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{{See also|Historicity of Jesus|Historical Jesus|Gospel harmony}}⏎
[[File:Church of Christ icon.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Medieval]] Russian [[icon]] depicting the [[Life of Christ|life of Jesus]]]]

A '''chronology of Jesus''' aims to establish a [[timeline]] for some of the events of the life of [[Jesus]] in the four [[canonical gospels]]. The [[Christian]] gospels were primarily written as theological documents rather than historical chronicles and their authors showed little interest in an absolute chronology of Jesus. However, it is possible to c(contracted; show full)version]].<ref name=Barnett19 /><ref name=Barnett19 /><ref name=Kostenberger77 /><ref name=Riesner /> Two independent astronomical methods have also been used, suggesting the same date, i.e. Friday, April 3, 33 AD.<ref name=Pratt1 /><ref name=HumphreysPlus /><ref name=Colin13 /> Scholars generally agree that Jesus died between 30-36 AD.<ref name=ChronosPaul /><ref name=Barnett19 /><ref name=Kostenberger140 /><ref name="Sanders" />

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==Context and overview==
{{also|New Testament places associated with Jesus|Josephus on Jesus}}
The Christian gospels were written as theological documents in the context of [[early Christianity]] rather than historical chronicles and their authors showed little interest in an absolute chronology of Jesus or in synchronizing the episodes of his life with the secular history of the age.<ref name=Rahner730 >''Encyclopedia of theology: a concise Sacramentum mundi'' by [[Karl Rahner]] 2004 ISBN 0-86012-006-6 pages 730-731</ref><ref name=Wiarda75 >''Interpre(contracted; show full)

===Working backwards from the ministry===
[[File:Brooklyn Museum - The Pharisees Question Jesus (Les pharisiens questionnent Jésus) - James Tissot.jpg|thumb|left|Dispute of Jesus and the Pharisees, by [[James Tissot]], 
c.um 1890]]
The ministry-based approach to estimating the year of birth of Jesus is independent of the nativity accounts and works backwards from the start of his ministry, based on the statement in [[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Luke#3:23|Luke 3:23]] that Jesus was "about 30 years of age" at that time.<ref name=ChronosPaul /><ref name=Kostenberger140 >''The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament'' by [[Andreas J. Köstenberger]], (contracted; show full)27;'[[Ministry of Jesus#Major Galilean ministry|major Galilean ministry]]'' of Jesus, and prior to the key episode [[Confession of Peter]] which appears about half way through the gospel narratives, before Jesus starts his final journey to Jerusalem through Judea.<ref name=Mercer459 /><ref>''The Cambridge companion to the Gospels'' by Stephen C. Barton ISBN 0-521-00261-3 pages 132-133</ref>

==Year of death estimates==
===Prefecture of Pontius Pilate===

{{see also|Pilate's Court|Josephus on Jesus|Tacitus on Christ}}⏎
[[File:Gaius Cornelius Tacitus mirror.jpg|thumb|Roman historian [[Tacitus]]]]
All four [[Canonical gospels]] state that Jesus was crucified in [[Calvary]] during the prefecture of [[Pontius Pilate]], the Roman who governed [[Roman Judaea|Judea]].<ref name="PC" /><ref>[[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Matthew#27:27|Matthew 27:27-61]], [[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Mark#15:1|Mark 15:1-47]], [[wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Luke#23:25|Luke 23:25-54]] and [[wikisource:B(contracted; show full)tablishing the date of the death of Jesus prior to 37 AD.<ref>''Pontius Pilate: portraits of a Roman governor'' by Warren Carter 2003 ISBN 0-8146-5113-5 pages 44-45</ref><ref>''The history of the Jews in the Greco-Roman world'' by Peter Schäfer 2003 ISBN 0-415-30585-3 page 108</ref><ref>''Backgrounds of early Christianity'' by Everett Ferguson 2003 ISBN 0-8028-2221-5 page 416</ref>

===Reign of Herod Antipas===

{{see also|Jesus at Herod's Court}}⏎
In the [[Gospel of Luke]], while Jesus is in [[Pilate's Court]], Pilate realizes that Jesus is a Galilean and thus is under the jurisdiction of [[Herod Antipas]].<ref name=Niswonger >''New Testament History'' by Richard L. Niswonger 1992 ISBN 0-310-31201-9 page 172</ref><ref name=Carter120 >''Pontius Pilate: portraits of a Roman governor'' by Warren Carter 2003 ISBN 978-0-8146-5113-1 pages 120-121</ref> Given that Herod was in Jerusalem at(contracted; show full)le phenomena and none seems to match the Gospel account.<ref>Raymond E. Brown, ''101 Questions and Answers on the Bible'', Paulist Press (2003), page 79.</ref> Many scholars regard the star as a literary invention of the author of the [[Gospel of Matthew]], to claim fulfillment of an Old Testament prophecy (Numbers 24:17).<ref>Joseph J. Walsh, ''Were They Wise Men or Kings?'', Westminster John Knox Press, (2001), p. 40</ref>

==See also==
* [[
Detailed Christian timelineJesus von Nazareth]]
* [[Gospel harmony]]
* [[Historicalscher Jesus]]
* [[JTesus in Christianity]]
*''[[Life of Christ]]'' in arttimonium Flavianum]]
* [[Jesus in Christianity]]
* [[New Testament view on Jesus' life]]
* [[Timeline of the Bible]]

==Einzelnachweise==
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==External links==
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08377a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia (1910): Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ]

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