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w m- tttmtp ppsbm in jfeus aktone magrlcaliy transported back through urre into the second or third decade of the christian era would find countless similarities in the lives and aftairs of the persons of that krre and this men worried about war and chafed under taxes they turned freely to entertainments for forgetfulness of their troubles chariot and foot races boxing wrestling jumping hurling pauls epistles to the corinthians contain comparisons borrowed from popular sports there were great feasts with music by orchestra and chorus vari ous foods of that time are regularly eaten today farmers had the problems of pests drouth floods or overproduction with which to contend man still is plagued by diseases from which he suffered then he might easily have disappeared from the earth or slid back into barbarism with christian ity he has survived and solved most of his problems sowing and plowing a farming scene from new testa ment times in an egyptian frieze the ordinary bread of the israelites was made of wheat wheat was sown in november the harvest was april to june treading out the grain another farming scene by an egyptian artist the ass or donkey and oxen were common work animals plain folk in the land of israel slept upon pallets unrolled upon the floor or beneath a tent some rich persons had bedsteads of iron or carved ivory in their houses tents were common habitations outside of towns there were round and tapering tents and flat oblong tents similar to those to be seen in the camping grounds in our time m for lights there were torches stuffed with fabric soaked in oil coins used then included a the halfshekel silver and b the roman denarius silver soldiers bore standards in stead of flags these are standards of roman legions fe is c f rfs 1 i there was a variety of musical instruments a trumpets b tambourines c pipes and flutes d brass cymbals stringed instruments such as harps and of- course various drums a wine press light wine was a staple article of diet stronger drinks were made from barley dates lotus or honey immoderate use of them was forbidden masterpieces of portraiture of the young jesus the child jesus and the snake by the dutch masterpaint- er anthony van dyck 15991611 jesus st john and two other children by the flemish painter peter paul rubens 15771640 the bible names four chil dren with whom jesus grew up as james joses juda and simon the youthful jesus embracing st john is by guido reni 15711612 a bolognese master he decorated the dome of the quirinal palace and other buildings in rome the youthful christ bv bernardino luini 14751531 or 1532 the lombard painter he was influenced by da yinci distributed by king features syndicate important dates r hi jesust e as deduced from the gospels the works of the roman historian joscphus and other sources nd of 5 or beginning of 4 bc jesus born originally his birth was be lieved to have occurred in the roman year 754 and chris tian chronology was calcu lated from that date a re- check after several hundred years when the christian calendar was well established indicated that jesus was born in the roman year 750 or 4 bc 4 ad death of herod the great division of his kingdom among three sons 6 ad archelaus deposed jn- dca a roman province 8 ad the child jesus in the temple 14 aug 19 death of augus tus tiberius emperor of rome 26 pontius pilate becomes pro curator 26 dec beginning of john the baptists ministry i 27 jan jo baptises jesus the temptation in the desert 27 march jesus returns to the jordan john andrew and simon arc called the wed ding feast at cana jesus goes up to jerusalem for the passover jesus expels the money changers from the temple t 27 april the episode of nico- demus 28 may jtu goes back nazareth by way of sqmaria episode of the samaritan woman jesus cures the son of a court official john the bap- tut is thrown into prison jesus begins his public ministry he teaches in the synagogues first stay at capernaum cure of the man possessed by devils peters mother-in- law cured the miraculous draught of fishes cure of a paralytic 28 june cleansing of the leper the disciples pick com on the sabbath levi matthew is called the man with a withered hand the apostles selected the ser mon ot the mount m 28 july the centurion at capernaum john the baptist sends a message to jesus 28 sept jsus raises the son of the widow w 28 nov the parables con ccrning the kingdom of god 0 28 dec the tempest calmed raising of jairus daughter cure of the woman with a hemorrhage jesus is asked to leave nazareth 29 feb mission of the tuselvs apostles 29 march death of john the baptist 29 aprit first miracle of the multiplication of the loaves jesus walks on the icater 9 29 june jesus goes through phoenicia and the decapolis second miracle of the multipli cation of the loaves 29 july jesus at caesarea philippi peters declaration of faith and jesus promise 29 aug the transfiguration first announcement of the paision 29 sept jesus leaves galilei for judca i 29 oct feast of tabernacles die woman taken in adultery cure of the man born blind the mission of the 0 par able of the good samaritan with martha and mary at bethany jesus gives- the our father 29 dec feast of the dcdiea- hon of the temple 30 jan jesus in pereji paf ables of the good shepherd and the lost drachma parable of the prodigal son 30 feb cure of ten lepers suffer little children to come unto me 30 march raising ofxaz- arus jesus goes into eph- raiin jesus in jericho zao chcus the publican cure of the blind men the supper at bethany mary anoints jesus holy week 30 april 2 pa sunday entry into jerusalem 30 april 3 the fig tree cursed parable of the servants in the vineyard 30 april 4 mm prophesies the fall of jerusalem and the last judgment 30 april 5 judas bargain for jesus betrayal 30 april 6 the last supper 30 april 7 trial passion and cructpxon of jesus 30 april 9 the resurrection