Jesus biography timeline

His parents, Joseph and Mary, took him to Egypt to avoid a massacre of infant boys ordered by King Herod. Jesus lived in Nazareth until he was about 30 when he began travelling around the area teaching people about God and urging them to change the way they lived. He also healed people of a huge range of illnesses.

Jesus timeline from birth to death for kids

At the start of this period, he recruited 12 men — known as disciples - to follow him. Dozens of other men and women also followed him. Two disciples, Matthew and John, later wrote about what happened. Their eyewitness accounts are in the Bible. Thousands of people heard him speak. He inspired and challenged the people who heard him but antagonised most of the Jewish religious leaders.

10 major events in jesus' life

Jesus was put on trial and executed by crucifixion in around 30AD. Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead. He appeared to more than people in the weeks after his resurrection. He then ascended to heaven, going up into the sky in front of his followers. Most of the information about the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ comes from Bible books known as the gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

These accounts are not exhaustive. They are not chronological. They do not have identical accounts of many events and they record them in a different order.