Original Timeline · year, month, feast, and Jubilee chronology
Jesus
Birth, ministry, death, and resurrection
One continuous KJV timeline divided by Creation year, Nisan year, Jubilee, Hebrew month, and the feasts named in John.
| Creation YearTishri Sept./Oct. | Months within the Creation year | Nisan YearNisan March/April | BC / ADDec./Jan. | JubileeTishri 10 · Trumpet Sounds | Gospel Events and KJV Scripture | Chronology Notes |
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| 3920 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar | Dec./Jan.2 BC | — | Month not stated · Gabriel’s announcements and John’s birthGabriel announces Jesus’s birth to MaryLuke 1:26–38 · KJVJohn the Baptist is bornLuke 1:57–80 · KJV | Gabriel’s announcements and John’s birth: Luke supplies the order of these events but does not state their Hebrew months. | |
| Creation year 3920 continues | Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | |||||
| 3921 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar | Dec./Jan.1 BC | — | Month not stated · Jesus is born and presentedJesus is born in BethlehemLuke 2:1–20 · KJVJesus is circumcised, named, and presented in the templeLuke 2:21–38 · KJV | Jesus is born and presented: The established Creation-year placement is preserved. The precise month is not stated. The later age and Passover sequence supports examining a birth in the months shortly before Passover. | |
| Creation year 3921 continues | Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | |||||
| 3922 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar | Dec./Jan.AD 1 | — | Month not stated · Egypt and the return to NazarethThe wise men come; Jesus is taken into EgyptMatthew 2:1–18 · KJVJesus returns from Egypt and dwells in NazarethMatthew 2:19–23 · KJV | Egypt and the return to Nazareth: Herod’s death remains a separately labeled historical placement on the Rome and Herod timeline. | |
| Creation year 3922 continues | Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | |||||
| 3933 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar | Dec./Jan.AD 12 | — | |||
| Creation year 3933 continues | Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 1487 | Nisan · Passover · Jesus at twelve years oldJesus goes up to Jerusalem at Passover when he is twelveLuke 2:41–52 · KJV | Jesus at twelve years old: Luke directly joins Jesus’s stated age to Passover. Eighteen annual Passovers later, the ministry chronology reaches the first named ministry Passover near age thirty. | ||
| 3950 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar | 1503 | Dec./Jan.AD 29 | 29th JubileeTishri 10 · Trumpet soundsContinues to the following Tishri | Tishri 10 · Day of Atonement · The Jubilee year beginsThe trumpet sounds and liberty is proclaimed in the fiftieth yearLeviticus 25:8–13 · KJVShebat–Adar · working window · John prepares the way; Jesus beginsJohn begins preaching in Tiberius’s fifteenth yearLuke 3:1–18 · KJVJesus is baptizedMatthew 3:13–17; Mark 1:9–11; Luke 3:21–23 · KJVJesus is tempted forty daysMatthew 4:1–11; Mark 1:12–13; Luke 4:1–13 · KJVJohn identifies Jesus; the first disciples followJohn 1:19–51 · KJVJesus turns water into wine at Cana and goes briefly to CapernaumJohn 2:1–12 · KJV | The Jubilee year begins: The Tishri-based Jubilee begins while Nisan year 1503 is underway. It continues through Jesus’s opening ministry and the first named ministry Passover in Nisan 1504, ending at the following Tishri boundary. John prepares the way; Jesus begins: Luke says Jesus was “about thirty years of age.” Forty days of temptation, the ordered days in John 1, Cana, and “not many days” at Capernaum place the baptism approximately two to three months before Passover. Shebat–Adar is a working window, not a stated baptism date. |
| Creation year 3950 continues | Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 1504 | Nisan · First Passover · First named ministry PassoverJesus goes up to Jerusalem and cleanses the templeJohn 2:13–25 · KJVAfter Passover · Judaea and SamariaNicodemus comes to Jesus by nightJohn 3:1–21 · KJVJesus ministers in Judaea; John gives his final recorded witnessJohn 3:22–36 · KJVJesus travels through Samaria and speaks with the woman at the wellJohn 4:1–42 · KJVJesus returns to Galilee and heals the nobleman’s sonJohn 4:43–54 · KJV | First named ministry Passover: This is the first Passover expressly named by John during Jesus’s ministry. It falls within the Tishri-to-Tishri Jubilee that began while Nisan year 1503 was underway. Judaea and Samaria: These events follow the first Passover in John’s written sequence. Scripture does not assign a separate calendar date to each event. | ||
| 3951 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar | Dec./Jan.AD 30 | Jubilee Year EndsTishri 10 | Tishri 15 · possible Tabernacles · The unnamed feast at JerusalemJesus goes up to Jerusalem for “a feast of the Jews”John 5:1 · KJVJesus heals the man at Bethesda on the sabbathJohn 5:2–18 · KJVJesus teaches concerning the Son, resurrection, judgment, and witnessesJohn 5:19–47 · KJVBetween the unnamed feast and Passover · Jesus’s Galilean ministryJesus teaches throughout Galilee and calls disciplesMatthew 4:12–25; Mark 1:14–39; Luke 4:14–44 · KJVThe Sermon on the MountMatthew 5–7 · KJVJesus heals, forgives sins, and calls MatthewMatthew 8:1–13; 9:1–13 · KJVJesus raises the widow’s son and answers John’s messengersLuke 7:11–35 · KJVJesus teaches in parablesMatthew 13:1–53; Mark 4:1–34; Luke 8:4–18 · KJVJesus stills the storm, delivers the possessed man, and raises Jairus’s daughterMark 4:35–5:43; Luke 8:22–56 · KJVJesus sends out the twelveMatthew 10:1–42; Mark 6:7–13; Luke 9:1–6 · KJV | The unnamed feast at Jerusalem: John never calls this feast Passover. Israel’s men were commanded to appear at Jerusalem for Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. If this unnamed feast is Tabernacles, its placement remains an inference rather than an expressly dated Jubilee marker. Jesus’s Galilean ministry: Matthew, Mark, and Luke supply much of the work occurring between John’s annual feast anchors. These events follow their general Gospel order; no unsupported month is assigned to them. | |
| Creation year 3951 continues | Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 1505 | Nisan · Second Passover · Second named ministry PassoverJohn records that Passover was nighJohn 6:1–4 · KJVJesus feeds five thousandMatthew 14:13–21; Mark 6:30–44; Luke 9:10–17; John 6:5–14 · KJVJesus walks upon the seaMatthew 14:22–33; Mark 6:45–52; John 6:15–21 · KJVJesus teaches that he is the bread of lifeJohn 6:22–71 · KJVNisan to Tishri · Toward the named Feast of TabernaclesJesus ministers in Tyre, Sidon, and DecapolisMatthew 15:21–39; Mark 7:24–8:10 · KJVPeter confesses that Jesus is the ChristMatthew 16:13–28; Mark 8:27–9:1; Luke 9:18–27 · KJVJesus is transfiguredMatthew 17:1–13; Mark 9:2–13; Luke 9:28–36 · KJVJesus sets his face toward JerusalemLuke 9:51–62 · KJV | Second named ministry Passover: John 6:4 expressly names Passover. The feeding of the five thousand is recorded in all four Gospels and joins their narratives at this feast anchor. Toward the named Feast of Tabernacles: These works stand between John’s second named Passover and the expressly named Feast of Tabernacles. | ||
| 3952 | Tishri–AdarTishri · Cheshvan · Kislev · Tevet · Shebat · Adar | Dec./Jan.AD 31 | — | Tishri · Tabernacles · The named Feast of TabernaclesJohn names the Feast of TabernaclesJohn 7:1–13 · KJVJesus teaches in the temple during the feastJohn 7:14–53 · KJVJesus declares himself the light of the worldJohn 8:1–59 · KJVJesus heals the man born blindJohn 9:1–41 · KJVJesus teaches concerning the good shepherdJohn 10:1–21 · KJVKislev · Dedication · The Feast of Dedication in winterJesus walks in Solomon’s porch at the Feast of DedicationJohn 10:22–39 · KJVJesus goes again beyond JordanJohn 10:40–42 · KJVAfter Dedication · before Passover · The journey toward the final PassoverJesus teaches on the journey toward JerusalemLuke 13–18 · KJVJesus raises Lazarus from the deadJohn 11:1–46 · KJVThe council determines to put Jesus to deathJohn 11:47–54 · KJVThe final Passover draws nighJohn 11:55–12:1 · KJV | The named Feast of Tabernacles: Unlike John 5, John 7:2 expressly identifies this feast as Tabernacles. Tishri begins the next Creation-calendar year while the Nisan year remains 1505. The Feast of Dedication in winter: John expressly names Dedication and states that it was winter. Dedication begins on Kislev 25. The journey toward the final Passover: The events lead directly from Dedication in winter toward the final Passover. Their order is stated; an exact month for each is not. | |
| Creation year 3952 continues | Nisan–ElulNisan · Iyar · Sivan · Tammuz · Av · Elul | 1506 | Nisan · Final Passover · Third named ministry PassoverJesus enters JerusalemMatthew 21:1–17; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–48; John 12:12–19 · KJVJesus teaches in the temple and on the mount of OlivesMatthew 21–25; Mark 11–13; Luke 20–21 · KJVJesus keeps the Passover with his disciplesMatthew 26:17–35; Mark 14:12–31; Luke 22:7–38; John 13–17 · KJVJesus is arrested, examined, and delivered to be crucifiedMatthew 26:36–27:26; Mark 14:32–15:15; Luke 22:39–23:25; John 18:1–19:15 · KJVMessiah is cut off: Jesus is crucified and diesMatthew 27:27–56; Mark 15:16–41; Luke 23:26–49; John 19:16–37; Daniel 9:26 · KJVJesus is laid in the sepulchre before the sabbathMatthew 27:57–66; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42 · KJVOn the first day of the week, Jesus rises from the deadMatthew 28:1–10; Mark 16:1–14; Luke 24:1–49; John 20:1–29 · KJV | Third named ministry Passover: This is John’s third named ministry Passover. The resulting chronology is approximately two years and two to three months from baptism to death—extending into a third year inclusively, but not three and a half years. |
What the feast and Jubilee columns show
John names three ministry Passovers: John 2, John 6, and the final Passover beginning in John 11. John 5 identifies only “a feast of the Jews.” Tabernacles is displayed there only as a possible chronological identification, never as an expressly named feast. The twenty-ninth Jubilee begins at Tishri 10 while Nisan year 1503 is underway, includes Jesus’s opening ministry and the first Passover in Nisan 1504, and continues until the following Tishri.