The dates given herewith have been collated from the chart which accompanies this volume.
| Birth—about time of the Feast of Tabernacles | Fall | B.C. | 2 |
| Christ in the Temple | A.D. | 11 | |
| His baptism [Luke III. 1 and 23] | Summer | ” | 29 |
| Began his ministry | Fall | ” | 29 |
| Purgeth the Temple | Spring | ” | 30 |
| Disciples baptize throughout Judea | ” | 30 | |
| Spends the year in Galilee | ” | 31 | |
| John Baptist imprisoned | Spring | ” | 31 |
| The Apostles sent out | ” | 31 | |
| John beheaded | Spring | ” | 32 |
| Fed the multitudes, 5000 and 4000 | ” | 32 | |
| The transfiguration | ” | 32 | |
| Feast of Tabernacles, see John VII. 2 and 14 |
Thursday, Oct. 9th | ” | 32 |
| Completed 3 years of ministry. Parable of fig-tree, barren for 3 years, see Luke 13, 6 | ” | 32 | |
| Feast of dedication |
Thursday, Dec. 18th | ” | 32 |
| The crucifixion |
Friday, April 3rd | ” | 33 |
| The resurrection |
Sunday, April 5th | ” | 33 |
| Ministry lasted 3½ years, or “one-half a WEEK” of 7 years |
Fall of A.D. 29 to Spring | ” | 33 |
| The Ascension |
Friday, May 15th | A.D. | 33 |
YEARS IN THE LIFE OF HEROD.
The dates here given are the result of a geometric plotting of the facts given in the works of Flavius Josephus:—see chart with this volume.
| Herod the Great was born in | B.C. | 71 |
| Made Governor of Galilee when 18 years old (not 15) and in the 9th year of Hyrcanus II. | ” | 54 |
| Made king by the Romans | ” | 40 |
| Married Mariamne; Captured Jerusalem | ” | 37 |
| Battle of Actium in 7th year of his reign | ” | 31 |
| Hyrcanus II. put to death; Herod recrowned by Caesar | ” | 30 |
| Mariamne put to death | ” | 29 |
| Herod afflicted with madness | ” | 28 |
| 1st year of famine | ” | 24 |
| 2nd year of famine | ” | 23 |
| Herod offered to rebuild Temple | ” | 21 |
| The priests began work | ” | 19 |
| Sanctuary dedicated | ” | 18 |
| Cloisters finished | ” | 11 |
| 1st of Caesar’s Games | ” | 9 |
| 2nd of Caesar’s Games | ” | 4 |
| Alexander and Aristobulus put to death | ” | 4 |
| Total eclipse of the Moon —— January 9th | ” | 1 |
| [See “Eclipses Past and Future,” by Johnson] | ||
| Death of Herod the Great —— February | ” | 1 |
ASMONEAN DYNASTY.
This government was founded by a priest named Mattathias, who had five sons named respectively:—John, Simon, Judas, Eleazar, and Jonathan. The dynasty lasted 130 years and was succeeded by the Idumean dynasty of Herod the Great. The dates here given result from a geometric plotting of the facts given by Josephus and the books of the Maccabees.
| Mattathias began to rule in | B.C. | 167 |
| Judas Maccabeus began to rule in | ” | 166 |
| The feast of lights instituted November 26th | ” | 165 |
| Alcimus, high priest | ” | 162 |
| 7 years interregnum | ” | 159 |
| Jonathan Maccabeus | ” | 152 |
| Simon made governor | ” | 145 |
| Simon Maccabeus | ” | 143 |
| Temple cleansed May 4th | ” | 141 |
| John Hyrcanus | ” | 135 |
| Judas Aristobulus, king | ” | 105 |
| Alexander Janneus | ” | 104 |
| Queen Alexandra | ” | 76 |
| Hyrcanus II. | ” | 67 |
| Aristobulus | ” | 67 |
| Hyrcanus II. | ” | 63 |
| Antigonus | ” | 40 |
| Antigonus put to death | ” | 37 |
REIGNS OF THE CHALDEAN AND MEDO-PERSIAN KINGS.
These dates have been established after careful study of the works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Ctesias, Josephus, Berosus, Manetho, Ptolemy, Diodorus, Julius Africanus, Eusebius, Egibi tablets; also Annalistic tablet of Cyrus and “Records of the Past.”