The Parables of Jesus
Parable Matthew Mark Luke The Purpose of the Parables 13:10–17 4:10–12 8:9–10 The Sower 13:1–9, 18–23 4:1–9, 13–20 8:4–8, 11–15 The Weeds 13:24–30, 36–43 4:26–29… Read More »The Parables of Jesus
Parable Matthew Mark Luke The Purpose of the Parables 13:10–17 4:10–12 8:9–10 The Sower 13:1–9, 18–23 4:1–9, 13–20 8:4–8, 11–15 The Weeds 13:24–30, 36–43 4:26–29… Read More »The Parables of Jesus
Matthew 10:2–4 Mark 3:16–19 Luke 6:14–16 John (various verses) Acts 1:13 1. Simon, who is called Peter 1. Simon (to whom he gave the name… Read More »The Twelve Apostles
The authoritative message of the Messiah (Sermon on the Mount) chs. 5–7 The authoritative mission of the Messiah’s messengers ch. 10 The mysteries of the… Read More »Jesus’ Five Discourses
5 b.c.* Jesus is born in Bethlehem. 4 b.c. Jesus’ family flees to Egypt to escape from Herod’s plan to kill Jesus (Matt. 2:13–18); Herod dies; Judas… Read More »New Testament Timeline
The OT prophets, writing from the vantage point of their present age (the time of promise), spoke of “the last days” as being the time… Read More »The Already and Not Yet of the Last Days
Middle Platonists Expanded and dogmatized upon Plato’s concept of the realm of ideas/forms as more substantial than their individual physical expression. Sophists Enamored with the… Read More »Philosophical Systems of the First Century a.d.
Augustus 31 b.c.–a.d. 14 Tiberius a.d. 14–37 Gaius Caligula a.d. 37–41 Claudius a.d. 41–54 Nero a.d. 54–68
This simplified version of the Herodian family tree focuses on those most relevant to NT study. Dates indicate period of reign, unless marked otherwise. Solid… Read More »The Herodian Dynasty
334–330b.c. Alexander the Great (356–323 b.c.) sweeps through Asia Minor and conquers the Persian Empire, including Egypt and Mesopotamia (see notes on Dan. 7:3; 7:6; 8:5; 8:8;8:20–22; 11:3; cf. 1 Macc. 1:1–7). Alexander… Read More »Intertestamental Events Timeline
Date Roman Emperors Roman Prefects/Procurators of Judea and Samaria Roman Prefects/ Procurators of All Israel Herodian Dynasty (37b.c.–a.d.93) Herodian Dynasty (37 b.c.–a.d. 93) Jewish High Priests 40b.c.… Read More »Jewish and Roman Rulers
Second Temple Judaism developed as political authority changed hands from the Persians to the Greeks, to the Jewish Hasmoneans, and finally to the Romans. 539–331 b.c.… Read More »Major Periods within Second Temple Judaism
The word “covenant” (Hb. berit) in the OT entails four essential components: (1) a relationship (2) with a nonrelative that (3) involves obligations and (4) is… Read More »Covenant in Malachi