Herod Agrippa I
Reigned
312-281 BC
281-262 BC
262-246 BC
246-227 BC
227-223 BC
Daniel
11:5
223-187 BC
11:10-19
187-176 BC
175-164 BC
11:20
11:21-31
Reigned
40-3 BC
4 BC - 40 AD
4 BC - 33 AD
4 BC - 6 AD
37-43 AD
11:6
11:7-9
11:10
Hebrew Calendar
Religious
Year
Civil Year
Hebrew
Month
Canaan Name
Western
Correlation
Farm Season
Length
1
7
Nisan
Abib
March - April
Barley harvest
30 days
2
8
Iyar (Jair)
Ziv
April - May
29 days
3
9
Sivan
May - June
General harvest
Wheat harvest,
vine tending
4
10
Tammuz
June - July
29 days
5
11
Av (Ab)
6
12
Elul
Vintage
29 days
7
1
Plowing
30 days
8
2
Grain planting
29 or 30 days
9
3
Tishri
Heshvan
(Marchesvan)
Kislev
(Chislev)
10
4
11
5
Tevet (Tebeth)
Shevat
(Shebat)
12
6
Adar
July - August
August September
September October
October November
November December
December January
January February
February March
Intercalary
Month
First grapes
Grapes, figs,
olives
Adar Sheni
Ethanim
Bul
30 days
30 days
29 or 30 days
Spring growth
29 days
Winter figs
Pulling flax,
almonds bloom
30 days
29 days
30 days
Calendar Notes
1. The Julian Calendar was issued by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, based on a solar year being 365.25 days.
Every year divisible by 4 is a leap year, with an additional day added to February.
2. The Julian Calendar accumulates 1 day every 128 years, because the true solar year is 365.2422 days.
Using a solar year of 365.2425 days, the Gregorian Calendar removes leap years from those divisible by
100, unless it is also divisible by 400. The accumulated error since 1 AD was 12.34 days, but only a 10day correction was issued by declaring the day after Oct 4, 1582 as Oct 15, 1582.
3. The Gregorian Calendar still accumulates 3 extra days every 10,000 years.
4. The names of the months in the Hebrew Calendar are derived from the Babylonian (Aramaic) names,
which the Jews borrowed during the Babylonian Captivity. Prior to the Captivity, they adopted the
Caananite names. Therefore, the Bible uses Canannite names for 4 months prior to the Captivity.
5. The Roman reckoning of time begins the new day at midnight, but the Jews reckon a new day
beginning at sunset based on Genesis 1 and Yom Kippur (Leviticus 23:32).
6. The Hebrew word for "week" is derived from "seven." No names are given for the days of the week
(except for the 7th day, which is the Sabbath)--instead they are numbered.
7. The Hebrew months are lunar months with 29 or 30 days (as the moon's rotation about the earth is
about 29.5 days). The new moon festival, Rosh Hodesh ("the Head of the Month"), incorporates special
sacrifices (Numbers 28:11-15) as well as a blowing of trumpets (Numbers 10:10; Psalms 81:3).
8. The Hebrew non-leap year has 353, 354 or 355 days. A leap year has 383, 384, or 385 days. The
three lengths of the years are termed "deficient," "regular" and "complete" respectively.
9. A year is a leap year if the number year mod 19 is one of the following: 0, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, or 17.
10. Years are counted since the creation (AM = Anno Mundi), which is assumed to be 3761 B.C.E.
11. Sunset marks the beginning of the 12 night hours, whereas sunrise marks the start of the 12 day
hours. This means that night hours may be longer or shorter than day hours, depending on the season.
Lifespans of Adam to Moses
Moses
Amram
Kohath
Levi
Jacob
Isaac
Abraham
Terah
Nahor
Serug
Reu
Peleg
Eber
Shelah
Arphaxad
Shem
Noah
Lamech
Methuselah
Enoch
Jared
Mahalalel
Kenan
Enosh
Seth
Adam
120
137
133
137
147
180
175
205
148
230
239
239
464
433
438
600
950
777
969
365
962
895
910
905
912
930
0
500
1000
1500
2000
Anno Mundi (Year of the World)
2500
3000
Name
Adam
Seth
Enosh
Kenan
Mahalalel
Jared
Enoch
Methuselah
Lamech
Noah
Shem
Arphaxad
Shelah
Eber
Peleg
Reu
Serug
Nahor
Terah
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Levi
Kohath
Amram
Moses
Year of
Birth
0
130
235
325
395
460
622
687
874
1056
1558
1658
1693
1723
1757
1787
1819
1849
1878
2008
2108
2168
2248
2298
2376
2433
Year of Age When
Death
Son Born
930
130
1042
105
1140
90
1235
70
1290
65
1422
162
987
65
1656
187
1651
182
2006
502
2158
100
2096
35
2126
30
2187
34
1996
30
2026
32
2049
30
1997
29
2083
130
2183
100
2288
60
2315
80
2385
50
2431
78
2513
57
2553
Age at
Death
930
912
905
910
895
962
365
969
777
950
600
438
433
464
239
239
230
148
205
175
180
147
137
133
137
120