Life of Jesus · era 6 of 12
Special training of the Twelve around Galilee
24 events
Walk it
- North to Tyre and Caesarea Philippi · 13 stops
What happens in this era
- The first retirement. The twelve return, and Jesus retires with them beyond the lake to rest. Feeding of the five thousand
Mark 6:30-44; Matthew 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13
DebatedBethsaida vicinity
- The prevention of the revolutionary purpose to proclaim Jesus king (a political Messiah)
Mark 6:45-46; Matthew 14:22-23; John 6:14-15
DebatedBethsaida vicinity
- The peril to the twelve in the storm at sea and Christ's coming to them on the water in the darkness
Mark 6:47-52; Matthew 14:24-33; John 6:16-21
High confidenceSea of Galilee
- The reception at gennesaret
Mark 6:53-56; Matthew 14:34-36
ProbablePlain of Gennesaret
- The collapse of the galilean campaign because Jesus will not conform to popular messianic expectations
John 6:22-71
High confidenceCapernaum
- Pharisees from Jerusalem reproach Jesus for allowing his disciples to disregard their traditions about ceremonial defilement of the hands. A puzzling parable in reply
Mark 7:1-23; Matthew 15:1-20; John 7:1
High confidenceCapernaum
- The second withdrawal to the region of Tyre and Sidon and the healing of the daughter of a syro-phoenician woman
Mark 7:24-30; Matthew 15:21-28
High confidenceTyre
- The third withdrawal north through Phoenicia and east towards hermon and south into Decapolis (keeping out of the territory of Herod antipas) with the healing of the deaf and dumb man and the feeding of the four thousand
Mark 7:31-8:9; Matthew 15:29-38
DebatedDecapolis
- The brief visit to magadan (dalmanutha) in Galilee and the sharp attack by the Pharisees and the Sadducees (note their appearance now against Jesus)
Mark 8:10-12; Matthew 15:39-16:4
DebatedMagadan / Dalmanutha
- The fourth retirement to bethsaida julias in the tetrarchy of Herod Philip with sharp rebuke of the dulness of the disciples on the way across and the healing of a blind man in bethsaida
Mark 8:13-26; Matthew 16:5-12
DebatedBethsaida vicinity
- Near cæsarea philippi Jesus tests the faith of the twelve in his messiahship
Mark 8:27-30; Matthew 16:13-20; Luke 9:18-21
High confidenceCaesarea Philippi
- Jesus distinctly foretells that he, the Messiah, will be rejected and killed, and will rise the third day
Mark 8:31-37; Matthew 16:21-26; Luke 9:22-25
High confidenceCaesarea Philippi
- The coming of the Son Of Man in that generation
Mark 8:38-9:1; Matthew 16:27-28; Luke 9:26-27
High confidenceCaesarea Philippi
- The transfiguration of Jesus on a mountain (probably hermon) near cæesarea philippi
Mark 9:2-8; Matthew 17:1-8; Luke 9:28-36
DebatedMount Hermon region
- The puzzle of the three disciples about the resurrection and about Elijah on their way down the mountain
Mark 9:9-13; Matthew 17:9-13; Luke 9:36
DebatedMount Hermon region
- The demoniac boy, whom the disciples could not heal
Mark 9:14-29; Matthew 17:14-20; Luke 9:37-43
High confidenceCaesarea Philippi
- Returning privately through Galilee, he again foretells his death and resurrection
Mark 9:30-32; Matthew 17:22-23; Luke 9:43-45
DebatedGalilee
- Jesus, the Messiah, pays the half-shekel for the temple
Matthew 17:24-27
High confidenceCapernaum
- The twelve contend as to who shall be the greatest under the Messiah's reign. His subjects must be childlike
Mark 9:33-37; Matthew 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-48
High confidenceCapernaum
- The mistaken zeal of the apostle John rebuked by Jesus in pertinent parables
Mark 9:38-50; Matthew 18:6-14; Luke 9:49-50
High confidenceCapernaum
- Right treatment of a brother who has sinned against one, and duty of patiently forgiving a brother (parable of the unmerciful servant)
Matthew 18:15-35
High confidenceCapernaum
- The Messiah's followers must give up everything for his service
Matthew 8:19-22; Luke 9:57-62
DebatedGalilee
- The unbelieving brothers of Jesus counsel him to exhibit himself in Judea, and he rejects the advice
John 7:2-9
DebatedGalilee
- He goes privately to Jerusalem through Samaria
Luke 9:51-56; John 7:10
DebatedSamaria