There are two ways in which to use Jesus’ Chronicles. Firstly, it can be read just like any other diary, providing a chronological, event-by-event account of Jesus’ actions here on earth. In this way, the reader can follow along in Jesus’ footsteps from event to event as recorded by the four Gospels, and also view His travels with the help of the attached maps.
Secondly, Jesus’ Diary can be used as a guide when studying the Gospels, by following the following 4 steps.
Step 1
Start with an event of interest. For example, you may want to study the events that happened on the day when Jesus rose from the dead, in chronological order.
Step 2
Look up this event in Summary of all the events in Jesus’ life.
A second alternative is to look up “Jesus rose from death” in the Alphabetic Index“. You will find event 281.
A third alternative is to go to Summary of all the events in Jesus’ life. Press the Ctrl and F keys on the keyboard together. Type any word, for example, “resurrection” in this case. Scroll up and down to see all the places where it occurs.
Step 3
Through inspection, you will find in Chapter 4 of this website, Summary of all events in Jesus’ life, that there are 8 events, from event 281 to 288, recorded by the four Gospels in different detail and in a separate order. The full detail of events 281-288 you will find in Part 7 of Chapter 3 of this website. These events are copied below.
| E-vent | Event Description | Date of event | Mat | Mar | Luk | Joh | Comments, mainly about the order of the event | Map No. | |
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| 281 | Jesus’ resurrection. | Easter Sunday | Matthew 12:40 (NIV): “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Day number one was Thursday 6 April. Day 2 was Friday 7 April and day 3 was Saturday 8 April 30 AD. Night number one was Thursday night and number 2 was Friday night. Night number 3 was Saturday night. Therefore Jesus’ resurrection must have been during Saturday night, before sunrise on Sunday morning. Also, see below Item 6. Passion Week of the Christ and reference 18. | Mat 12:40 Loading... Mat 16:4 Loading... | – | Luk 11:29 Loading... | Joh 2:19 Loading... | See below Item 6. Holy Week of the Christ and reference 18. | 8.5 |
| 282 | An angel rolls the stone away. Women arrive at dawn. Angels appear to them and they run to tell the disciples. John and Peter go to the tomb and home. | Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, A.D. 3018 | Mat 28:1-8 Loading... | Mar 16:1-8 Loading... | Luke 24:11 2Loading... | John 20:1-10 Loading... | See below Item 6. Holy week of the Christ and reference 18. | 8.5 |
| 283 | Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene. | Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, A.D. 3018 | – | Mar 16:9 Loading... | – | John 20:11-17 Loading... | John writes further from the previous event. | 8.5 |
| 284 | Jesus appears to the other women. | Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, A.D. 3018 | Mat 28:9-10 Loading... | – | – | – | Matthew continues to write from event 282. | 8.5 |
| 285 | The women tell the disciples that they have seen Jesus. | Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, A.D. 3018 | – | Mar 16:10-11 Loading... | – | John 20:18 Loading... | John goes on to write from event 283. | 8.5 |
| 286 | The message that was spread among the Jews. | Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, A.D. 3018 | Mat 28:11-15 Loading... | – | – | – | Matthew goes on to write from event 284. | 8.5 |
| 287 | Jesus appeared to two walking towards Emmaus. | Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, A.D. 3018 | – | Mar 16:12-13 Loading... | Luke 24:13-33 Loading... | – | Mark continues to write from event 285. | 8.5 |
| 288 | Jesus appears to Simon (Cephas) and the disciples without Thomas. | Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, A.D. 3018 | – | Mar 16:14 Loading... | Luke 24:34-43 Loading... | John 20:19-25 Loading... | Luke and Mark continue from the previous event. | 8.5 |
Step 4
You can now easily follow all events in a chronological fashion. One can easily see whether Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John wrote about a specific event and if so, where and what each writer recorded.