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Event · The Life of JesusAD 30

Gethsemane and the arrest

Dated from the sources quoted below

True span4004 BC – AD 100
Beginnings · 4004 BC – 1996 BC · 12 eventsBeginnings4004 BC – 1996 BCThe Patriarchs · 1996 BC – 1635 BC · 34 eventsPatriarchs1996 BC – 1635 BCEgypt and the Exodus · 1635 BC – 1451 BC · 19 eventsExodus1635 BC – 1451 BCConquest and Settlement · 1451 BC – 1400 BC · 7 eventsConquest1451 BC – 1400 BCThe Judges · 1405 BC – 1095 BC · 13 eventsJudges1405 BC – 1095 BCThe United Kingdom · 1095 BC – 975 BC · 38 eventsUnited Kgdm1095 BC – 975 BCIsrael and Judah · 933 BC – 721 BC · 27 eventsIsrael & Judah933 BC – 721 BCJudah Alone · 721 BC – 586 BC · 22 eventsJudah alone721 BC – 586 BCThe Exile · 586 BC – 538 BC · 7 eventsExile586 BC – 538 BCReturn and Restoration · 538 BC – 400 BC · 13 eventsReturn538 BC – 400 BCBetween the Testaments · 400 BC – 4 BC · 8 eventsBetween400 BC – 4 BCThe Life of Jesus · 6 BC – AD 33 · 42 eventsJesus6 BC – AD 33The Apostles and the Early Church · AD 30 – AD 100 · 29 eventsThe ChurchAD 30 – AD 1006 BC — Jesus is born in Bethlehem4 BC — Herod the Great diesAD 26 — John preaches and baptizes in the wildernessAD 26 — Jesus is baptized by John in the JordanAD 27 — Jesus drives the traders from the templeAD 30 — Jesus rides into JerusalemAD 30 — The Last SupperAD 30 — Gethsemane and the arrestAD 30 — The trial before Caiaphas; Peter's denialAD 30 — Jesus before Pilate; Barabbas releasedAD 30 — Jesus is crucified at GolgothaAD 30 — Joseph of Arimathea lays Jesus in the tombAD 30 — Jesus rises on the first day of the weekAD 30 — The walk to EmmausAD 30 — The Great CommissionAD 30 — Jesus is taken up from the Mount of OlivesGabriel promises a son to Zechariah — placed by its order in the narrativeGabriel comes to Mary at Nazareth — placed by its order in the narrativeMary visits Elizabeth; the Magnificat — placed by its order in the narrativeJohn the Baptist is born — placed by its order in the narrativeSimeon and Anna see the child in the temple — placed by its order in the narrativeWise men from the east come to Bethlehem — placed by its order in the narrativeJoseph takes the child to Egypt — placed by its order in the narrativeThe boy Jesus among the teachers — placed by its order in the narrativeJesus is tempted in the wilderness forty days — placed by its order in the narrativeThe first disciples follow Jesus — placed by its order in the narrativeWater into wine at the wedding in Cana — placed by its order in the narrativeNicodemus comes to Jesus by night — placed by its order in the narrativeThe Samaritan woman at Jacob's well — placed by its order in the narrativeJesus reads Isaiah and is rejected at Nazareth — placed by its order in the narrativeJesus calls fishermen by the Sea of Galilee — placed by its order in the narrativeThe Sermon on the Mount — placed by its order in the narrativeJesus chooses the Twelve — placed by its order in the narrativeThe centurion's servant healed at Capernaum — placed by its order in the narrativeJohn the Baptist is beheaded — placed by its order in the narrativeFive thousand fed with five loaves — placed by its order in the narrativeJesus walks on the water — placed by its order in the narrativePeter confesses the Christ at Caesarea Philippi — placed by its order in the narrativeThe transfiguration — placed by its order in the narrativeSeventy are sent out two by two — placed by its order in the narrativeLazarus is raised at Bethany — placed by its order in the narrativeZacchaeus the tax collector — placed by its order in the narrative
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Told in

Matthew 26:36–56Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go there and pray.”Mark 14:32–52They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”Luke 22:39–53He came out and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.
Opening words from the World English Bible (public domain); the passage list is in-house

Who and where

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How we know the date

ISBE's New Testament chronology (1915) gives AD 30.

Written in-house from the sources below · every year is a quotation

The sources, word for word

“If the first Passover of Jesus' ministry was in 780/27, the fourth would fall in 783/30.”

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · CHRONOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT · gives AD 30

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