Following this, comes His residence at Capernaum, and the events of Mark i. 14-45, and Mark ii.
a.d. 29. January, February. a.u.c. 782.
The events of Mark iii. may be placed here.
The call of the Twelve (Mark iii. 13, 14; Luke vi. 13) probably took place early in February. Neither St Matthew nor St John gives an express account of the calling, but both refer to it, “And he called unto him his twelve disciples,” Matt. x. 1; and, “Jesus said therefore unto the Twelve,” John vi. 67. I suppose it to have been near the end of the month when the two disciples sent by John the Baptist came to Christ. Matth. xi. 2; Luke vii. 18.
a.d. 29. March.
In this month I should place the following events in the order given below:
(1) The teaching by parables. Matth. xiii. 3; Mark iv. 1; Luke viii. 4.
(2) The visit to the country of the Gerasenes (or Gadarenes). Matth. viii. 28; Mark v. 1; Luke viii. 26.
(3) The raising of Jairus' daughter. Matth. ix. 18; Mark v. 21-41; Luke viii. 41.
(4) The second visit to Nazareth. “And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him;” Mark vi. 1, also Matth. xiii. 54. This mention of “disciples” is one of many circumstances which distinguish this visit to Nazareth from that of Luke iv. 15.