Timeline of Jesus Ministry
The timeline of Jesus Ministry and His public life begins with the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the fifteenth year of Roman Emperor Tiberius according to Luke 3:1. John the Baptist begins his public ministry in the Spring of 26 AD with the call to repentance in the region of the Jordon River according to Luke 3:1-14. Tiberius Caesar began his joint reign with Augustus on July 1 in 11 AD. This clearly puts this time of year for the Baptism of Jesus in the late summer of 26 AD. John the Baptist, the cousin of Jesus, would have turned 30 in April of this year and began his ministry. We also know from this same Scripture that Pontius Pilate is governing Judah and King Herod is the Tetrarch of Galilee. We know from Luke 3:23 that Jesus is almost 30 years old and is six months younger than John the Baptist. The calculated date for the birth of Jesus is Sunday October 20 – Creation Day 7 in 5 BC on a 364-day calendar.
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The timeline of Jesus ministry begins with the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. The likely date for the baptism of Jesus is Sunday September 8 – Elul 25 in 26 AD. This important timeline of Jesus ministry date is 42 days before the calculated 30th birthday of Jesus. Jesus baptism date and year is 480 years from the completion of the Jerusalem Wall in 455 BC according to Nehemiah 6:15. Jesus will be crucified on Passover three and a half years later in 30 AD. The baptism of Jesus in 26 AD puts the timeline of Jesus life clearly in the crosshairs of the 70 Weeks of Daniel prophecy.
First Year of Public Ministry
After His baptism by John the Baptist, Jesus is tempted in the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights without water or food. After coming out the wilderness, Jesus begins calling His Disciples saying “Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19). A sample of some of the first year events of the public life and ministry of Jesus includes the following:
- Jesus turns water to wine (John 2:1-11).
- Jesus began teaching in Synagogues in Galilee (Luke 4:14-15.
- Jesus goes to Jerusalem for 27 AD Passover (John 2:13).
- Jesus cleanses the Temple for the first time. He would do it again three years later a few days before He is crucified in 30 AD (John 2:14-17).
- Nicodemus comes to Jesus at night (John 3:1-21).
- John the Baptist tells his Disciples Jesus is more important than he is: “he must increase, I must decrease”: (John 3: 27-36).
- Jesus speaks to the Samaritan woman at the well four months before wheat harvest. This famous event at Jacob’s Well is the first time that Jesus announces he is the expected ‘Messiah’ (John 4:5-38).
- King Herod puts John the Baptist in prison (Matthew 14:3-4; Mark 6:17-20; Luke 3:18-20).
- Jesus heals nobleman’s son (John 4:46-54).
- Jesus rejected in Nazareth teaching from Isaiah. Jesus teaching reveals he is the Messiah (Luke 4:16-30).
- Jesus casts out demons in Capernum (Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:31-37).
- Jesus healing miracles stories spread through Galilee (Matthew 4:23-25; Mark 1:39; Luke 4:33-44).
Dated Chronology First Year Public Ministry
Matthew 3:1-12; Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-20; John 1:19-28
John the Baptist Begins Preaching Ministry at Thirty
This is the thirtieth birthday of John the Baptist.
Type of dated event: ESDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 186
BR Years from Creation: 4139
BR: Sunday, April 20 — Iyar 3, 26 AD
GH: Sunday, March 29 — Nisan 7, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730643.75
Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:32-34
The Baptism of Jesus at the River Jordon
The baptism of Jesus happens exactly 480 years after the completion of the Jerusalem Wall (Nehemiah 6:15). This event also occurs 42 days before the 30th birthday of Jesus in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius.
Type of dated event: PCD
BR Calendar Day Number: 326
BR Years from Creation: 4139
BR: Sunday, September 8 — Elul 25, 26 AD
GH: Sunday, August 16 — Av 29, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730783.75
Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-2
Night Number One of Forty in the Wilderness
Type of dated event: PCD
BR Calendar Day Number: 327
BR Years from Creation: 4139
BR: Monday, September 9 — Elul 26, 26 AD
GH: Monday, August 17 — Av 30, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730784.75
Matthew 4:3-4; Luke 4:3-4
Satan Temps Jesus to Turn Stones to Bread
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 8:3.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 338
BR Years from Creation: 4139
BR: Friday, September 20 — Tishri 8, 26 AD
GH: Friday, August 28 — Elul 11, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730795.75
Matthew 4:5-7; Luke 4:9-12
Satan Temps Jesus to Jump from Top of Temple
Satan quotes Psalms 91:11-12. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 6:16. Moses raises question of “tempting the Lord” in Exodus 17:2.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 350
BR Years from Creation: 4139
BR: Wednesday, October 2 — Tishri 20, 26 AD
GH: Wednesday, September 9 — Elul 23, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730807.75
Matthew 4:8-11; Luke 4:5-8
Satan Temps Jesus with World’s Kingdoms
Jesus quotes from Deuteronomy 6:13 and Exodus 34:14. Jesus commands Satan in the same manner in Matthew 16:23 and Mark 8:33.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 362
BR Years from Creation: 4139
BR: Monday, October 14 — Creation Day 1, 26 AD
GH: Monday, September 21 — Tishri 6, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730819.75
Matthew 4:11; Luke 4:13
Satan Temporarily Departs After Temptations
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 362
BR Years from Creation: 4139
BR: Monday, October 14 — Creation Day 1, 26 AD
GH: Monday, September 21 — Tishri 6, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730819.75
Matthew 4:11; Mark 1:13
Angels Minister to Jesus after Satan Departs
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 362
BR Years from Creation: 4139
BR: Monday, October 14 — Creation Day 1, 26 AD
GH: Monday, September 21 — Tishri 6, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730819.75
Luke 4:2, 14
Jesus Fasts Forty Days and Returns to Galilee
Moses also fasted forty days as recorded in Deuteronomy 9:9, 18. Elijah fasted for forty days, according to I Kings 19:8.
Type of dated event: PCD
BR Calendar Day Number: 2
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Friday, October 18 — Creation Day 5, 26 AD
GH: Friday, September 25 — Tishri 10, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730823.75
Luke 3:1, 23
Jesus Turns Thirty Years Old in Fifteenth Year of Tiberius
The thirtieth birthday of Jesus occurs two days after he returns from the Temptations in the Wilderness. This event is in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberias.
Type of dated event: PCD
BR Calendar Day Number: 4
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Sunday, October 20 — Creation Day 7, 26 AD
GH: Sunday, September 27 — Tishri 12, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730825.75
John 1:29-34
John Tells About Events at the Baptism of Jesus
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 4
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Sunday, October 20 — Creation Day 7, 26 AD
GH: Sunday, September 27 — Tishri 12, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730825.75
John 1:35-36
John the Baptist Talks to Two of His Disciples
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 5
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Monday, October 21 — Heshvan 1, 26 AD
GH: Monday, September 28 — Tishri 13, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730826.75
John 1:37-39
Andrew and James Leave John and Follow Jesus
”Now it was about the tenth hour” means it was about 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 5
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Monday, October 21 — Heshvan 1, 26 AD
GH: Monday, September 28 — Tishri 13, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730826.75
John 1:40-42
Andrew Introduces Jesus to Simon Peter
Jesus renames Peter as Cephas which means “a stone.”
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 5
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Monday, October 21 — Heshvan 1, 26 AD
GH: Monday, September 28 — Tishri 13, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730826.75
John 1:43-44
Jesus Instructs Philip to “Follow Me”
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 6
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Tuesday, October 22 — Heshvan 2, 26 AD
GH: Tuesday, September 29 — Tishri 14, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730827.75
John 1:45-51
Philip Introduces Nathanael to Jesus
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 6
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Tuesday, October 22 — Heshvan 2, 26 AD
GH: Tuesday, September 29 — Tishri 14, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730827.75
John 2:1-11
Jesus Turns Water to Wine in Cana
”On the third day” may refer to the third day of the wedding feast or the number of days the disciples were following Jesus. It may have been Heshvan 3 on the Hebrew calendar. The wedding may be connected to an invitation from Nathanael since he was from Cana, according to John 21:2.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 7
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Wednesday, October 23 — Heshvan 3, 26 AD
GH: Wednesday, September 30 — Tishri 15, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730828.75
John 2:12
Jesus Goes to Capernaum with Family/Disciples
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 14
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Wednesday, October 30 — Heshvan 10, 26 AD
GH: Wednesday, October 7 — Tishri 22, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730835.75
Luke 4:14-15
Jesus Began Teaching in Synagogues in Galilee
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 26
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Monday, November 11 — Heshvan 22, 26 AD
GH: Monday, October 19 — Creation Day 3, 26 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730847.75
John 2:13
Jesus Goes to Jerusalem For 27 AD Passover
This is the first of four Passover’s in the Public Ministry of Jesus.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 172
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Sunday, April 6 — Nisan 19, 27 AD
GH: Sunday, March 14 — Adar 22, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1730993.75
John 2:13
Nisan 10-Start of Passover Feast in 27 AD
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 190
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Thursday, April 24 — Iyar 7, 27 AD
GH: Thursday, April 1 — Nisan 10, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731011.75
John 2:14-17
Nisan 11-First Time Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Jesus would cleanse the Temple again three years later on Nisan 11 in 30 AD during Easter Week. The second cleansing of the Temple in 30 AD is recorded in Matthew 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-17, and Luke 19:45-46.
Type of dated event: ESDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 191
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Friday, April 25 — Iyar 8, 27 AD
GH: Friday, April 2 — Nisan 11, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731012.75
John 2:18-22
Jews Ask For Sign of His “Cleansing” Authority
This event occurs forty-six years after the start of the building of the Herodian Temple in 19 BC. Jesus’ statement, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up”, would be misquoted and used against him at his trial in Matthew 26:61 and Mark 14:58.
Type of dated event: ESDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 191
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Friday, April 25 — Iyar 8, 27 AD
GH: Friday, April 2 — Nisan 11, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731012.75
John 2:13
Nisan 14 Passover in 27 AD
Nisan 14 Passover is the solar date from Creation (SDFC) when we look at events in the New Testament. Now we are now dealing with a solar calendar. Nisan 14 always falls on April 5 on the Gregorian calendar in a non-leap year. Nisan 14 falls on April 3 in a leap year.
Type of dated event: Sol-Passover
BR Calendar Day Number: 194
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Monday, April 28 — Iyar 11, 27 AD
GH: Monday, April 5 — Nisan 14, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731015.75
John 3:1-21
Nicodemus Comes to Jesus at Night
Jesus teaches on the need to be “born again”.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 197
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Thursday, May 1 — Iyar 14, 27 AD
GH: Thursday, April 8 — Nisan 17, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731018.75
John 3:22-24
Jesus and Disciples Baptize in Judea
John the Baptist teaches close by in Aenon near Salim. At this point in the New Testament, John the Baptist is getting close to the time that he will be put in prison.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 200
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Sunday, May 4 — Iyar 17, 27 AD
GH: Sunday, April 11 — Nisan 20, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731021.75
John 3:25
John’s Disciples Discuss Purification with Jews
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 202
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Tuesday, May 6 — Iyar 19, 27 AD
GH: Tuesday, April 13 — Nisan 22, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731023.75
John 3:26
John’s Disciples Discuss “Success” of Jesus’ Baptizing
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 203
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Wednesday, May 7 — Iyar 20, 27 AD
GH: Wednesday, April 14 — Nisan 23, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731024.75
John 3:27-36
John Tells How Jesus is More Important Than Him
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 203
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Wednesday, May 7 — Iyar 20, 27 AD
GH: Wednesday, April 14 — Nisan 23, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731024.75
John 4:1-2
Pharisees Hear Jesus is baptizing More Than John
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 204
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Thursday, May 8 — Iyar 21, 27 AD
GH: Thursday, April 15 — Nisan 24, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731025.75
John 4:3-4
Jesus Departs for Galilee by Way of Samaria
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 204
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Thursday, May 8 — Iyar 21, 27 AD
GH: Thursday, April 15 — Nisan 24, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731025.75
John 4:5-6
Jesus and Disciples Arrive in Samaria
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 207
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Sunday, May 11 — Iyar 24, 27 AD
GH: Sunday, April 18 — Nisan 27, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731028.75
John 4:5-38
Jesus Speaks with Samaritan Woman at Jacob’s well
Jesus meets with a Samaritan woman four months before the August wheat harvest, according to John 4:34. Notice the solar date of this event is mid-April.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 207
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Sunday, May 11 — Iyar 24, 27 AD
GH: Sunday, April 18 — Nisan 27, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731028.75
John 4:39-42
Jesus Teaches in Samaria for Two Days
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 209
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Tuesday, May 13 — Iyar 26, 27 AD
GH: Tuesday, April 20 — Nisan 29, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731030.75
Matthew 14:3-4; Mark 6:17-20; Luke 3:18-20
Herod Puts John the Baptist in Prison
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 251
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Tuesday, June 24 — Tammuz 9, 27 AD
GH: Tuesday, June 1 — Sivan 12, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731072.75
Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:14-15; John 4:45
Jesus is Welcomed in Galilee
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 264
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Monday, July 7 — Tammuz 22, 27 AD
GH: Monday, June 14 — Sivan 25, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731085.75
John 4:46-54
Jesus Heals a Nobleman’s Son-Second Sign in Cana
A nobleman’s son is healed in Capernaum while Jesus is in Cana.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 267
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Thursday, July 10 — Tammuz 25, 27 AD
GH: Thursday, June 17 — Sivan 25, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731088.75
Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 299
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Monday, August 12 — Av 28, 27 AD
GH: Monday, July 19 — Av 1, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731120.75
Luke 4:16-30
Jesus Rejected in Nazareth Teaching From Isaiah
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 325
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Saturday, September 7 — Elul 24, 27 AD
GH: Saturday, August 14 — Av 27, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731146.75
Matthew 4:13-17; Luke 4:31
Jesus Returns to Teach in Capernaum
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 326
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Sunday, September 8 — Elul 25, 27 AD
GH: Sunday, August 15 — Av 28, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731147.75
Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:31-37
Jesus Casts Out a Demon in Capernaum
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 360
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Saturday, October 12 — Tishri 30, 27 AD
GH: Saturday, September 18 — Tishri 3, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731181.75
Second Year of Public Ministry-Selected Events
- Jesus heals the leper (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16).
- Jesus heals Centurion’s servant (Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10).
- Widow’s son is raised from the dead (Luke 7:11-16).
- Mass healings at Peter’s house in Capernum (Matthew 8:16-17; Mark 1:32-34; Luke 4:40-41).
- Jesus heals the paralytic on Sabbath of Passover week (John 5:1-16).
- Jews want to kill Jesus claiming God is His Father (John 5:17-18).
- Herod Antipas orders the death of John the Baptist by cutting off his head. The beheading of John the Baptist brings more focus on the popularity of Jesus by the Jewish authorities (Matthew 14:1-12; Mark 6:21-29).
- Jesus goes to the sea of Galilee as Passover approaches in 29 AD.
Matthew 4:23-25; Mark 1:35-39; Luke 4:42-44
Jesus Leaves Capernaum to Preach In Other Cities
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 361
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Sunday, October 13 — Tishri 31, 27 AD
GH: Sunday, September 19 — Tishri 4, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731182.75
Matthew 4:23-25; Mark 1:39; Luke 4:33-44
News of Jesus Ability to Heal Spread to All of Galilee
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 361
BR Years from Creation: 4140
BR: Sunday, October 13 — Tishri 31, 27 AD
GH: Sunday, September 19 — Tishri 4, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731182.75
Matthew 5:1-7:29; Luke 6:20-49
Jesus Preaches the Sermon on the Mount
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 26
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Monday, November 11 — Heshvan 22, 27 AD
GH: Monday, October 18 — Creation Day 1, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731211.75
Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16
Leper Healed and Response Recorded
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 26
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Monday, November 11 — Heshvan 22, 27 AD
GH: Monday, October 18 — Creation Day 1, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731211.75
Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10
The Centurion’s Servant is healed
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 27
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Tuesday, November 12 — Heshvan 23, 27 AD
GH: Tuesday, October 19 — Creation Day 2, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731212.75
Luke 7:11-16
A Widow’s Son is raised
This happened in the city of Nain which was a small town South East of Nazareth.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 28
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Wednesday, November 13 — Heshvan 24, 27 AD
GH: Wednesday, October 20 — Creation Day 3, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731213.75
Matthew 8:14-15; Mark 1:29-31; Luke 4:38-39
Peter’s Mother-In-Law is healed in Peter’s House
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 31
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Saturday, November 16 — Heshvan 27, 27 AD
GH: Saturday, October 23 — Creation Day 6, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731216.75
Matthew 8:16-17; Mark 1:32-34; Luke 4:40-41
Mass Healings Begin in Peter’s Capernaum House
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 32
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Sunday, November 17 — Heshvan 28, 27 AD
GH: Sunday, October 24 — Creation Day 7, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731217.75
Matthew 8:18-22
Demands of Discipleship
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 32
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Sunday, November 17 — Heshvan 28, 27 AD
GH: Sunday, October 24 — Creation Day 7, 27 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731217.75
John 5:1-16
Jesus Heals Paralytic on Sabbath Passover Week 28 AD
Jesus heals a paralytic man on the Sabbath, two days before Passover, on Nisan 14 during Passover Week in 28 AD.
Type of dated event: ESDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 192
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Saturday, April 26 — Iyar 9, 28 AD
GH: Saturday, April 1 — Nisan 12, 28 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731377.75
John 5:17-18
Jews Want to Kill Jesus Claiming God is His Father
The Jew also wanted to kill Jesus for healing on the Sabbath.
Type of dated event: ESDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 192
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Saturday, April 26 — Iyar 9, 28 AD
GH: Saturday, April 1 — Nisan 12, 28 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731377.75
John 5:1
Nisan 14 Passover in 28 AD in a Leap Year
Nisan 14 Passover is the solar date from Creation (SDFC) when we look at events in the New Testament. Now we are dealing with a solar calendar. Nisan 14 always falls on April 5 on the Gregorian calendar in a non-leap year. Nisan 14 falls on April 3 in a leap year.
Type of dated event: Sol-Passover
BR Calendar Day Number: 194
BR Years from Creation: 4141
BR: Monday, April 28 — Iyar 11, 28 AD
GH: Monday, April 3 — Nisan 14, 28 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731379.75
Matthew 14:1-12; Mark 6:21-29
Herod Antipas Kills John the Baptist
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 114
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Friday, February 9 — Shevat 21, 29 AD
GH: Friday, January 12 — Tevet 20, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731663.75
Third Year of Public Ministry-Selected Events
John 6:1-4
Jesus Goes to the Sea of Galilee as Passover Approaches
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 165
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Sunday, March 30 — Nisan 12, 29 AD
GH: Sunday, March 4 — Adar 12, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731714.75
Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:31-44
Jesus Feeds 5,000 People
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 166
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Monday, March 31 — Nisan 13, 29 AD
GH: Monday, March 5 — Adar 13, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731715.75
Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-52; John 6:16-21
Jesus Walks on Water of the Sea of Galilee
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 167
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Tuesday, April 1 — Nisan 14, 29 AD
GH: Tuesday, March 6 — Adar 14, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731716.75
Matthew 14:34-36; Mark 6:53-56
Jesus Heals Many at Gennesaret
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 167
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Tuesday, April 1 — Nisan 14, 29 AD
GH: Tuesday, March 6 — Adar 14, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731716.75
John 6:22-59
Jesus Teaches “I am the Bread of Life” at Capernaum
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 168
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Wednesday, April 2 — Nisan 15, 29 AD
GH: Wednesday, March 7 — Adar 15, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731717.75
John 6:60-66
Many Followers Reject Jesus and His Teaching
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 169
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Thursday, April 3 — Nisan 16, 29 AD
GH: Thursday, March 8 — Adar 16, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731718.75
John 6:67-69
Peter Confesses Jesus as “Son of the Living God”
It is important to note that the estimated date, that Peter makes this important “confession”, is Nisan 17 on the 364-Day calendar. Nisan 17 is the date that the Ark comes to rest in the mountains of Ararat in 2457 BC. This date is exactly 1,473 years after Israel makes first camp at Succoth in 1445 BC, starting the Exodus. One year after Peter’s Confession of Jesus as, “the Christ, the Son of the living God”, Nisan 17 on a solar calendar is the evening of the resurrection when Jesus meets with His disciples, when Thomas is absent. This is described in John 20:19-23.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 170
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Friday, April 4 — Nisan 17, 29 AD
GH: Friday, March 9 — Adar 17, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731719.75
John 6:70-71
Jesus Says Judas Iscariot is a “Devil”
This portion of the Biblical text emphasizes that it is Jesus who chose the disciples and emphasizes His sovereignty. The MacArthur Study Bible is very helpful in accurately assessing the true character of Judas and the connection to the influence of Satan. Judas is not just “a devil”. John 13:27 makes it very clear that “Satan entered him”, referring to Judas. Some writers have mistakenly suggested that Judas was just a misguided visionary who was trying to force Jesus into starting His Kingdom. The evil heart of Judas was clearly involved in his betrayal of Jesus.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 170
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Friday, April 4 — Nisan 17, 29 AD
GH: Friday, March 9 — Adar 17, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731719.75
Matthew 14:1-2; Mark 6:14-16; Luke 9:7-9
Herod Antipas Thinks Jesus is John the Baptist Risen
In this part of Scripture, even Herod Antipas recognizes that Jesus has some type of supernatural power. Mark 6:14-16 outlines how Jesus was seen by many Jews as Elijah. It was expected that Elijah would return just before the arrival of the Messiah. Others saw Jesus as a special messenger, like one of the prophets from the Old Testament. Jesus was clearly seen by many Jews as “special”, but not the expected Messiah.
Type of dated event: EST
BR Calendar Day Number: 177
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Friday, April 11 — Nisan 24, 29 AD
GH: Friday, March 16 — Adar 24, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731726.75
John 6:4
Nisan 14 Passover in 29 AD
Nisan 14 Passover is the Solar Date from Creation (SDFC) when we look at events in the New Testament, since we are now dealing with a solar calendar. Nisan 14 Passover always falls on April 5 on the Gregorian calendar in a non-leap year. Nisan 14 falls on April 3 in a leap year.
Type of dated event: Sol-Passover
BR Calendar Day Number: 197
BR Years from Creation: 4142
BR: Thursday, May 1 — Iyar 14, 29 AD
GH: Thursday, April 5 — Nisan 14, 29 AD
Julian Day Number: 1731746.75
John 12:1
Jesus in Bethany Six Days before Passover 30 AD
It is likely that Lazarus had been raised from the dead just a few days prior to this event. The Jews are now plotting to kill Jesus and Lazarus. The raising of Lazarus was probably the “last straw” that triggered the anger of the Jewish leaders to plot the murder of Jesus.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 192
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Saturday, April 26 — Iyar 9, 30 AD
GH: Saturday, March 30 — Nisan 8, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732105.75
Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12:2-8
Martha Serves Supper & Mary Anoints Jesus’ Feet
This evening meal, at the house of Simon the Leper, in Bethany begins the events on Sunday on the Hebrew calendar. It can be speculated that Simon may have been someone who had been healed by Jesus. Martha and Mary are apparently serving the meal for Simon. Mary, the sister of Lazarus, anoints the feet of Jesus, according to John 12:3. Matthew 26:7 and Mark 14:3 say that she also anointed the head of Jesus. She used very costly fragrant oil and breaks the alabaster flask, according to Mark 14:3. According to the footnotes for Mark 14:5 in the MacArthur Study Bible, the oil was valued at about 300 denarii. This amount would be about a year’s wages for a common laborer. It was apparently common to pay one denarii as a day’s wage. The alabaster flask containing the oil probably came from Egypt and would have also been very expensive. Many of the disciples object to this extravagance. This protest was led by Judas, the treasurer of the group. Matthew 26:12-13 echoes the response of Jesus in Mark 14:8-9 when he says, “She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial. Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her”. Another woman anoints Jesus’ feet at a Pharisee’s house at a different time and location, as recorded in Luke 7:36-39. On this occasion Jesus tells the Parable of the Two Debtors found in Luke 7:40-50.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 193
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Sunday, April 27 — Iyar 10, 30 AD
GH: Sunday, March 31 — Nisan 9, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732106.75
John 12:9-11
Chief Priests Plot to Kill Lazarus and Jesus
The Chief Priests come to see the recently raised Lazarus. They decide to plot the murder of both Jesus and Lazarus. These events happen during the daylight hours following the events of the previous evening at supper when Mary anointed the feet of Jesus. The next day would be Nisan 10 and the start of the Feast of Passover.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 193
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Sunday, April 27 — Iyar 10, 30 AD
GH: Sunday, March 31 — Nisan 9, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732106.75
Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-40
The Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem
This event happens on Monday, Nisan 10 on the Gregorian-Hebrew solar calendar and is often mistakenly called “Palm Sunday”. On the 364-Day calendar, the date of this event is Monday, April 28 – Iyar 11 in 30 AD. This event, on Nisan 10 of the solar calendar, starts the Feast of Passover. On this day the Sacrificial Lamb is chosen to be sacrificed four days later. On this day in 30 AD, Jesus would be hailed as a prophet from Galilee (Matthew 21:11). On Friday, the day of Passover just four days later, many of these same people would be saying, “Crucify him”, according to Mark 15:13-14, Luke 23:21, and John 19:15. On this same Monday, Iyar 11 date in 1445 BC, God parts the Red Sea at PiHahiroth. Four days after crossing the Red Sea, “on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt”, the nation of Israel makes camp in the Wilderness of Sin, according to Exodus 16:1.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 194
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Monday, April 28 — Iyar 11, 30 AD
GH: Monday, April 1 — Nisan 10, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732107.75
Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:15-19; Luke 19:45-48
Jesus Cleanses the Temple in Jerusalem
Jesus had cleansed the Temple during Passover in the first year of His public ministry in 27 AD, as recorded in John 2:14-17. It seems almost miraculous that no authority physically attempted to stop Jesus from doing the Temple cleansing on either occasion. On the first occasion, His “authority” is questioned. Jesus uses the second cleansing as a time to start two days of teaching and healing in the Temple. When Jesus cleanses the Temple, he quotes the prophecies of Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11. Isaiah 56:7 reads: “For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations”. Jeremiah 7:11 quotes God’s questioning rebuke to the nation of Israel: “Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord”.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 195
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Tuesday, April 29 — Iyar 12, 30 AD
GH: Tuesday, April 2 — Nisan 11, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732108.75
Matthew 21:23-23:39; Mark 11:27-12:44; Luke 20:1-21:4
Jesus Teaches All Day in the Temple
After clearing out the moneychangers and other merchants from the Temple the day before, Jesus spends most of Wednesday teaching. Jesus basically has the Temple all to himself and uses His time to do a great deal of teaching. Jesus is confronted by the Pharisees and His authority is unsuccessfully challenged. Jesus is critical of the Pharisee’s false traditions and sternly condemns them publically. Jesus teaches and explains many parables. Jesus clearly displays His teaching authority as being from God. Jesus also shows his flawless understanding of God’s Word. On this day in history, the Messiah is the centerpiece on display in the Jerusalem Temple.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 196
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Wednesday, April 30 — Iyar 13, 30 AD
GH: Wednesday, April 3 — Nisan 12, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732109.75
Matthew 26:14-19; Mark 14:10-16; Luke 22:3-13
Judas Plans to Betray Jesus as Disciples Prepare Passover Meal
These events associated with the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot and the preparation of the Last Supper meal, are events that occur simultaneously on Thursday of Easter Week. The betrayal by Judas probably happens early in the daylight hours of Thursday, Nisan 13 before noon of that day. Probably sometime after noon, the disciples get directions about the evening Passover meal that we know as the Last Supper. On this day, the Passover Lamb is killed and prepared between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., before the start of the eight days of Passover starting on Nisan 14. It may have been a Galilean custom to celebrate the main Passover meal at the beginning of the Hebrew day at evening. It appears that other Jews would celebrate the main Passover meal in the late afternoon of Nisan 14, near the end of the day. It is also possible that both meals were heavily celebrated on Nisan 14 Passover. In Mark 14:12, the disciples ask Jesus, “Where do you want us to go and prepare, that you may eat the Passover?” When the disciples ask this question, it is still the daytime portion of Thursday and Nisan 13. Even though Nisan 14 will officially not start until 6:00 p.m. that evening, Nisan 14 is given as the date because the date in Scripture is given on the start of the Hebrew day at evening, even though most of the day will actually occur the next day on a solar calendar.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 197
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Thursday, May 1 — Iyar 14, 30 AD
GH: Thursday, April 4 — Nisan 13, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732110.75
Matthew 26:20-30; Mark 14:17-27; Luke 22:14-30; John Chapters 13 & 14
Jesus Celebrates Last Passover Supper with Disciples
The exact dating of the Passover meal, often referred to as the Last Supper, is critical to understanding the historic and theological implications of this event. At this point, in the discussion of the events of Easter Week, it may be helpful to elaborate on the connection of the Day of Preparation to the Feast of Unleavened Bread, mentioned in John 19:14. The footnotes in the MacArthur Study Bible, related to Matthew 26:17 and Mark 14:12 are very helpful in sorting this out. There seems to be some confusion about the day of the week of the Last Supper and in some cases the day of the week of the crucifixion. I have heard more than one person say that the Last Supper and the time when Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsamane are events that occur on Thursday. Assuming the Last Supper events happened before midnight, a reasonable assumption, the day of the week would be Thursday only on a solar calendar that measures the days from midnight to midnight. On a Hebrew calendar, these events are clearly on a Friday assuming the events happened after 6:00 p.m. which is also a reasonable assumption. Some historians have suggested that the Galileans celebrated Nisan 14 most heavily at the beginning of the Hebrew day at the evening start of Passover. This would be the time of the events associated with the Last Supper. Others may have had their main Passover Feast at the end of the day ending around 3:00 p.m. at the time Jesus died on the cross. After 3:00 p.m. on Nisan 14 is the time when Jews would begin preparation for the events called the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This latter part of the day, on Nisan 14 Passover, is the time when all the food from the Passover meal is cleared out and no yeast or leavened products are allowed to remain in the home. The Feast of Unleavened Bread is also called “Passover week” and goes for seven days from Nisan 15 through Nisan 21. From this clearly stated Friday Nisan 14 Passover date of the crucifixion, all of earth’s history can be accurately measured and dated on any computer generated calendar using the Julian day number of 1,732,111.75.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 198
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Friday, May 2 — Iyar 15, 30 AD
GH: Friday, April 5 — Nisan 14, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732111.75
Matthew 27:29-56; Mark 15:22-37; Luke 23:26-46; John 19:17-30
Jesus is Crucified on Passover
The crucifixion of Jesus, on the Nisan 14 Passover date in 30 AD, is probably the most important calendar date in history connecting the non-solar 364-Day calendar of the Old Testament and the solar calendars in use today. Obviously, the theological significance of what happened on this day is of much greater importance than the precise monumental mathematical calendar implications found in the Biblical text of both the New and Old Testament. There are numerous books, commentaries and films that accurately portray the event of the crucifixion of Jesus as the clearest example of God’s loving grace. It is God who provides an acceptable “Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world”, according to John 1:29. In this part of the Bible Timeline research, the author wishes to focus attention on some aspects of this important day in history that are often overlooked.
It is very clear from Scripture that there is a three hour period of darkness between noon and 3:00 p.m. during the event of the crucifixion. This period of darkness is mentioned in three of the four Gospels. The historians Thallus (around 52 BC), Phlegon (around 137 AD), and Africanus (around 221 AD) make reference to a three hour period of darkness during the nineteenth year of Tiberius in 30 AD. They attempt to claim it was some unusual form of solar eclipse that lasted about three hours. They recognized this was a difficult explanation since the moon is opposite the sun during the Nisan 14 Passover on April 5 in 30 AD on the Gregorian calendar. Phlegon writes that there was, “the greatest eclipse of the sun and that it became night in the sixth hour of the day (i.e., noon) so that the stars even appeared in the heavens. There was a great earthquake in Bithynia, and many things overturned in Nicaea”. This was clearly not explained by the sun being covered up by the moon or clouds. The sun is clearly not in the sky for about a three hour period of time. Africanus also recognized that there was no logical link between an eclipse, an earthquake, the tearing of the Temple Veil, and the bodily resurrections, described in Matthew 27:51-54, Mark 15:38-39, and Luke 23:44-47. The earthquake and other events seem to be a direct fulfillment of Amos 8:8-9, even though a large earthquake happened a few years later (est. 760 BC), according to Amos 1:1 and Zechariah 14:5.
The events following the death of Jesus are a very clear commentary by God on the events of that day. Clearly the world was put in the darkness of God’s Judgment. The statement by Jesus, shortly before His death, that “it is finished” is a statement much like a stamp on a receipt that reads, “Paid in Full”. The penalty for sin had been completely satisfied and no more sacrifices would be needed. The events recorded after His deaths are a preview of a future Day of Judgment. The bodily resurrections of others on Sunday, besides Jesus, are a preview of coming attractions of the Day of Judgment. This is followed by the eternal bodily resurrections for those who recognize Jesus as Lord and Savior.
The Friday, May 2 – Iyar 15 date of the crucifixion in 30 AD is exactly 1474 years after Israel arrives at the Wilderness of Sin on this same date in 1445 BC, as recorded in Exodus 16:1. This date in 1445 is just four days after the Crossing of the Red Sea. Two days after this date in 1445 BC, on Sunday, May 4 – Iyar 17, Israel would eat the first manna from heaven, as recorded in Exodus 16:13-21. It is also important to note that the same Hebrew dates in 30 AD happen two days apart going from Nisan 14 on the Gregorian-Hebrew calendar to Nisan 16 on the Hebrew secular calendar. In like manner, the same date in 30 AD on the Gregorian calendar is two days later on the Julian calendar.
Type of dated event: Sol-Passover
BR Calendar Day Number: 198
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Friday, May 2 — Iyar 15, 30 AD
GH: Friday, April 5 — Nisan 14, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732111.75
Matthew 27:62-66
Jewish Leaders Ask Pilate to Guard the Tomb
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 199
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Saturday, May 3 — Iyar 16, 30 AD
GH: Saturday, April 6 — Nisan 15, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732112.75
Matthew 28:1-8; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-29
The Resurrection of Jesus
The resurrection of Jesus is the most important event in human history. On this date, the age of salvation begins. There is forgiveness of the eternal penalty for sin. Death has lost its sting. The numerous promises of the coming Messiah, beginning with “He shall bruise your head” in Genesis 3:15, and repeated though Israel’s prophets and patriarchs, have now been fulfilled. This event happens exactly 1474 years after the morning of the first manna from heaven during the Exodus, recorded in Exodus 16:13-21.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 200
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Sunday, May 4 — Iyar 17, 30 AD
GH: Sunday, April 7 — Nisan 16, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732113.75
Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-23
Jesus Appears to His Disciples without Thomas
This event happens on the evening of the resurrection. This is now Monday, April 4 – Nisan 17 on the Gregorian solar calendar in 30 AD. On the 364-Day calendar, Nisan 17 is also: the day the Ark comes to rest in the mountains of Ararat in 2457 BC, the first day out of Egypt at the Exodus in 1445 BC, and the first day of the 7-day battle for Jericho in 1405 BC.
Type of dated event: Sol-Anchor#17
BR Calendar Day Number: 201
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Monday, May 5 — Iyar 18, 30 AD
GH: Monday, April 8 — Nisan 17, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732114.75
John 20:26-29; I Corinthians 15:5
Jesus Appears to His Disciples with Thomas Present
This event happens eight days after the evening of the resurrection.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 209
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Tuesday, May 13 — Iyar 26, 30 AD
GH: Tuesday, April 16 — Nisan 25, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732122.75
Luke 24:49-53; Acts 1:9-11
The Ascension of Jesus
This event happens on the same day, on the 364-Day calendar, as the end of Solomon’s reign in 929 BC.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 240
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Friday, June 13 — Sivan 28, 30 AD
GH: Friday, May 17 — Iyar 26, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732153.75
Acts 2:1-38
Pentecost
The event of Pentecost happens on the Gregorian-Hebrew solar calendar on Sunday, May 26 – Sivan 6 in 30 AD. Sivan 6 is the day on which Pentecost is celebrated today on the Hebrew secular calendar. On Sivan 6 in 1445 BC, God speaks from the mountain to the nation of Israel, as recorded in Exodus 20:1-21.
Type of dated event: SDIS
BR Calendar Day Number: 249
BR Years from Creation: 4143
BR: Sunday, June 22 — Tammuz 7, 30 AD
GH: Sunday, May 26 — Sivan 6, 30 AD
Julian Day Number: 1732162.75
Pentecost in 30 AD on Sivan 6 on the Gregorian-Hebrew calendar is the last day that can be given an exact date in Scripture.