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c. 5-4 BC

Birth of Jesus Christ

Jesus, the Son of God, was born to the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem, fulfilling Micah's prophecy. Angels announced His birth to shepherds, and a star guid...

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c. 4 BC

Flight to Egypt

After the Magi visited the infant Jesus, an angel warned Joseph in a dream to flee to Egypt because King Herod planned to kill the child. The holy fam...

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c. AD 26

Jesus' Baptism

Jesus came from Galilee to be baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. As He came up from the water, heaven opened, the Spirit descended on H...

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c. AD 26

Temptation in the Wilderness

After His baptism, the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness where He fasted forty days and was tempted by Satan. Jesus resisted every temptation by qu...

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c. AD 27

Sermon on the Mount

Jesus delivered His most comprehensive teaching on a mountainside in Galilee. The sermon includes the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, teaching on love...

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c. AD 27

Jesus Calls the Twelve Apostles

After a night of prayer, Jesus chose twelve men from His followers to be apostles: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Tho...

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c. AD 29

Feeding of the Five Thousand

Jesus miraculously multiplied five loaves of bread and two fish to feed a crowd of over five thousand men, plus women and children. Twelve baskets of...

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c. AD 29

Transfiguration

Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a high mountain where He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun and His garments became white...

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c. AD 30

Raising of Lazarus

Jesus raised His friend Lazarus from the dead after Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days. Jesus wept at the tomb, then called out "Lazarus, come...

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c. AD 30

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey's colt as crowds waved palm branches and shouted "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" Thi...

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c. AD 30

The Last Supper

On the night before His crucifixion, Jesus shared a final Passover meal with His disciples. He washed their feet, instituted the Lord's Supper with br...

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c. AD 30

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Jesus was arrested, tried, and condemned to death by crucifixion. He was nailed to a cross at Golgotha between two criminals. Darkness covered the lan...

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c. AD 30

Resurrection of Jesus Christ

On the third day after His crucifixion, Jesus rose bodily from the dead. Angels announced the empty tomb to the women who came with burial spices. Jes...

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c. AD 30

Ascension of Jesus

Forty days after His resurrection, Jesus led His disciples to the Mount of Olives. After commissioning them to be His witnesses to the ends of the ear...

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c. AD 30

Day of Pentecost

Ten days after the Ascension, the Holy Spirit descended on the gathered believers with the sound of rushing wind and tongues of fire. They spoke in va...

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c. AD 34

Stephen Martyred

Stephen, one of the first seven deacons and a man full of the Holy Spirit, was arrested for preaching about Jesus. He delivered a powerful sermon trac...

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c. AD 34

Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch

The Spirit directed Philip to the road from Jerusalem to Gaza, where he encountered an Ethiopian eunuch reading Isaiah 53. Philip explained that the p...

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c. AD 34-35

Conversion of Paul

Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee zealously persecuting Christians, was traveling to Damascus when a blinding light from heaven struck him down. The risen Je...

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c. AD 40

Peter's Vision and Cornelius

God gave Peter a vision of unclean animals being declared clean, preparing him to visit the Gentile centurion Cornelius. When Peter preached at Cornel...

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c. AD 46-48

Paul's First Missionary Journey

Paul and Barnabas set out from Antioch on the first organized missionary journey, traveling through Cyprus and southern Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Th...

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c. AD 49

Council of Jerusalem

The early Church gathered to resolve whether Gentile converts must follow the Mosaic Law, especially circumcision. After hearing testimonies from Pete...

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c. AD 49-52

Paul's Second Missionary Journey

Paul, accompanied by Silas, Timothy, and Luke, traveled through Asia Minor and into Europe for the first time. He preached in Philippi, Thessalonica,...

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c. AD 53-57

Paul's Third Missionary Journey

Paul spent over two years in Ephesus, where the word of God spread throughout the Roman province of Asia. He wrote several epistles during this journe...

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c. AD 57

Paul Arrested in Jerusalem

Upon returning to Jerusalem, Paul was falsely accused of bringing a Gentile into the temple. A mob seized him, and Roman soldiers rescued him. Paul ga...

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c. AD 59-60

Paul's Voyage to Rome

Paul was sent by ship to Rome as a prisoner to stand trial before Caesar. The voyage was beset by a terrible storm and shipwreck on Malta, but Paul en...

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c. AD 60-62

Paul in Rome

Paul lived in Rome under house arrest for two years, freely preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about Jesus Christ. He received visitors, wrote...

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AD 70

Destruction of the Second Temple

In AD 70, Roman legions under Titus besieged and destroyed Jerusalem and the Second Temple, fulfilling Jesus' prophecy that not one stone would be lef...

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c. AD 95

Revelation Written

The apostle John, exiled on the island of Patmos, received a series of visions from the risen Christ. He wrote the book of Revelation, the final book...

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Birth of Jesus Christ

Flight to Egypt

Jesus' Baptism

Temptation in the Wilderness

Sermon on the Mount

Jesus Calls the Twelve Apostles

Feeding of the Five Thousand

Transfiguration

Raising of Lazarus

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

The Last Supper

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Ascension of Jesus

Early Church

Day of Pentecost

Stephen Martyred

Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch

Conversion of Paul

Peter's Vision and Cornelius

Paul's First Missionary Journey

Council of Jerusalem

Paul's Second Missionary Journey

Paul's Third Missionary Journey

Paul Arrested in Jerusalem

Paul's Voyage to Rome

Paul in Rome

Destruction of the Second Temple

Revelation Written

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