Below is a chronological outline of the gospels.
Every chronological order may be different because some
gospel events are very hard to place into a timeline.
For instance, Jesus would have often taught the same sermon
multiple times. What one gospel records as taking
place earlier in Jesus' ministry may be repeated later in
His ministry and recorded by a different author.
Other events are just difficult to place in
order because of a lack of context to compare with the other
events. This is particularly true with events from John
that are not found in the other gospels. In all, this will
give you a good outline of the order of the events in the
gospel. It may not be 100% accurate but no one can be
certain any such outline is. It is nevertheless a valuable
resource in studying the gospels and placing certain events in
order.
|
Order |
Title |
category |
Matthew |
Mark |
Luke |
John |
|
1 |
The
Birth of John the Baptist Foretold |
Life |
|
|
1:5-25 |
|
|
2 |
The
Birth of Jesus Foretold |
Life |
|
|
1:26-38 |
|
|
3 |
Mary Visits Elizabeth |
Life |
|
|
1:39-45 |
|
|
4 |
Mary's Song |
Life |
|
|
1:46-53 |
|
|
5 |
The
Birth of John the Baptist |
Life |
|
|
1:57-66 |
|
|
6 |
Zechariah's Song |
Life |
|
|
1:67-80 |
|
|
7 |
Genealogy of Jesus |
Life |
1:1-17 |
|
3:23-38 |
|
|
8 |
The
Word Became Flesh |
Life |
|
|
|
1:1-18 |
|
9 |
Birth of Jesus |
Life |
1:18-25 |
|
2:1-7 |
|
|
10 |
Shepherds and the Angels |
Life |
|
|
2:8-20 |
|
|
11 |
Jesus Presented at the Temple |
Life |
|
|
2:21-40 |
|
|
12 |
Visit of the Magi |
Life |
2:1-12 |
|
|
|
|
13 |
Escape to Egypt |
Life |
2:13-18 |
|
|
|
|
14 |
Return to Nazareth |
Life |
2:19-23 |
|
|
|
|
15 |
The
Boy Jesus at the Temple |
Life |
|
|
2:41-52 |
|
|
16 |
John the Baptist Prepares the Way |
Life |
3:1-12 |
1:1-9 |
3:1-20 |
|
|
17 |
Baptism of Jesus |
Life |
3:13-17 |
1:9-11 |
3:21-22 |
|
|
18 |
Temptation of Jesus |
Life |
4:1-11 |
1:12-13 |
4:1-13 |
|
|
19 |
John the Baptist Denies Being the Christ |
Life |
|
|
|
1:19-28 |
|
20 |
Jesus the Lamb of God |
Life |
|
|
|
1:20-34 |
|
21 |
Jesus Begins to Preach |
Life |
4:12-17 |
|
|
|
|
22 |
Calling of the First Disciples |
Life |
4:18-22 |
1:14-20 |
5:1-11 |
1:35-42 |
|
23 |
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael |
Life |
|
|
|
1:43-51 |
|
24 |
The
Calling of Matthew |
Life |
9:9-13 |
2:14-17 |
5:27-32 |
|
|
25 |
Appointing of the Twelve Apostles |
Life |
|
3:16-19 |
6:13-16 |
|
|
26 |
Jesus Changes Water to Wine |
miracles |
|
|
|
2:1-11 |
|
27 |
Jesus Clears the Temple |
Life |
|
|
|
2:12-25 |
|
28 |
Jesus Heals the Sick |
miracles |
4:23-25 |
|
|
|
|
29 |
The
Beatitudes (Blessings & Woes) |
teachings |
5:1-12 |
|
6:20-23 |
|
|
30 |
Blessings & Woes |
teachings |
|
|
6:24-26 |
|
|
31 |
Salt and Light |
teachings |
5:13-16 |
|
|
|
|
32 |
Fulfillment of the Law |
teachings |
5:17-20 |
|
|
|
|
33 |
Murder |
teachings |
5:21-24 |
|
|
|
|
34 |
Lawsuits |
teachings |
5:25-26 |
|
|
|
|
35 |
Adultery |
teachings |
5:27-30 |
|
|
|
|
36 |
Divorce |
teachings |
5:31-32 |
|
|
|
|
37 |
Oaths |
teachings |
5:33-37 |
|
|
|
|
38 |
An
Eye for an Eye |
teachings |
5:38-42 |
|
|
|
|
39 |
Love For Enemies |
teachings |
5:43-48 |
|
6:29-36 |
|
|
40 |
Giving to the Needy |
teachings |
6:1-4 |
|
|
|
|
41 |
Lord's Prayer |
teachings |
6:5-15 |
|
11:1-4 |
|
|
42 |
Fasting |
teachings |
6:16-18 |
|
|
|
|
43 |
Treasures in Heaven |
teachings |
6:19-24 |
|
|
|
|
44 |
Do
Not Worry |
teachings |
6:25-34 |
|
12:22-34 |
|
|
45 |
Judging Others |
teachings |
7:1-6 |
|
6:37-42 |
|
|
46 |
Ask, Seek, Knock |
teachings |
7:7-12 |
|
11:5-13 |
|
|
47 |
Narrow and Wide gates |
teachings |
7:13-14 |
|
|
|
|
48 |
A
Tree and Its Fruit |
teachings |
7:15-23 |
|
6:43-45 |
|
|
49 |
Wise and Foolish Builders |
teachings |
7:24-29 |
|
6:46-49 |
|
|
50 |
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth |
Life |
|
|
4:14-30 |
|
|
51 |
Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit |
miracles |
|
1:21-28 |
4:31-37 |
|
|
52 |
Man
with Leprosy |
miracles |
8:1-4 |
1:40-44 |
5:12-16 |
|
|
53 |
Faith of the Centurion |
Life |
8:5-13 |
|
7:1-10 |
|
|
54 |
Jesus Raises a Widow's Son |
miracles |
|
|
7:11-17 |
|
|
55 |
Jesus Heals Many |
miracles |
8:14-17 |
1:29-34 |
4:38-41 |
|
|
56 |
Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place |
Life |
|
1:35-38 |
4:42-44 |
|
|
57 |
The
Cost of Following Jesus |
teachings |
8:18-22 |
|
9:57-62 |
|
|
58 |
Jesus Calms the Storm |
miracles |
8:23-27 |
4:35-41 |
8:22-25 |
|
|
59 |
Healing of the Two Demon-Possessed Men |
miracles |
8:28-34 |
5:1-20 |
8:26-39 |
|
|
60 |
Jesus Heals a Paralytic |
miracles |
9:1-8 |
2:1-12 |
5:18-26 |
|
|
61 |
Jesus Questioned About fasting |
teachings |
9:14-17 |
2:18-22 |
5:33-39 |
|
|
62 |
A
Dead Girl and a Sick Woman |
miracles |
9:18-26 |
5:21-43 |
8:40-56 |
|
|
63 |
Jesus Heals the Blind and Mute |
miracles |
9:27-34 |
|
|
|
|
64 |
The
Workers are Few |
teachings |
9:35-37 |
|
|
|
|
65 |
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve |
Life |
10:1-16 |
6:7-11 |
9:1-9 |
|
|
66 |
Warnings and Encouragements |
teachings |
10:17-33 |
|
12:1-12 |
|
|
67 |
Not
Peace But a Sword |
teachings |
10:34-39 |
|
|
|
|
68 |
Not
Peace But Division |
teachings |
|
|
12:49-53 |
|
|
69 |
Jesus Teaches Nicodemus |
teachings |
|
|
|
3:1-21 |
|
70 |
Jesus and John the Baptist |
Life |
11:1-19 |
|
7:18-35 |
|
|
71 |
John the Baptist's Testimony About Jesus |
Life |
|
|
|
3:22-36 |
|
72 |
Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman |
Life |
|
|
|
4:1-26 |
|
73 |
The
Disciples Rejoin Jesus |
Life |
|
|
|
4:27-38 |
|
74 |
Many Samaritans Believe |
Life |
|
|
|
4:39-42 |
|
75 |
Jesus Heals the Official's Son |
miracles |
|
|
|
4:43-54 |
|
76 |
Healing at the Pool |
miracles |
|
|
|
5:1-15 |
|
77 |
Life Through the Son |
teachings |
|
|
|
5:16-30 |
|
78 |
Testimonies About Jesus |
Life |
|
|
|
5:31-47 |
|
79 |
Woe
on Unrepentant Cities |
teachings |
11:20-24 |
|
|
|
|
80 |
Rest for the Weary |
teachings |
11:25-30 |
|
|
|
|
81 |
Lord of the Sabbath |
teachings |
12:1-14 |
2:23-3:6 |
6:1-11 |
|
|
82 |
God's Chosen Servant |
Life |
12:15-21 |
|
|
|
|
83 |
Crowds Follow Jesus |
Life |
|
3:7-12 |
|
|
|
84 |
Jesus and Beelzebub |
Life |
12:22-37 |
3:23-27 |
11:14-28 |
|
|
85 |
The
Sign of Jonah |
teachings |
12:38-45 |
|
11:29-32 |
|
|
86 |
Lamp of the Body |
teachings |
6:22-23 |
|
11:34-35 |
|
|
87 |
Six
Woes |
teachings |
|
|
11:37-54 |
|
|
88 |
Jesus' Mother and Brothers |
Life |
12:46-50 |
3:31-35 |
8:19-21 |
|
|
89 |
Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman |
Life |
|
|
7:36-50 |
|
|
90 |
Parable of the Sower |
parables |
13:1-23 |
4:1-20 |
8:1-15 |
|
|
91 |
A
Lamp on a Stand |
teachings |
|
4:21-25 |
8:16-18 |
|
|
92 |
The
Parable of the Weeds |
parables |
13:24-30 |
|
|
|
|
93 |
Parable of the Growing Seed |
parables |
|
4:26-29 |
|
|
|
94 |
Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast |
parables |
13:31-35 |
4:30-32 |
13:18-21 |
|
|
95 |
Parable of the Weeds Explained |
parables |
13:36-43 |
|
|
|
|
96 |
Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl |
parables |
13:44-46 |
|
|
|
|
97 |
Parable of the Net |
parables |
13:47-52 |
|
|
|
|
98 |
A
Prophet Without Honor |
teachings |
13:53-58 |
6:1-6 |
|
|
|
99 |
John the Baptist Beheaded |
Life |
14:1-12 |
6:14-29 |
|
|
|
100 |
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand |
miracles |
14:13-21 |
6:32-44 |
9:10-17 |
6:1-15 |
|
101 |
Jesus Walks on Water |
miracles |
14:22-36 |
6:45-56 |
|
6:16-24 |
|
102 |
Jesus the Bread of Life |
teachings |
|
|
|
6:25-59 |
|
103 |
Many Disciples Desert Jesus |
Life |
|
|
|
6:60-71 |
|
104 |
Jesus Goes to the Feast of Tabernacles |
Life |
|
|
|
7:1-13 |
|
105 |
Jesus teaches at the Feast |
Life |
|
|
|
7:14-24 |
|
106 |
Clean and Unclean |
teachings |
15:1-20 |
7:1-23 |
|
|
|
107 |
Faith of the Canaanite Woman |
Life |
15:21-28 |
7:24-30 |
|
|
|
108 |
Healing of a Deaf and Mute Man |
miracles |
|
7:31-37 |
|
|
|
109 |
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand |
miracles |
15:29-39 |
8:1-10 |
|
|
|
110 |
The
Demand for a Sign |
teachings |
16:1-4 |
8:11-13 |
|
|
|
111 |
Is
Jesus the Christ? |
Life |
|
|
|
7:25-44 |
|
112 |
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders |
Life |
|
|
|
7:45-53 |
|
113 |
The
Yeast of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herod |
teachings |
16:5-12 |
8:14-21 |
|
|
|
114 |
The
Woman Caught in Adultery |
Life |
|
|
|
8:1-11 |
|
115 |
Healing of the Blind Man at Bethsaida |
miracles |
|
8:22-26 |
|
|
|
116 |
Peter's Confession of Christ |
Life |
16:13-20 |
8:27-29 |
9:18-20 |
|
|
117 |
Jesus Predicts His Death |
Life |
16:21-28 |
8:31-9:1 |
9:21-27 |
|
|
118 |
The
Transfiguration |
Life |
17:1-13 |
9:2-13 |
9:28-36 |
|
|
119 |
The
Healing of a Boy With a Demon |
miracles |
17:14-23 |
9:14-32 |
9:37-45 |
|
|
120 |
The
Temple Tax |
teachings |
17:24-27 |
|
|
|
|
121 |
The
Validity of Jesus' Testimony |
teachings |
|
|
|
8:12-30 |
|
122 |
The
Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven |
Life |
18:1-9 |
9:33-37 |
9:46-48 |
|
|
123 |
Children of Abraham |
teachings |
|
|
|
8:31-41 |
|
124 |
Children of the Devil |
teachings |
|
|
|
8:42-47 |
|
125 |
Claims of Jesus About Himself |
teachings |
|
|
|
8:48-58 |
|
126 |
Samaritan Opposition |
Life |
|
|
9:51-55 |
|
|
127 |
Jesus Sends out the Seventy Two |
Life |
|
|
10:1-23 |
|
|
128 |
Parable of the Lost Sheep |
parables |
18:10-14 |
|
15:4-7 |
|
|
129 |
Parable of the Lost Coin |
parables |
|
|
15:8-10 |
|
|
130 |
Parable of the Lost Son (Prodigal Son) |
parables |
|
|
15:11-32 |
|
|
131 |
Parable of the Shrewd Manager |
parables |
|
|
16:1-15 |
|
|
132 |
Rich Man and Lazarus |
teachings |
|
|
16:19-31 |
|
|
133 |
Sin, Faith, Duty |
teachings |
|
|
17:1-10 |
|
|
134 |
Ten
Healed of Leprosy |
miracles |
|
|
17:11-19 |
|
|
135 |
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind |
miracles |
|
|
|
9:1-12 |
|
136 |
The
Pharisees Investigate the Healing |
Life |
|
|
|
9:13-34 |
|
137 |
Spiritual Blindness |
teachings |
|
|
|
9:35-41 |
|
138 |
Parable of the Persistent Widow |
parables |
|
|
18:1-8 |
|
|
139 |
Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector |
parables |
|
|
18:9-14 |
|
|
140 |
A
Brother Who Sins Against You |
teachings |
18:15-20 |
|
|
|
|
141 |
Parable of the Unmerciful Servant |
parables |
18:21-35 |
|
|
|
|
142 |
Whoever is Not against Us is For Us |
teachings |
10:40-42 |
9:38-41 |
9:49-50 |
|
|
143 |
Parable of the Rich Fool |
parables |
|
|
12:13-21 |
|
|
144 |
The
Shepherd and His Flock |
teachings |
|
|
|
10:1-21 |
|
145 |
Unbelief of the Jews |
teachings |
|
|
|
10:22-42 |
|
146 |
Repent or Perish |
teachings |
|
|
13:1-9 |
|
|
147 |
Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath |
miracles |
|
|
13:10-17 |
|
|
148 |
The
Narrow Door |
teachings |
|
|
13:22-30 |
|
|
149 |
Jesus at a Pharisee's House |
Life |
|
|
14:1-14 |
|
|
150 |
Cost of Being a Disciple |
teachings |
|
|
14:25-35 |
|
|
151 |
Causing to Sin |
teachings |
|
9:42-50 |
|
|
|
152 |
Divorce |
teachings |
19:1-12 |
10:1-12 |
16:16-18 |
|
|
153 |
The
Little Children and Jesus |
teachings |
19:13-15 |
10:13-16 |
18:15-17 |
|
|
154 |
The
Rich Young Man |
teachings |
19:16-30 |
10:17-31 |
18:18-30 |
|
|
155 |
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard |
parables |
20:1-16 |
|
|
|
|
156 |
Jesus Predicts His Death |
teachings |
|
|
|
12:20-36 |
|
157 |
Jesus Again Predicts His Death |
teachings |
20:17-19 |
10:32-34 |
18:31-34 |
|
|
158 |
A
Mother's Request (Request of J & J) |
Life |
20:20-28 |
10:35-45 |
|
|
|
159 |
Two
Blind Men Receive Sight |
miracles |
20:29-34 |
|
|
|
|
160 |
Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight |
miracles |
|
10:46-52 |
18:35-43 |
|
|
161 |
Zacchaeus the Tax Collector |
Life |
|
|
19:1-10 |
|
|
162 |
Death of Lazarus |
Life |
|
|
|
11:1-16 |
|
163 |
Jesus Comforts the Sisters |
teachings |
|
|
|
11:17-37 |
|
164 |
Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead |
miracles |
|
|
|
11:38-44 |
|
165 |
The
Plot to Kill Jesus |
Life |
|
|
|
11:45-57 |
|
166 |
Jesus Anointed at Bethany |
Life |
|
|
|
12:1-11 |
|
167 |
The
Triumphal Entry |
Life |
21:1-11 |
11:1-10 |
19:28-44 |
12:12-19 |
|
168 |
Jesus at the Temple |
Life |
21:12-17 |
11:15-19 |
19:45-48 |
|
|
169 |
The
Fig Tree Withers |
Life |
21:18-22 |
11:12-14 |
|
|
|
170 |
The
Authority of Jesus Questioned |
Life |
21:23-27 |
11:27-33 |
20:1-8 |
|
|
171 |
The
Jews Continue in Their Unbelief |
Life |
|
|
|
12:37-50 |
|
172 |
Parable of the Two Sons |
parables |
21:28-32 |
|
|
|
|
173 |
Parable of the Tenants |
parables |
21:33-46 |
12:1-12 |
20:9-19 |
|
|
174 |
Parable of the Wedding Banquet |
parables |
22:1-14 |
|
14:15-24 |
|
|
175 |
Paying Taxes to Caesar |
teachings |
22:15-22 |
12:13-17 |
20:20-26 |
|
|
176 |
Marriage at the Resurrection |
teachings |
22:23-33 |
12:18-27 |
20:27-40 |
|
|
177 |
The
Greatest Commandment |
teachings |
22:34-40 |
12:28-34 |
10:25-28 |
|
|
178 |
Parable of the Good Samaritan |
parables |
|
|
10:29-37 |
|
|
179 |
At
the Home of Martha and Mary |
Life |
|
|
10:38-41 |
|
|
180 |
Whose Son is the Christ? |
teachings |
22:41-46 |
12:35-37 |
20:41-47 |
|
|
181 |
Seven Woes |
teachings |
23:1-36 |
12:38-40 |
|
|
|
182 |
Jesus' Sorrow for Jerusalem |
teachings |
23:37-39 |
|
13:31-35 |
|
|
183 |
The
Widow's Offering |
Life |
|
12:41-44 |
21:1-4 |
|
|
184 |
Signs of the End of the Age |
teachings |
24:1-35 |
13:1-31 |
21:5-38 |
|
|
185 |
Day
and Hour Unknown |
teachings |
24:36-51 |
13:32-37 |
12:35-40 |
|
|
186 |
Watchfulness |
teachings |
|
|
12:41-48 |
|
|
187 |
Interpreting the Times |
teachings |
|
|
12:54-59 |
|
|
188 |
The
Coming of the Kingdom of God |
teachings |
|
|
17:20-37 |
|
|
189 |
Parable of the Ten Virgins |
parables |
25:1-13 |
|
|
|
|
190 |
Parable of the Talents (Ten Minas) |
parables |
25:14-30 |
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19:12-27 |
|
|
191 |
Sheep and the Goats |
teachings |
25:31-46 |
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|
|
|
192 |
Plot Against Jesus |
Life |
26:1-5 |
14:1-2 |
22:1-2 |
|
|
193 |
Jesus Anointed at Bethany Again |
Life |
26:6-13 |
14:3-9 |
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|
|
194 |
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus |
Life |
26:14-16 |
14:10-11 |
22:3-6 |
|
|
195 |
The
Lord's Supper |
Life |
26:17-30 |
14:12-26 |
22:7-30 |
|
|
196 |
Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet |
Life |
|
|
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13:1-17 |
|
197 |
Jesus Predicts His Betrayal |
Life |
|
|
|
13:18-30 |
|
198 |
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial |
Life |
26:31-35 |
14:27-31 |
22:31-38 |
13:31-38 |
|
199 |
Jesus Comforts His Disciples |
Life |
|
|
|
14:1-4 |
|
200 |
Jesus the Way to the Father |
teachings |
|
|
|
14:5-14 |
|
201 |
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit |
teachings |
|
|
|
14:15-31 |
|
202 |
The
Vine and the Branches |
teachings |
|
|
|
15:1-17 |
| 203 |
The
World Hates the Disciples |
teachings |
|
|
|
15:18-16:4 |
|
204 |
The
Work of the Holy Spirit |
teachings |
|
|
|
16:5-16 |
|
205 |
Disciples Grief Will Turn to Joy |
teachings |
|
|
|
16:17-33 |
|
206 |
Gethsemane |
Life |
26:36-46 |
14:32-42 |
22:39-46 |
|
|
207 |
Jesus Prays For Himself |
Life |
|
|
|
17:1-5 |
|
208 |
Jesus Prays For His Disciples |
Life |
|
|
|
17:6-19 |
|
209 |
Jesus Prays for All Believers |
Life |
|
|
|
17:20-26 |
|
210 |
Jesus Arrested |
Life |
26:47-56 |
14:43-50 |
22:47-53 |
18:1-11 |
|
211 |
Jesus Taken to Annas |
Life |
|
|
|
18:12-14, 19-24 |
|
212 |
Before the Sanhedrin |
Life |
26:57-66 |
14:53-64 |
22:66-71 |
|
|
213 |
Guards Mock Jesus |
Life |
26:67-68 |
14:65-65 |
22:63-65 |
|
|
214 |
Peter Disowns Jesus |
Life |
26:69-75 |
14:66-72 |
22:54-62 |
18:15-18, 25-27 |
|
215 |
Judas Hangs Himself |
Life |
27:1-10 |
|
|
|
|
216 |
Jesus Before Pilate |
Life |
|
|
23:1-7 |
|
|
217 |
Jesus Before Herod |
Life |
|
|
23:6-12 |
|
|
218 |
Jesus Back to Pilate |
Life |
27:11-26 |
15:1-15 |
23:13-25 |
18:28-40 |
|
219 |
Jesus Sentenced to Be Crucified |
Life |
|
|
|
19:1-16 |
|
220 |
The
Soldiers Mock Jesus |
Life |
27:27-31 |
15:16-20 |
|
|
|
221 |
The
Crucifixion |
Life |
27:32-44 |
15:22-32 |
23:26-43 |
19:16b-27 |
|
222 |
The
Death of Jesus |
Life |
27:45-56 |
15:33-41 |
23:44-49 |
19:28-37 |
|
223 |
Burial of Jesus |
Life |
27:57-61 |
15:42-47 |
23:50-56 |
19:38-42 |
|
224 |
The
Guard at the Tomb |
Life |
27:62-66 |
|
|
|
|
225 |
The
Resurrection (The Empty Tomb) |
Life |
28:1-10 |
16:1-20 |
24:1-10 |
20:1-8 |
|
226 |
The
Guard's Report |
Life |
28:11-15 |
|
|
|
|
227 |
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene |
Life |
|
|
|
20:10-18 |
|
228 |
On
the Road to Emmaus |
Life |
|
|
24:13-35 |
|
|
229 |
Jesus Appears to His Disciples |
Life |
|
|
24:36-49 |
20:19-23 |
|
230 |
Jesus Appears to Thomas |
Life |
|
|
|
20:24-31 |
|
231 |
Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish |
Life |
|
|
|
21:1-14 |
|
232 |
Jesus Reinstates Peter |
Life |
|
|
|
21:15-25 |
|
233 |
The
Great Commission |
teachings |
28:16-20 |
|
|
|
|
234 |
The
Ascension |
Life |
|
|
24:50-53 |
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