The Year of Obscurity
New Testament Division—Second Period
Religious Life of the time was marked by absence of idolatry, by the presence of numerous synagogues and of reverence for the Scriptures.
Government was that of a foreign nation—Rome.
| Events | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John |
|---|
| Baptism of Jesus. | 3:13-17 | 1:9-11 | 3:21-23 | |
| The Wilderness. Temptation of Jesus (1, 2). | 4:1-11 | 1:12, 13 | 4:1-13 | |
| The Witness of John, etc. | ... | ... | ... | 1:19-51 |
| Cana. The First Miracle. Capernaum (3, 4). | ... | ... | ... | 2:1-12 |
| Jerusalem. First Cleansing of the Temple, etc. (5). | ... | ... | ... | 2:13 to 3:21 |
| Ministry in Judea. Witness of the Baptist. | ... | ... | ... | 3:22-36 |
| Imprisonment of John the Baptist. Jesus leaves Judea, etc. | 14:3-5; 4:12 | 6:17-20; 1:14 | 3:19, 20; 4:14 | 4:1-3 |
| Jacob's Well. Discourse with Samaritan Woman, etc. (6). | ... | ... | ... | 4:4-42 |
TIME.—A. D. 26 to A. D. 27.
PLACES.—Wilderness of Judea, Bethany beyond Jordan, Cana, Sychar, Jerusalem, Judea.
Copyright, 1898, by John D. Wattles & Co.
The figures attached to the journeys refer to [events mentioned in the first column on the opposite page].