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Harmony of the Gospels

Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
	The divinity of Chirst	——	——	——	——	1:1–5
	Preface	——	——	——	1:1–4	——
5 b.c.	Annunciation of birth of John the Baptist	Jerusalem	——	——	1:5–25	——
	Espousal of the Virgin Mary	Nazareth	1:18	——	1:27	——
	The Annunciation of the birth of Jesus	Nazareth	——	——	1:26–38	——
	The visitation of Mary to Elisabeth	Hebron, or Juttah	——	——	1:39–55	——
	Her return to Nazareth	——	——	——	1:56	——
	Joseph's vision	Nazareth	1:20–25	——	——	——
4 b.c.	Birth and infancy of John the Baptist	Hebron	——	——	1:57–80	——
	Birth of Jesus	Bethlehem	——	——	2:1–7	——
	Adoration by shepherds	Bethlehem	——	——	2:8–16	——
	Circumcision	Bethlehem	1:25	——	2:21	——
	Presentation and purification	Jerusalem	——	——	2:22–29	——
	Genealogies	——	1:17	——	3:23	——
3 b.c.	Adoration by the wise men	Bethlehem	2:1–12	——	——	——
	Flight into Egypt	Egypt	2:13–15	——	——	——
	Massacre of the Innocents	Bethlehem	2:16–18	——	——	——
1 a.d.	Return to Nazareth	Nazareth	2:19–23	——	2:39	——
	Childhood of Jesus	Nazareth	——	——	2:40	——
7 a.d.	With the doctors in the temple	Jerusalem	——	——	2:46–50	——
7–26 a.d.	Youth of Jesus	Nazareth	——	——	2:51	——

MISSION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
26 a.d.	Ministry of John the Baptist	Bethabara	3:1–4	1:1–8	3:1–6	1:6–15
	Baptisms by John the Baptist	Bethabara	3:5	1:5	3:7	——
	Witness to Christ by John the Baptist	Bethabara	3:11, 12	1:7, 8	3:15–18	——
	Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist	Bethabara	3:13–17	1:9–11	3:21, 22	——
	Temptation of Jesus	Wilderness of Judæa	4:1–11	1:12, 13	4:1–13	——
	John the Baptist's second testimony	Bethabara	——	——	——	1:19–35
	Call of the first disciples (five)	Bethabara	——	——	——	1:37–51

CHRIST'S FIRST APPEARANCE
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
27 a.d.	First Miracle, at Cana	Cana	——	——	——	2:1–11
	Visit to Capernaum	Capernaum	——	——	——	2:12
	First PASSOVER; first cleansing of temple	Jerusalem	——	——	——	2:13–23
	Discourse with Nicodemus	Jerusalem	——	——	——	3:1–21
	The Baptist's last testimony	Ænon	——	——	——	3:25–36
	Christ's visit to Samaria	Sychar	——	——	——	4:1–42
	Christ's return to Cana	Cana	——	——	——	4:43–46
	Christ's healing of the nobleman's son	Cana	——	——	——	4:46–54

FIRST PUBLIC PREACHING
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
27 a.d.	Imprisonment of John the Baptist	Machærus	4:12	1:14	——	——
	Christ's preaching in Galilee:—	——	——	——	——	——
	Christ's preaching at Nazareth	Nazareth	——	6:1	4:15–30	——
	Christ's preaching at Capernaum	Capernaum	4:13	——	4:31	——
	Call of Andrew, Peter, James and John	Capernaum	4:18–22	1:16	——	——
	Miracles:— Casting out a devil	Capernaum	——	1:23	4:33	——
	Miracles:— Healing of Peter's mother-in-law	Capernaum	——	1:29	4:38	——
	Miracles:— Healing of many sick and diseased	Capernaum	——	1:32	4:40	——

FIRST GENERAL CIRCUIT
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
27 a.d.	Preparatory Prayer	——	——	1:35	4:42	——
	Circuit through Galilee	——	4:23–25	1:39	4:44	——
	SERMON ON THE MOUNT	Hill above Gennesaret	5–7:27	——	——	——
	Sermon in the boat; miraculous draught of fishes	Gennesaret	——	——	5:1	——
	Healing of a leper	——	8:2–4	1:40	5:12	——
	Retirement for prayer	——	——	1:45	5:16	——
	Healing of palsied man	Capernaum	9:2	2:1	5:17	——
	Call of Matthew (Levi), supper, and discourse	Capernaum	9:9	2:13–18	5:27–33	——

SECOND YEAR'S MINISTRY
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
28 a.d.	Second Passover	Jerusalem	——	——	——	5:1
	Miracle at Bethesda, and discourse on it	Jerusalem	——	——	——	5:2–47
	The Sabbath; plucking corn	Galilee	12:1	2:23	6:1	——
	The miracle of the withered hand	Capernaum	12:10	3:1	6:6	——
	Opposition of Herodians	Capernaum	12:14	3:6	6:11	——
	Retirement for prayer	Capernaum	——	3:13	6:12	——
	Ordination of Twelve Apostles	Capernaum	10:2–4	3:14	6:13	——
	SERMON IN THE PLAIN (of Gennessaret)	near Capernaum	——	——	6:17–49	——
	Healing of the centurion's servant	near Capernaum	8:5–13	——	7:1	——
	Healing son of widow of Nain	Nain	——	——	7:11	——
	Message from John the Baptist; Christ's testimony	Capernaum	11:2–7	——	7:17–24	——
	Warning to Chorazin, &c.	Capernaum	11:20–28	——	——	——
	Mary Magdalene	Capernaum (?)	——	——	7:36	——

SECOND GENERAL CIRCUIT
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
	Through Galilee	Galilee	——	3:19	8:1–3	——
	Healing of a demoniac	Capernaum	12:22	——	——	——
	Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost	Capernaum	12:24	3:22	——	——
	The unclean spirit	Capernaum	12:43	——	——	——
	The interruption of His relatives	Capernaum	12:46	3:31	——	——
28 a.d.	Parables:— The Sower	Plain of Gennesaret	13:1–9, 18–23	4:1, 14–20	8:4, 11–15	——
	The Tares	Plain of Gennesaret	13:24	——	——	——
	The Mustard seed	Plain of Gennesaret	13:31	4:30	——	——
	The Leaven	Plain of Gennesaret	13:33	——	——	——
	The Candle	Plain of Gennesaret	——	4:21	8:16	——
	The Treasure	Plain of Gennesaret	13:44	——	——	——
	The Pearl	Plain of Gennesaret	13:45	——	——	——
	The Net	Plain of Gennesaret	13:47	——	——	——
	Christ calms the storm	Sea of Gennesaret	8:24	4:37	8:23	——
	Christ suffers devils to enter the swine	Gadara	8:28	5:1	8:27	——
	Parables:—Bridegroom	Capernaum	9:15	——	——	——
	New cloth and new wine	Capernaum	9:16, 17	——	——	——
	Miracles:— Issue of blood	Gennesaret	} 9:18	5:22	8:41	——
	Jairus' daughter	Capernaum
	Two blind men	Capernaum	9:27	——	——	——
	Dumb spirit	Capernaum	9:32	——	——	——

THIRD GENERAL CIRCUIT
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
28 a.d.	Mission of the Twelve Apostles	——	10:1	6:6–11	9:1–3	——
	Death of John the Baptist	Machærus	14:1	6:14	9:7	——
	Feeding of five thousand	Bethsaida	14:13	6:30	9:12	——
	Walking on the water	Lake Gennesaret	14:25	6:48	——	6:1 6:19
	Discourse on the plain and in the synagogue	Capernaum	14:34	——	——	6:26–70

THIRD YEAR'S MINISTRY
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
	Discourse on pollution	Capernaum	15:1–20	7:1–23	——	——
	Syrophoenician woman	Phoenicia	15:21	7:24	——	——
28 a.d.	Miracles:— Healing of the deaf and dumb man	Decapolis	——	7:32	——	——
	Healing of many sick	Decapolis	15:29	——	——	——
	Feeding of four thousand	Gennesaret	15:32	8:1	——	——
	Parable of leaven	Gennesaret	16:5	8:14	——	——
	Healing blind man	Bethsaida	——	8:22	——	——
	Peter's confession of Christ's Divinity	——	16:13	8:27	9:18	——
	TRANSFIGURATION	Mount Tabor, or Hermon	17:1	9:2	9:28	——
	Healing demoniac child	Mount Tabor, or Hermon	17:14	9:14	9:37	——
	Prediction of His Passion	Galilee	17:22	9:30	9:43	——
	The stater in the fish's mouth	Capernaum	17:27	——	——	——
	Lesson on docility	Capernaum	18:1	9:33	9:46	——
	Lesson on forgiveness	Capernaum	18:15	9:43	——	——
	Lesson on self-denial	Capernaum	18:18	——	——	——
	Parable of the unmerciful servant	Capernaum	18:23	——	——	——
	THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES	Jerusalem	——	——	——	7:2, 10
	Discourses	Jerusalem	——	——	——	7:10–46
	Officers sent to arrest Him	Jerusalem	——	——	——	7:30, 46
	The adulteress	Jerusalem	——	——	——	8:3
	Discourses	Jerusalem	——	——	——	8:12
	Threatened with stoning	Jerusalem	——	——	——	8:59
	Healing of blind man, and discourses	Jerusalem	——	——	——	9:1
	Christ the DOOR	Jerusalem	——	——	——	10:1
	Christ the GOOD SHEPHERD	Jerusalem	——	——	——	10:11
	FEAST OF DEDICATION	Jerusalem	——	——	——	10:22
	Christ's oneness with the Father	Jerusalem	——	——	——	10:30
	Christ's retreat across the Jordan	Peræa	——	——	——	10:40
	Christ's raising of Lazarus	Bethany	——	——	——	11:1
	Christ's retreat to Ephraim	Ephraim	——	——	——	11:54
	* ¹¹As an interval of nearly three months occurred between the Feasts of Tabernacles and Dedication, some place the events marked * in that interval, and vary their order, putting the “healing of the ten lepers” immediately after the “repulse by the Samaritans.”	Samaria	——	——	9:53	——
	* Mission of the Seventy	Galilee	——	——	10:1–17	——
	* Parable of the Good Samaritan	Jerusalem	——	——	10:30	——
	* Visit to Martha & Mary	Bethany	——	——	10:38	——
	* The Lord's Prayer	Mount of Olives	6:9–13	——	11:2–4	——
	Parable of the importunity of a friend	Mount of Olives	——	——	11:5	——
	The dumb spirit	Jerusalem	——	——	11:14	——
	The rich fool	Jerusalem	——	——	12:16	——
	God's providence to birds and flowers	Jerusalem	——	——	12:22–30	——
	The barren fig tree	Jerusalem	——	——	13:6	——
	The woman with an infirmity	Jerusalem	——	——	13:11	——
	* The mustard seed	Jerusalem	——	——	13:18	——
	* Healing the man with dropsy	Jerusalem	——	——	14:1–4	——
	* Lesson on humility	Jerusalem	——	——	14:7	——
	Parables:— The Great supper	Jerusalem	——	——	14:12	——
	Lost sheep and pieces of silver	Jerusalem	——	——	15:1	——
	Prodigal son	Jerusalem	——	——	15:11	——
	Unjust steward	Jerusalem	——	——	16:1	——
	Dives and Lazarus	Jerusalem	——	——	16:19	——
	* The ten lepers	Samaria	——	——	17:11	——
	Parables:— Importunate widow	Jerusalem	——	——	18:1	——
	Pharisee and publican	Jerusalem	——	——	18:9	——
	Rich young man	Jerusalem	19:16	10:17	18:18	——
	Labourers in the vineyard	Jerusalem	20:1	——	——	——
	Ten pounds	Jerusalem	——	——	19:12	——
	* Healing of blind Bartimæus	Jericho	20:29	10:46	——	——

THE LAST PASSOVER
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
29 a.d.	The supper in Simon's house	Bethany	26:6–13	14:3–9	——	12:1
	Mary anoints Jesus	Bethany	26:7	14:3	——	12:3
	Triumphal entry into the temple	Jerusalem	21:1–17	11:1–11	19:29–41	12:12–20
	Retirement to Bethany	——	21:17	11:11	——	——
	Cursing the fig tree	Mount of Olives	21:18	11:12	——	——
	Cleansing of the temple	Jerusalem	21:12	11:15	19:45	——
	Retirement to Bethany	——	——	11:19	——	——
	The withered fig tree and its lesson	Mount of Olives	——	11:20	——	——
	Discourses in the temple:—	——	——	——	——	——
	The father and two sons	Jerusalem	21:28	——	——	——
	The wicked husbandmen	Jerusalem	21:33	12:1	20:9	——
	The wedding garment	Jerusalem	22:1	——	——	——
	Tribute money	Jerusalem	22:15	12:13	20:20	——
	The Sadducees and resurrection	Jerusalem	22:23	12:18	20:27	——
	The great commandment	Jerusalem	22:34	12:28	——	——
	The widow's mite	Jerusalem	——	12:41	21:1	——
	The eight woes	Jerusalem	23	——	——	——
	Destruction of Jerusalem and of the world	Jerusalem	24:1	13:1	21:5	——
	Parables:— The ten virgins	Mount of Olives	25:1	——	——	——
	Talents	Mount of Olives	25:14	——	——	——
	Sheep and goats	Mount of Olives	25:31	——	——	——
	Warning of the betrayal	Bethany	26:1	——	——	——
	The counsel of the Sanhedrim	Jerusalem	26:2	14:1	22:1	——
	Judas' betrayal	Jerusalem	26:14	14:10	22:3	——
	Preparation of the Passover	Jerusalem	26:17	14:12	22:7	——
	Washing the apostles' feet	Jerusalem	——	——	——	13:1–17
	The breaking of bread	Jerusalem	26:26	14:22	22:19	——
	“One of you shall betray me”	Jerusalem	——	——	22:21	13:18
	“Is it I?”	Jerusalem	26:22–25	14:19	——	——
	The giving of the sop, “That thou doest, do quickly”	Jerusalem	——	——	——	13:26, 27
	Departure of Judas	Jerusalem	——	——	——	13:30
	Peter warned	Jerusalem	26:34	14:30	22:34	13:36
	The blessing the cup	Jerusalem	26:28	14:24	——	——
	The discourses after supper	Jerusalem	——	——	——	14–16
	Christ's prayer for his apostles	Jerusalem	——	——	——	17
	The hymn	Jerusalem	26:30	14:26	——	——
	The agony	Gethsemane	26:37	14:33	22:39	18:1
	The prayer (repeated thrice)	Gethsemane	26:39–44	14:36–39	22:42	——
	His sweat, and the angel's comfort	Gethsemane	——	——	22:43, 44	——
	The sleep of the apostles	Gethsemane	26:40–45	14:37–41	——	——
	Betrayal by Judas	Gethsemane	26:47–50	14:34, 44	22:47	18:2–4
	Peter smites Malchus	Gethsemane	26:51	14:47	22:50	18:10
	Christ heals the ear of Malchus	Gethsemane	——	——	22:51	——
	Christ forsaken by His disciples	Gethsemane	26:56	14:50	——	——
	Christ led to Annas	Jerusalem	——	——	——	18:12
	Christ tried by Caiaphas	Jerusalem	26:57	14:53	22:54	18:15
	Peter follows Christ	Jerusalem	26:58	14:54	22:55	18:15
	The high priest's adjuration	Jerusalem	26:63	14:61	——	——
	Christ condemned, buffeted, mocked	Jerusalem	26:66, 67	14:64, 65	22:63–65	18:17–24
	Peter's denial of Christ	Jerusalem	26:69	14:66	22:55–59	18:25–27
	Christ before Pilate	Jerusalem	27:1	15:1	23:1	18:28
	Repentance of Judas	Jerusalem	27:3	——	——	——
	Pilate comes out to the people	Jerusalem	——	——	——	18:29
	Pilate speaks to Jesus privately	Jerusalem	——	——	——	18:33
	Pilate orders Him to be scourged	Jerusalem	27:26	15:15	——	19:1
	Jesus crowned with thorns	Jerusalem	27:29	15:17	——	19:2
	Jesus exhitited by Pilate; “Ecce Homo”	Jerusalem	——	——	——	19:5
	Jesus accused formally	Jerusalem	27:11	15:2	23:2	——
	Jesus sent by Pilate to Herod, mocked, arrayed in purple	Jerusalem	——	——	23:6–11	——
	“Behold your King!”	Jerusalem	——	——	——	19:14
	Pilate desires to release Him	Jerusalem	27:15	15:6	23:17	19:12
	Pilate receives a message from his wife	Jerusalem	27:19	——	——	——
	Pilate washes his hands	Jerusalem	27:24	——	——	——
	Pilate releases Barabbas	Jerusalem	27:26	——	——	——
	Pilate delivers Jesus to be crucified	Jerusalem	27:26	15:15	23:25	19:16
	Simon of Cyrene carries the cross	Jerusalem	27:32	15:21	23:26	——
	They give Him vinegar and gall	Golgotha	27:34	15:23	23:36	——
	Nail him to the cross	Golgotha	27:35	——	23:33	19:18
	The superscription	Golgotha	27:37	15:26	23:38	19:19

THE SEVEN WORDS
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
29 a.d.	1. Father, forgive them	Golgotha	——	——	23:34	——
	His garments parted, and vesture allotted	Golgotha	27:35	15:24	23:23–34	19:23
	Passers-by rail, the two thieves revile	Golgotha	27:39–44	15:29–32	23:35	——
	The penitent thief	Golgotha	——	——	23:40	——
	2. To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise	Golgotha	——	——	23:43	——
	3. Woman, behold thy Son, &c.	Golgotha	——	——	——	19:26, 27
	The darkness	Golgotha	27:45	15:33	23:44	——
	4. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?	Golgotha	27:46	15:34	——	——
	5. I thirst!	Golgotha	——	——	——	19:28
	The vinegar	Golgatha	27:48	15:36	——	19:29
	6. It is finished	Golgotha	——	——	——	19:30
	7. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit	Golgotha	——	——	23:46	——
	Rending of the veil	Jerusalem	27:51	15:38	23:45	——
	Opening of the graves, and resurrection of saints	Jerusalem	27:52	——	——	——
	Testimony of centurion	Golgotha	27:54	15:39	23:47	——
	Watching of the women	Golgotha	27:55	15:40	23:49	——
	Piercing His side	Golgotha	——	——	——	19:31
	Taking down from the cross, and burial by Joseph of Arimethea and Nicodemus	Golgotha	27:57–60	15:46	23:53	19:38
	A guard placed at the door, which was sealed	The Garden	27:65, 66	——	——	19:39–42

THE GREAT FORTY DAYS
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
29 a.d.	Women carry spices to the tomb	The Garden	28:1	16:2	——	——
	The angel had rolled away the stone	The Garden	28:2	——	——	——
	Women announce the resurrection	Jerusalem	28:8	——	24:9, 10	20:1, 2
	Peter and John run to the tomb	The Garden	——	——	24:12	20:3
	The women return to the tomb	The Garden	——	——	24:1	——
	The guards report these things to the chief priests	Jerusalem	28:11–15	——	——	——

APPEARANCES OF CHRIST AFTER HIS RESURRECTION
Date	Events	Locality	Matt	Mark	Luke	John
29 a.d.	1. To Mary Magdalene	The Garden	——	16:9, 10	——	20:14
	“All hail! Fear not. Touch me not.“	——	28:9	——	——	20:17
	2. To the women returning home	The Garden	28:9	——	——	——
	“Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee; there shall they see me.“	——	28:10	——	——	——
	3. To two disciples going to Emmaus (Exposition of prophecies on the passion)	Emmaus	——	16:12	24:13	——
	4. To Peter (1 Cor. 15:5)	Jerusalem	——	——	24:34	——
	5. To ten Apostles in the upper room	Jerusalem	——	——	24:33	20:19
	“Peace be unto you As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you“.	——	——	——	——	20:21
	“Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sover sins ye remit,” &c.	——	——	——	——	20:22, 23
	6. To the eleven Apostles in the upper room	Jerusalem	——	16:14	——	20:26
	“Peace be unto you.”	——	——	——	——	20:26
	To Thomas.
	“Reach hither thy finger,” &c.	——	——	——	——	20:27
	“Blessed are they that have not seen, yet have believed.”	——	——	——	——	20:29
	7. To seven disciples at the Sea of Tiberias	Tiberias	——	——	——	21:1–24
	To Peter.
	“Feed my sheep. Feed my lambs.”	——	——	——	——	21:15–17
	8. To the eleven disciples on a mountain in Galilee (1 Cor. 15:5)	Galilee	28:16	——	——	——
	“All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”	——	28:18	——	——	——
	“Go ye and teach all nations, baptizing them,” &c.	——	28:19	——	——	——
	“Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”	——	28:20	——	——	——
	9. To five hundred brethren at once (1 Cor. 15:6)	Galilee, or Bethany	——	——	——	——
	10. To James (1 Cor. 15:7)	——	——	——	——	——
	11. Ascension (1 Cor. 15:7)	Bethany	——	16:19	24:50, 51	——
	12. To Paul (1 Cor. 15:8)	Damascus (?)	——	——	——	——

¹As an interval of nearly three months occurred between the Feasts of Tabernacles and Dedication, some place the events marked * in that interval, and vary their order, putting the “healing of the ten lepers” immediately after the “repulse by the Samaritans.”

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