
the gospel according to St Matthew
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| MATTHEW. The Genealogy of Jesus Christ. |
Mt.1.1-17 |
Nazareth |
| The Visit of the Wise Men. |
Mt.2.1-12 |
Bethlehem |
| The Preaching of John the Baptist. |
Mt.3.1-12 |
Bethabara |
| The Temptation of Jesus. |
Mt.4.1-11 |
Wilderness of Judaea |
| The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry. |
Mt.4.12-17 |
Machaerus-Capernaum |
| The Calling of Four Fishermen. |
Mt.4.18-22 |
Capernaum |
| Ministering to a Great Multitude. |
Mt.4.23-25 |
Galilee |
| The Cleansing of a Leper. |
Mt.8.1-4 |
Galilee |
| The Healing of a Paralytic. |
Mt.9.1-8 |
Capernaum |
| Plucking Grain on the Sabbath. |
Mt.12.1-8 |
Galilee |
| The Man with a Withered Hand. |
Mt.12.9-14 |
Capernaum |
| The Commissioning of the Twelve. |
Mt.10.5-15 |
Hill of Hattin? |
| Confessing Christ before Men. |
Mt.10.32-33 |
Hill of Hattin? |
| Teaching about Almsgiving. |
Mt.6.1-4 |
Galilee |
| The Healing of a Centurion's Servant. |
Mt.8.5-13 |
Capernaum |
| The Ruler's Daughter and the Woman who Touched Jesus' Garment. |
Mt.9.18-26 |
Capernaum |
| The Healing of Two Blind Men. |
Mt.9.27-31 |
Capernaum |
| The Mission of the Twelve. |
Mt.10.1-4 |
Capernaum |
| The Messengers from John the Baptist. |
Mt.11.2-19 |
Capernaum |
| The Return of the Unclean Spirit. |
Mt.12.43-45 |
Capernaum |
| The Mother and Brothers of Jesus. |
Mt.12.46-50 |
Capernaum |
| The Parable of the Sower. |
Mt.13.1-9 |
Plain of Gennesaret |
| The Purpose of the Parables. |
Mt.13.10-17 |
Plain of Gennesaret |
| The Parable of the Sower Explained. |
Mt.13.18-23 |
Plain of Gennesaret |
| The Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat. |
Mt.13.24-30 |
Plain of Gennesaret |
| The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven. |
Mt.13.31-33 |
Plain of Gennesaret |
| The Use of the Parables. |
Mt.13.34-35 |
Plain of Gennesaret |
| The Parable of the Weeds Explained. |
Mt.13.36-43 |
Plain of Gennesaret |
| The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth. |
Mt.13.53-58 |
Nazareth |
| The Death of John the Baptist. |
Mt.14.1-12 |
Machaerus |
| The Feeding of the Five Thousand. |
Mt.14.13-21 |
Bethsaida |
| The Healing of the Sick in Gennesaret. |
Mt.14.34-36 |
Lake of Gennesaret |
| The Would-be Followers of Jesus. |
Mt.8.18-12 |
Capernaum |
| The Healing of the Gadarene Demoniacs. |
Mt.8.28-34 |
Gergesa |
| The Feeding of the Four Thousand. |
Mt.15.32-39 |
Gennesaret |
| The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. |
Mt.16.5-12 |
Gennesaret |
| Peter's Declaration about Jesus. |
Mt.16.13-20 |
Caesarea Philippi |
| Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection. |
Mt.16.21-28 |
Caesarea Philippi |
| The Transfiguration of Jesus. |
Mt.17.1-13 |
Mount Hermon |
| The Healing of a Boy with a Demon. |
Mt.17.14-21 |
Mount Hermon |
| Jesus again Foretells his Death and Resurrection. |
Mt.17.22-23 |
Mount Hermon |
| The Greatest in the Kingdom. |
Mt.18.1-5 |
Capernaum |
| The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant. |
Mt.18.21-35 |
Capernaum |
| Teaching about Divorce. |
Mt.19.1-12 |
Borders of Samaria |
| Little Children Blessed. |
Mt.19.13-15 |
Borders of Samaria |
| The Workers in the Vineyard. |
Mt.20.1-16 |
Borders of Samaria |
| A Third Time Jesus foretells His Death and Resurrection. |
Mt.20.17-19 |
Borders of Samaria |
| The Request of James and John. |
Mt.20.20-28 |
Borders of Samaria |
| The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. |
Mt.21.1-11 |
Jerusalem |
| The Cursing of the Fig Tree. |
Mt.21.18-22 |
Mount of Olives |
| The Authority of Jesus Questioned. |
Mt.21.23-27 |
Jerusalem |
| The Parable of the Vineyard and the Tenants. |
Mt.21.33-46 |
Jerusalem |
| The Parable of the Marriage Feast. |
Mt.22.1-14 |
Jerusalem |
| The Question about the Resurrection. |
Mt.22.23-33 |
Jerusalem |
| The Denouncing of the Scribes and Pharisees. |
Mt.23.1-36 |
Jerusalem |
| The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. |
Mt.24.1-2 |
Olivet |
| The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant. |
Mt.24.45-51 |
Olivet |
| Judas' Agreement to Betray Jesus. |
Mt.26.14-16 |
Jerusalem |
| The Institution of the Lord's Supper. |
Mt.26.26-30 |
Jerusalem |
| The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus. |
Mt.26.47-56 |
Gethsemane |
| Jesus Brought before Pilate. |
Mt.27.1-2 |
Jerusalem |
| The Commissioning of the Disciples. |
Mt.28.16-20 |
Galilee |
Notes:
CHRONOLOGY OF THE GOSPELS.
1. IN DEALING WITH THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE GOSPEL PERIOD
we have to ascertain
- the starting-point,
- the length of our Lord's life and Ministry,
- the arrangement of it as gathered from the Gospels.
On all these points there are differences of opinion.
It is generally agreed that the birth of Christ ought to be set back by
at least four years.
It seems to have happened very shortly before the death of Herod the Great.
Herod died in the 750th year from the building of Rome,
i.e. four years before the usual starting-point of Christian chronology,
so that we are forced to the conclusion that our Lord was born BC 4,
or, according to some, a little earlier.
2. OUR LORD'S MINISTRY.
The starting- point of the -Ministry is given very clearly in St.Luke iii.1.
Caesar Augustus, under whose reign our Lord was born, had died,
Tiberius having been associated with him on the imperial throne for the last
three years of his reign, AD.11-14.
The fifteenth year from the commencement of this joint reign brings us to AD.26
by which time Pihite was acting as procurator of Judaea;
Caiaphas had been appointed High Priest the year before,
while his father-in-law Annas still probably presided over the Sanhedrin;
Herod
Antipas was still carrying on his Iong rule in Galilee,
and Herod Philip in Bashan and the neighbourhood.
All these notes of time fit in with the conclusion that AD.26 was the beginning
of John thie Baptist's work, and consequently of our Lord's Ministry,
and that His death and resurrection must have taken place in AD.29 or 30.
3. THE DURATION OF HIS MINISTRY is usually reckoned at three and a half years,
but some reckon it as two and a half.
A great deal depends on the meaning of St.John v.1.
If the feast named was a Passover,
we know that the Ministry was three and a half years.
If it was not a Passover, there is no reason for prolonging the Ministry beyond
two and a half years.
On the whole, it cannot be said for certain that the feast was a Passover.
The probabilities both regarding the text and the interpretation are against
it.
(See Revised Version, John v. 1.)
4. DIVISIONS.
The Gospel Narrative may be thus divided:-
- The Nativity and Early Life of Jesus.
- From the Preaching of John to the First Passover.
- From the First Passover to the Second.
- From the Second Passover to the Third.
- Holy Week.
- The Death and Burial.
- The Resurrection and the Great forty Days.
[See Tischendorf's
Synopsis Evangelica;
Bp.Ellicott's Lectures on the Life of the Lord;
Dr.Edersheim's
Life & Times
of Jesus of Nazareth.]
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© Paul Ingram 2007.