Introduction to Matthew

A.Events in Jerusalem (21:1-22)

B.Controversies with the Jews (21:23-22:46)

C.Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees (23:1-39)

XII.Discourse Five: Olivet Discourse (24:1-25:46)

A.Prophecy of the coming of the kingdom (24:1-35)

B.Exhortations to readiness (24:36-25:30)

C.Judgment of the nations (25:31-46)

XIII.Betrayal, Crucifixion, and Burial (26:1-27:66)

A.The plot to betray Jesus (26:1-16)

B.The Last Supper (26:17-30)

C.Events in Gethsemane (26:31-56)

D.The trials (26:57-27:26)

E.Crucifixion and burial (27:27-66)

XIV.Resurrection and Commission (28:1-20)

A.Women and the angel at the tomb (28:1-10)

B.False witness of the guards (28:11-15)

C.Jesus’s Great Commission (28:16-20)

From Abraham to David

Abraham 2166-1991

Isaac 2066-1886

Jacob 2006-1859

Joseph 1915-1805

Moses 1526-1406

Exodus 1446

Joshua 1490?-1380?

Destruction of Jericho 1406

Judges 1380?-1060?

Ruth 1175?-1125?

Samuel 1105?-1025?

Saul 1080?-1010

From David to the Babylonian Exile

David 1050?-970

Solomon 990?-931

Rehoboam 971?-913

Jeroboam 971-909

Fall of the northern kingdom 722

Fall of the southern kingdom 586

From the exile to the Messiah

Babylonian Exile 586-538

Temple completed 515

Greeks thwart Persian expansion into Europe with victories at Plataea and Mycale. 479

Jerusalem’s walls completed 445

Alexander the Great invades Persia. 334

Greek control of Palestine 323-167

Years of Jewish independence 167-63

Roman dominance begins. 63

Messiah

Jesus’s birth Winter 5 BC

Herod the Great’s death 4 BC

John the Baptist’s ministry begins AD 29

Jesus’s ministry begins AD 29

Jesus’s final week March 28-April 3, AD 33

Jesus’s resurrection April 5, AD 33

Jesus’s ascension May 14, AD 33

Feast of Pentecost May 24, AD 33