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Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter near star Regulus

(in Leo the lion, associated with Judah) 12 Aug
Conjunction of Jupiter, moving past Regulus, 14 Sept
(Then appeared to stop and move backward in retrograde)

Gabriel appeared to Zechariah, while serving as High Priest,

after course of Abijah (5-11 Sept), on Tishri 10 Day of Atonement, 19 Sep

Elizabeth conceives John the Baptist Lk 1:13, 23 Sep

The Virgin Mary was espoused by arrangement to Joseph, sometime during

last half of year (~1 year before they came together;
tradition says, approx. 4 months before annunciation, in Nov).

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s conceived by the Holy Spirit) 25 Mar

Mary leaves Nazareth to stay with

Elizabeth in Ain Karim, Judea
for three months.

May.

nticipated event:
n 25,860 years).

ssible reference to the Messiah.

Jerusalem, then Bethlehem
.

Mary returns to Nazareth after 3 months,

shortly before Birth of John the Baptist on 24 Jun

y came together (at 6 months according to the Infancy Gospel of James).

ll received his wife ~1 year after espousal, sometime in last half of year, before the census trip.

Joseph, Mary, and at least Joseph’s son, James, go to Bethlehem

to register for the census but they barely make it to the outskirts when birth pangs ensue.

ation to shepherds, followed by the visit and adoration of the Magi (also commemorated 25 Dec).
etrograde motion). Jesus was an infant, not a toddler, when the Magi came to Bethlehem. The holy family was in Bethlehem
ore and after the Nativity. The Magi came to Bethlehem looking for he who was born the king of the Jews (Matt 2:4).
an be used for nursing infants (cf. Genesis 17:12).
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8th day, 01 Jan.

k before,

hlehem.

ble

the
m as high priest.
9 Jan).

on his own accord.

en they traveled
em (26 Jan-02 Feb).

mmemoration date, 02 Feb.

udea
ation.
tipas. (03 Feb-06 Feb trip).

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Jesus stays behind after 14 April Passover

when he is 12 years old.
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aptist
5th year of Tiberius Caesar,
entant Jews in preparation for Passover

Passover, 17 April

aled when Jesus was baptized by John such that, just as king David,
e Holy Spirit for (kingly/theocratic) service. This time period was less than three months short
so he was “about” 30 years old). Jesus’ baptism probably occurred in the Fall
= 16 Oct or 18 Oct Astrologically, but no later than end-Oct due to weather).
ould have been in Tishri, which was the beginning of the civil calendar as in Judah during the monarchy
ed the most appropriate inauguration date for the Davidic King.
29 (contra Wacholder, 27/28), then the following 10 Tishri may have marked a Jubilee year (29/30).
baptism 483 years after the twentieth year of Artaxerxes I in 455 BC
e crucifixion on 03 Apr 33. (Theophany is commemorated appropriately during Nativity.)

40 days in the wilderness and was tempted by the devil.

for a period, being attended by angels initially.
ry and return to full capacity would have taken at least 30-40 more days.
es not appear publically in the accounts until the beginning of his earthly ministry in March, 30 CE).

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and Jesus calling of first disciples

covery & turning 30
Numbers 4,
weeks before Passover.

ordan with John,

miracle at Cana in Galilee ~23 Mar
fter the ~2 day walk
82 miles away).

er 25 miles (8.5 hr walk) to Capernaum

Mar

rusalem and then, ~01 Apr,

mple before the Passover feast.

1st Passover, 06 Apr

Jn 2 - Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman

and indicated end of Jubilee (29/30) in 4 months to disciples.
Lk 4 – Later, Jesus proclaimed time of Jubilee in Nazareth
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Passover, 27 Mar
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Passover, 14 Apr
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Christ crucified on Passover, 03 Apr

Christ rose from the dead, 05 Apr

Christ ascended into heaven

40 days after the resurrection, 14 May