Six days before Passover
Bethany begins the explicit countdown.
John moves the narrative into a measured approach to the final Passover.
John 12:1
The final approach
The hour comes into focus.
The Gospel narrative tightens from feast-scale chronology to named days, watches, hours, and boundaries. This is where the larger clocks meet an event-by-event sequence.
The sequence
From countdown to Resurrection.
This first public sequence preserves the project's adopted model while the detailed Gospel harmonization is prepared for the full interactive Passion Clock.
Approach to Passover
The King enters Jerusalem.
The public entry, Temple actions, disputes, and teaching move toward the hour Jesus repeatedly said had not yet come.
Matthew 21-25
Mark 11-13
Luke 19-21
John 12
Mark 11-13
Luke 19-21
John 12
Opening of Nisan 14
The supper, betrayal, and arrest.
Jesus eats at the opening evening of Nisan 14 before Gethsemane, arrest, and the night proceedings.
Matthew 26
Mark 14
Luke 22
John 13-18
Mark 14
Luke 22
John 13-18
Friday, Nisan 14
Crucifixion at Calvary.
The sixth-to-ninth-hour darkness, death, Passover correspondences, and burial before the Sabbath converge at the central anchor.
Matthew 27
Mark 15
Luke 23
John 19
Mark 15
Luke 23
John 19
Sabbath
The tomb remains secured.
The preparation-day burial is complete before the Sabbath boundary. The Sabbath stands between Crucifixion Friday and the first day of the week.
Matthew 27:62-66
Luke 23:54-56
Luke 23:54-56
First day of the week
The tomb is found empty.
The four Gospel accounts place the Resurrection discovery on Sunday, completing the stated third-day sequence.
Matthew 28
Mark 16
Luke 24
John 20
Mark 16
Luke 24
John 20
Forty days
Appearances lead to Ascension.
Acts extends the clock through forty days of appearances and instruction.
Acts 1:1-11
Pentecost
The fiftieth-day feast reaches Acts 2.
The feast count culminates in the outpouring of the Holy Ghost and the Church-birth sequence.
Leviticus 23:15-16
Acts 2:1-4
Acts 2:1-4
Passover chronology
Jesus eats Passover at the opening evening of Nisan 14 and is crucified during its closing portion. The Temple authorities slaughter later in the day and eat after sunset. The detailed evidence follows the Gospel texts behind this sequence.