The four Gospels tell one life in four orders. This puts them into a single sequence, from the annunciation to the ascension, with the chronology anchored to Luke 3:1 and Luke given priority where the accounts diverge.
Fifty-nine events across eleven eras, each carrying its references, 210 of them. Events are marked as major, standard, teaching or parable, and miracle or sign, so you can see the shape of the ministry rather than a flat list. Where the dating is genuinely uncertain it says so on the page instead of picking a year and presenting it as settled.
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Life of Jesus Timeline · PDF
26 pages · 1.1 MB · US Letter
Free to print, copy and share for teaching, classroom and personal study. No signup, nothing to buy, and no attribution required. There is also an interactive version that is searchable and links every reference through to the text.
What is on the sheet?
59 events across 11 sections, carrying 210 chapter-and-verse references.
- IAdvent & Birthc. 6 – 4 BC
- IIBoyhood & The Silent Yearsc. 4 BC – AD 26
- IIIPreparation — John, Baptism, Temptationc. AD 26 – 27
- IVEarly Judean Ministryc. AD 27 – 28
- VThe Great Galilean Ministryc. AD 28 – 29
- VIWithdrawal & Training the Twelvec. AD 29
- VIILater Judean & Perean Ministryc. AD 29 – 30
- VIIIPassion WeekNisan, c. AD 30 (or 33 — both dates held by serious scholarship)
- IXCrucifixion & BurialFriday, 14/15 Nisan
- XResurrection & The Forty DaysSunday — Forty Days Following
- XIThe Ascension & EnthronementForty Days After the Resurrection
Who is it for?
For anyone teaching through the Gospels who has been caught out by the question of what happened when. Also the one to print if you are reading the four Gospels side by side for the first time and want to know where you are.
How does it print?
It is laid out for US Letter at 26 pages, portrait, on a light background so it does not drink a toner cartridge. It prints cleanly in black and white, though the section colours carry meaning and are worth having in colour if you can. Every page footer carries the source, so a copy handed round a class can always be traced back.
