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Harmony of the Gospels

Mission of John the Baptist

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
Mission of John the Baptist
26 A. D. Ministry of John the Baptist Bethabara 3:1-4 1:1-8 3:1-6 1:6-15
Baptisms by John the Baptist Bethabara 3:5 1:5 3:7
Witness to Christ by John the Baptist Bethabara 3:11, 12 1:7, 8 3:15-18
Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist Bethabara 3:13-17 1:9-11 3:21, 22
Temptation of Jesus Wilderness of Judæa 4:1-11 1:12, 13 4:1-13
John the Baptist's second testimony Bethabara 1:19-35
Call of the first disciples (five) Bethabara 1:37-51

Nativity and Youth of Christ

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
The Divinity of Christ 1:1-5
Preface 1:1-4
5 B.C. Annunciation of birth of John the Baptist Jerusalem 1:5-25
Espousal of the Virgin Mary Nazareth 1:18 1:27
The Annunciation of the birth of Jesus Nazareth 1:26-38
The visitation of Mary to Elisabeth Hebron, or Juttah 1:39-55
Her return to Nazareth 1:56
Joseph's vision Nazareth 1:20-25
4 B.C. Birth and infancy of John the Baptist Hebron 1:57-80
Birth of Jesus Bethlehem 2:1-7
Adoration by shepherds Bethlehem 2:8-16
Circumcision Bethlehem 1:25 2:21
Presentation and purification Jerusalem 2:22-29
Genealogies 1:17 3:23
3 B.C. Adoration by the wise men Bethlehem 2:1-12
Flight into Egypt Egypt 2:13-15
Massacre of the Innocents Bethlehem 2:16-18
1 A. D. Return to Nazareth Nazareth 2:19-23 2:39
Childhood of Jesus Nazareth 2:40
7 A. D. With the doctors in the temple Jerusalem 2:46-50
7-26 A. D. Youth of Jesus Nazareth 2:51

Christ's First Appearance

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
27 A. D. First Miracle, at Cana Cana 2:1-11
Visit to Capernaum Capernaum 2:12
First PASSOVER; first cleansing of temple Jerusalem 2:13-23
Discourse with Nicodemus Jerusalem 3:1-21
The Baptist's last testimony Ænon 3:25-36
Christ's visit to Samaria Sychar 4:1-42
Christ's return to Cana Cana 4:43-46
Christ's healing of the nobleman's son Cana 4:46-54

First Public Preaching

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
27 A. D. Imprisonment of John the Baptist Machærus 4:12 1:14
Christ's preaching in Galilee:--
Christ's preaching at Nazareth Nazareth 6:1 4:15-30
Christ's preaching at Capernaum Capernaum 4:13 4:31
Call of Andrew, Peter, James and John Capernaum 4:18-22 1:16
Miracles:-- Casting out a devil Capernaum 1:23 4:33
Miracles:-- Healing of Peter's mother-in-law Capernaum 1:29 4:38
Miracles:-- Healing of many sick and diseased Capernaum 1:32 4:40

First General Circuit

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
27 A. D. Preparatory Prayer 1:35 4:42
Circuit through Galilee 4:23-25 1:39 4:44
SERMON ON THE MOUNT Hill above Gennesaret 5-7:27
Sermon in the boat; miraculous draught of fishes Gennesaret 5:1
Healing of a leper 8:2-4 1:40 5:12
Retirement for prayer 1:45 5:16
Healing of palsied man Capernaum 9:2 2:1 5:17
Call of Matthew (Levi), supper, and discourse Capernaum 9:9 2:13-18 5:27-33

Second Year's Ministry

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
28 A. D. Second PASSOVER Jerusalem 5:1
Miracle at Bethesda, and discourse on it Jerusalem 5:2-47
The Sabbath; pLukecking corn Galilee 12:1 2:23 6:1
The miracle of the withered hand Capernaum 12:10 3:1 6:6
Opposition of Herodians Capernaum 12:14 3:6 6:11
Retirement for prayer Capernaum 3:13 6:12
Ordination of Twelve Apostles Capernaum 10:2-4 3:14 6:13
SERMON IN THE PLAIN (of Gennessaret) near Capernaum 6:17-49
Healing of the centurion's servant near Capernaum 8:5-13 7:1
Healing son of widow of Nain Nain 7:11
Message from John the Baptist; Christ's testimony Capernaum 11:2-7 7:17-24
Warning to Chorazin, &c. Capernaum 11:20-28
Mary Magdalene Capernaum (?) 7:36

Second General Circuit

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
Through Galilee Galilee 3:19 8:1-3
Healing of a demoniac Capernaum 12:22
Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost Capernaum 12:24 3:22
The unclean spirit Capernaum 12:43
The interruption of His relatives Capernaum 12:46 3:31
28 A. D. Parables:-- The Sower Plain of Gennesaret 13:1-9, 18-23 4:1, 14-20 8:4, 11-15
The Tares Plain of Gennesaret 13:24
The Mustard seed Plain of Gennesaret 13:31 4:30
The Leaven Plain of Gennesaret 13:33
The Candle Plain of Gennesaret 4:21 8:16
The Treasure Plain of Gennesaret 13:44
The Pearl Plain of Gennesaret 13:45
The Net Plain of Gennesaret 13:47
Christ calms the storm Sea of Gennesaret 8:24 4:37 8:23
Christ suffers devils to enter the swine Gadara 8:28 5:1 8:27
Parables:--Bridegroom Capernaum 9:15
New cloth and new wine Capernaum 9:16, 17
Miracles:-- Issue of blood Gennesaret } 9:18 5:22 8:41
Jairus' daughter Capernaum
Two blind men Capernaum 9:27
Dumb spirit Capernaum 9:32

Third General Circuit

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
28 A. D. Mission of the Twelve Apostles 10:1 6:6-11 9:1-3
Death of John the Baptist Machærus 14:1 6:14 9:7
Feeding of five thousand Bethsaida 14:13 6:30 9:12
Walking on the water Lake Gennesaret 14:25 6:48 6:1 6:19
Discourse on the plain and in the synagogue Capernaum 14:34 6:26-70

Third Year's Ministry

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
Discourse on polLuketion Capernaum 15:1-20 7:1-23
Syrophoenician woman Phoenicia 15:21 7:24
28 A. D. Miracles:-- Healing of the deaf and dumb man Decapolis 7:32
Healing of many sick Decapolis 15:29
Feeding of four thousand Gennesaret 15:32 8:1
Parable of leaven Gennesaret 16:5 8:14
Healing blind man Bethsaida 8:22
Peter's confession of Christ's Divinity 16:13 8:27 9:18
TRANSFIGURATION Mount Tabor, or Hermon 17:1 9:2 9:28
Healing demoniac child Mount Tabor, or Hermon 17:14 9:14 9:37
Prediction of His Passion Galilee 17:22 9:30 9:43
The stater in the fish's mouth Capernaum 17:27
Lesson on docility Capernaum 18:1 9:33 9:46
Lesson on forgiveness Capernaum 18:15 9:43
Lesson on self-denial Capernaum 18:18
Parable of the unmerciful servant Capernaum 18:23
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES Jerusalem 7:2, 10
Discourses Jerusalem 7:10-46
Officers sent to arrest Him Jerusalem 7:30, 46
The adulteress Jerusalem 8:3
Discourses Jerusalem 8:12
Threatened with stoning Jerusalem 8:59
Healing of blind man, and discourses Jerusalem 9:1
Christ the DOOR Jerusalem 10:1
Christ the GOOD SHEPHERD Jerusalem 10:11
FEAST OF DEDICATION Jerusalem 10:22
Christ's oneness with the Father Jerusalem 10:30
Christ's retreat across the Jordan Peræa 10:40
Christ's raising of Lazarus Bethany 11:1
Christ's retreat to Ephraim Ephraim 11:54
*Christ's repulse by the Samaritans Samaria 9:53
*Mission of the Seventy Galilee 10:1-17
*Parable of the Good Samaritan Jerusalem 10:30
*Visit to Martha & Mary Bethany 10:38
*The Lord's Prayer Mount of Olives 6:9-13 11:2-4
Parable of the importunity of a friend Mount of Olives 11:5
The dumb spirit Jerusalem 11:14
The rich fool Jerusalem 12:16
God's providence to birds and flowers Jerusalem 12:22-30
The barren fig tree Jerusalem 13:6
The woman with an infirmity Jerusalem 13:11
*The mustard seed Jerusalem 13:18
*Healing the man with dropsy Jerusalem 14:1-4
*Lesson on humility Jerusalem 14:7
Parables:-- The Great supper Jerusalem 14:12
Lost sheep and pieces of silver Jerusalem 15:1
Prodigal son Jerusalem 15:11
Unjust steward Jerusalem 16:1
Dives and Lazarus Jerusalem 16:19
*The ten lepers Samaria 17:11
Parables:-- Importunate widow Jerusalem 18:1
Pharisee and publican Jerusalem 18:9
Rich young man Jerusalem 19:16 10:17 18:18
Labourers in the vineyard Jerusalem 20:1
Ten pounds Jerusalem 19:12
*Healing of blind Bartimæus Jericho 20:29 10:46

*As an interval of nearly three months occurred between the Feasts of Tabernacles and Dedication, some place the events marked * in that interval, and vary their order, putting the "healing of the ten lepers" immediately after the "repulse by the Samaritans."

The Last Passover

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
29 A. D. The supper in Simon's house Bethany 26:6-13 14:3-9 12:1
Mary anoints Jesus Bethany 26:7 14:3 12:3
Triumphal entry into the temple Jerusalem 21:1-17 11:1-11 19:29-41 12:12-20
Retirement to Bethany 21:17 11:11
Cursing the fig tree Mount of Olives 21:18 11:12
Cleansing of the temple Jerusalem 21:12 11:15 19:45
Retirement to Bethany 11:19
The withered fig tree and its lesson Mount of Olives 11:20
Discourses in the temple:--
The father and two sons Jerusalem 21:28
The wicked husbandmen Jerusalem 21:33 12:1 20:9
The wedding garment Jerusalem 22:1
Tribute money Jerusalem 22:15 12:13 20:20
The Sadducees and resurrection Jerusalem 22:23 12:18 20:27
The great commandment Jerusalem 22:34 12:28
The widow's mite Jerusalem 12:41 21:1
The eight woes Jerusalem 23
Destruction of Jerusalem and of the world Jerusalem 24:1 13:1 21:5
Parables:-- The ten virgins Mount of Olives 25:1
Talents Mount of Olives 25:14
Sheep and goats Mount of Olives 25:31
Warning of the betrayal Bethany 26:1
The counsel of the Sanhedrim Jerusalem 26:2 14:1 22:1
Judas' betrayal Jerusalem 26:14 14:10 22:3
Preparation of the Passover Jerusalem 26:17 14:12 22:7
Washing the apostles' feet Jerusalem 13:1-17
The breaking of bread Jerusalem 26:26 14:22 22:19
"One of you shall betray me" Jerusalem 22:21 13:18
"Is it I?" Jerusalem 26:22-25 14:19
The giving of the sop, "That thou doest, do quickly" Jerusalem 13:26, 27
Departure of Judas Jerusalem 13:30
Peter warned Jerusalem 26:34 14:30 22:34 13:36
The blessing the cup Jerusalem 26:28 14:24
The discourses after supper Jerusalem 14-16
Christ's prayer for his apostles Jerusalem 17
The hymn Jerusalem 26:30 14:26
The agony Gethsemane 26:37 14:33 22:39 18:1
The prayer (repeated thrice) Gethsemane 26:39-44 14:36-39 22:42
His sweat, and the angel's comfort Gethsemane 22:43, 44
The sleep of the apostles Gethsemane 26:40-45 14:37-41
Betrayal by Judas Gethsemane 26:47-50 14:34, 44 22:47 18:2-4
Peter smites Malchus Gethsemane 26:51 14:47 22:50 18:10
Christ heals the ear of Malchus Gethsemane 22:51
Christ forsaken by His disciples Gethsemane 26:56 14:50
Christ led to Annas Jerusalem 18:12
Christ tried by Caiaphas Jerusalem 26:57 14:53 22:54 18:15
Peter follows Christ Jerusalem 26:58 14:54 22:55 18:15
The high priest's adjuration Jerusalem 26:63 14:61
Christ condemned, buffeted, mocked Jerusalem 26:66, 67 14:64, 65 22:63-65 18:17-24
Peter's denial of Christ Jerusalem 26:69 14:66 22:55-59 18:25-27
Christ before Pilate Jerusalem 27:1 15:1 23:1 18:28
Repentance of Judas Jerusalem 27:3
Pilate comes out to the people Jerusalem 18:29
Pilate speaks to Jesus privately Jerusalem 18:33
Pilate orders Him to be scourged Jerusalem 27:26 15:15 19:1
Jesus crowned with thorns Jerusalem 27:29 15:17 19:2
Jesus exhitited by Pilate; "Ecce Homo" Jerusalem 19:5
Jesus accused formally Jerusalem 27:11 15:2 23:2
Jesus sent by Pilate to Herod, mocked, arrayed in purple Jerusalem 23:6-11
"Behold your King!" Jerusalem 19:14
Pilate desires to release Him Jerusalem 27:15 15:6 23:17 19:12
Pilate receives a message from his wife Jerusalem 27:19
Pilate washes his hands Jerusalem 27:24
Pilate releases Barabbas Jerusalem 27:26
Pilate delivers Jesus to be crucified Jerusalem 27:26 15:15 23:25 19:16
Simon of Cyrene carries the cross Jerusalem 27:32 15:21 23:26
They give Him vinegar and gall Golgotha 27:34 15:23 23:36
Nail him to the cross Golgotha 27:35 23:33 19:18
The superscription Golgotha 27:37 15:26 23:38 19:19

The Seven Words

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
29 A. D. 1. Father, forgive them Golgotha 23:34
His garments parted, and vesture allotted Golgotha 27:35 15:24 23:23-34 19:23
Passers-by rail, the two thieves revile Golgotha 27:39-44 15:29-32 23:35
The penitent thief Golgotha 23:40
2. To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Golgotha 23:43
3. Woman, behold thy Son, &c Golgotha 19:26, 27
The darkness Golgotha 27:45 15:33 23:44
4. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Golgotha 27:46 15:34
5. I thirst! Golgotha 19:28
The vinegar Golgatha 27:48 15:36 19:29
6. It is finished Golgotha 19:30
7. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit Golgotha 23:46
Rending of the veil Jerusalem 27:51 15:38 23:45
Opening of the graves, and resurrection of saints Jerusalem 27:52
Testimony of centurion Golgotha 27:54 15:39 23:47
Watching of the women Golgotha 27:55 15:40 23:49
Piercing His side Golgotha 19:31
Taking down from the cross, and burial by Joseph of Arimethea and Nicodemus Golgotha 27:57-60 15:46 23:53 19:38
A guard placed at the door, which was sealed The Garden 27:65, 66 19:39-42

The Great Forty Days

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
29 A. D. Women carry spices to the tomb The Garden 28:1 16:2
The angel had rolled away the stone The Garden 28:2
Women announce the resurrection Jerusalem 28:8 24:9, 10 20:1, 2
Peter and John run to the tomb The Garden 24:12 20:3
The women return to the tomb The Garden 24:1
The guards report these things to the chief priests Jerusalem 28:11-15

Appearances of Christ after His Resurrection

 

Date Events Locality Matthew Mark Luke John
29 A. D. 1. To Mary Magdalene The Garden 16:9, 10 20:14
"All hail! Fear not. Touch me not." 28:9 20:17
2. To the women returning home The Garden 28:9
"Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee; there shall they see me." 28:10
3. To two disciples going to Emmaus (Exposition of prophecies on the passion) Emmaus 16:12 24:13
4. To Peter (1 Cor. 15:5 ) Jerusalem 24:34
5. To ten Apostles in the upper room Jerusalem 24:33 20:19
"Peace be unto you As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you". 20:21
"Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sover sins ye remit," &c. 20:22, 23
6. To the eleven Apostles in the upper room Jerusalem 16:14 20:26
"Peace be unto you." 20:26
To Thomas.
"Reach hither thy finger," &c. 20:27
"Blessed are they that have not seen, yet have believed." 20:29
7. To seven disciples at the Sea of Tiberias Tiberias 21:1-24
To Peter.
"Feed my sheep. Feed my lambs." 21:15-17
8. To the eleven disciples on a mountain in Galilee (1 Cor. 15:5 ) Galilee 28:16
"All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." 28:18
"Go ye and teach all nations, baptizing them," &c. 28:19
"Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." 28:20
9. To five hundred brethren at once (1 Cor. 15:6 ) Galilee, or Bethany
10. To James (1 Cor. 15:7 )
11. Ascension (1 Cor. 15:7 ) Bethany 16:19 24:50, 51
12. To Paul (1 Cor. 15:8 ) Damascus (?)




 

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