What the Bible Actually Says

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 29: THE LAUNCH OF THE MOVEMENT

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1. Key Texts

• Acts 1–2 — Ascension, waiting, Pentecost

• Joel 2 — Spirit poured out

• Exodus 19–20 — Sinai backdrop

• Genesis 11 — Babel reversed

2. Date & Place

• Spring 29 AD, Jerusalem.

• Fifty days after Passover; Feast of Shavuot/Pentecost.

• Jesus has ascended; disciples are waiting as instructed.

• About 120 follow...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 28: THE KING’S VICTORY TOUR

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1. Key Texts

• Matthew 28 — Great Commission

• Luke 24 — Resurrection appearances

• John 20–21 — Mary Magdalene, Thomas, Peter restored

• Acts 1:1–11 — Ascension

• Daniel 7:13–14 — Son of Man enthronement

2. Date & Place

• Spring 29 AD, during the weeks following Passover.

• Appearances at the tomb, in Jerusalem, on the Emma...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 27: THE ULTIMATE VICTORY

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1. Key Texts

• Matthew 28

• Mark 16

• Luke 24

• John 20–21

• 1 Corinthians 15 (theological reflection)

2. Date & Place

• Spring 29 AD, the third day after Jesus’ crucifixion.

• Locations: the garden tomb near Golgotha, the roads around Jerusalem, private homes, and Bethany.

• Early morning discovery by women, followed by multipl...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 26: BATTLE TO THE DEATH

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1. Key Texts

• Matthew 27

• Mark 15

• Luke 23

• John 19

• Isaiah 52–53; Psalm 22 (background)

2. Date & Place

• Spring 29 AD, during Passover Week.

• Locations: the Praetorium, Via Dolorosa route, Golgotha (“Place of the Skull”), and a new tomb in a nearby garden.

• Rome and Temple leadership converge to eliminate Jesus; the cruc...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 25: THE UNJUST TRIBUNAL

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1. Key Texts

• John 18 — Annas’ questioning, Peter’s denial

• Matthew 26–27 — Trial before Caiaphas & Pilate

• Mark 14–15 — Sanhedrin, Barabbas, mockery

• Luke 22–23 — Jesus before Pilate and Herod

• Daniel 7 — “Son of Man” enthronement imagery

2. Date & Place

• Passover Week, Spring 29 AD.

• Locations: Annas’ courtyard, Cai...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 24: THE DECISIVE ENGAGEMENT

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1. Key Texts

• Matthew 26:30–56 — Gethsemane

• Mark 14:32–52 — Jesus’ agony & arrest

• Luke 22:39–53 — “Not my will but yours”

• John 18:1–11 — “I am” and the arrest

2. Date & Place

• Spring 29 AD, late evening after the Passover meal.

• Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives — an olive-press grove outside Jerusalem.

• This i...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 23: THE KING’S VIGIL

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1. Key Texts

• Matthew 26:17–30

• Mark 14:12–26

• Luke 22:7–38

• John 13–17 — Footwashing, farewell teachings, High Priestly Prayer

2. Date & Place

• Passover week, Spring 29 AD.

• Upper Room in Jerusalem, then toward the Mount of Olives.

• The final evening before Jesus’ arrest—an intentional, pre-planned gathering for clarity and...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 22: WARNINGS, PLOTS & BETRAYALS

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1. Key Texts

• Matthew 24–26

• Mark 13–14

• Luke 21–22

• Daniel 7 (Son of Man imagery)

• Zechariah 11 (thirty pieces of silver)

2. Date & Place

• Spring 29 AD, final week of Jesus’ public ministry.

• From the Temple to the Mount of Olives; evenings in Bethany.

• Final teachings before arrest; tension in Jerusalem at i...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 21: THE MARCH ON JERUSALEM

1. Key Texts

• Matthew 21–23 — Entry, Temple actions, debates

• Mark 11–13 — Fig tree, Temple teaching, Olivet discourse

• Luke 19–21 — Entry, Temple cleansing, widow’s offering

• Zechariah 9:9 — Donkey prophecy

2. Date & Place

• Spring 29 AD, Passover Week (Passover 3).

• Bethany → Jerusalem → Temple courts → Mount of Olives.

• Slow-motion narrative: Jesus deliberately enters the cen...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 20: THE DISCIPLES’ RECKONING

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1. Key Texts

• John 11 — Lazarus raised

• Luke 14–19 — Teachings in Perea

• Luke 15 — Parables of the lost

• Luke 19:1–10 — Zacchaeus

• John 11:45–53 — Plot to kill Jesus

2. Date & Place

• Winter 28–Spring 29 AD, between Hanukkah and Passover.

• Jesus withdraws from Jerusalem into Perea, the Judean Desert, and parts of Sama...

JesusX30Challenge—Scene 19: THE SIEGE BEGINS

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1. Key Texts

• Luke 10:1–42 — Seventy sent; Good Samaritan; Mary & Martha

• John 10:22–39 — Hanukkah confrontation in the Temple

• Deut 6; Lev 19 — Love of God & neighbor background

• Genesis 10 — Seventy nations symbolism

2. Date & Place

• Fall–Winter 28 AD, between Sukkot and Hanukkah.

• Jesus operates in Jerusalem, the J...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 18: THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE

1.         Key Texts

• John 9 — Healing of the man born blind

• John 7–8 — Sukkot background

• Isaiah 42:6–7 — Light for the nations, opening blind eyes

• John 8:12 — “I am the Light of the World”

2.         Date & Place

• Late 28 AD, immediately after the Festival of Sukkot in Jerusalem.

• Jesus has just left the Temple after conflict over his identity.

• The encounter occurs near the T...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 17: REGROUP & REINFORCE

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1. Key Texts

• Matthew 18:1–10 — The child in the midst

• Mark 9:33–37 — “Who is greatest?”

• Matthew 25:31–46 — Welcoming the overlooked

• Psalm 34:18 — The nearness of God to the lowly

2. Date & Place

• Late Summer 28 AD

• Capernaum — Jesus’ home base on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee

• The disciples return after...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 16: THE REFINING FIRE

1. Key Texts

Mark 7:1–30—Purity Laws, Syrophoenician Woman

Matthew 15:1–28—What Defiles, Gentile Woman’s Faith

Mark 8:1–33—Feeding of the 4,000, Peter’s Confession, Jesus’ Rebuke

Matthew 16:13–26—Peter’s Confession, Call to the Cross

Isaiah 29:13—“This people honors me with their lips”

Deuteronomy 8:3—“Man does not live by bread alone”

2. Outline / Notes

Date & Place

• Late summer 28 AD, no...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 15: THE SURGE & THE SIFTING

1. Key Texts

Matthew 14:13–36—Feeding the 5,000, Walking on Water

Mark 6:30–56—Feeding and Sea Miracle

John 6:1–71—Bread of Life Discourse and Mass Defection

Exodus 16—Manna in the Wilderness

Job 9:8—God “walks on the sea”

Psalm 89:9–10—God rules the raging sea

2. Outline / Notes

Date & Place

• Summer 28 AD, northeast side of the Sea of Galilee near Bethsaida-Julias.

• Jesus and the...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 14: THE COMMISSION & THE FALLEN PROPHET 

1. Key Texts

Matthew 10 — Commissioning of the Twelve

Mark 6:7–29 — Sending and the Death of John the Baptist

Luke 9:1–6 — Mission Instructions

Deuteronomy 19:15 — Two Witnesses

Isaiah 40:3–5 — Voice in the Wilderness

John 1:19–34 — John’s Witness to Jesus

2. Outline / Notes

Date & Place

• Summer 28 AD — Galilee and the northern district of Ituraea.

• Jesus’ public camp...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 13: TALES OF THE EMPIRE

1. Key Texts

Matthew 8:23–27 — Jesus Calms the Storm

Matthew 14:22–33 — Jesus Walks on the Water

Psalm 89:9–10 — God Rules the Sea

Genesis 1:1–10 — Order over Chaos

Job 26:12–13 — God Crushes the Sea Monster

Mark 4:35–41 — Parallel Account

2. Outline / Notes

Date & Place

• Galilee, Spring–Summer 28 AD.

• Jesus’ growing movement is drawing huge crowds and resistance.

• Both episodes occur on...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 12: SHOCKWAVES THROUGHOUT GALILEE

1. Key Texts

• Matthew 8:5–13 — The Centurion’s Servant

• Luke 7:1–10 — The Centurion’s Faith

• Luke 7:11–17 — The Widow’s Son at Nain

• Luke 7:18–35 — John the Baptist’s Question

• Matthew 11:20–24 — Woes to Unrepentant Towns

• Luke 7:36–50 — The Anointing Woman

• Isaiah 35:5–6; 61:1 — Messianic signs of restoration

2. Outline / Notes

Date & Place

• Spring 28 AD—still the dry se...

JesusX30 Challenge—Scene 11: DECLARATION OF A REVOLUTION

1. Key Texts

• Matthew 5–7—Sermon on the Mount

• Luke 6:17–49—Sermon on the Plain

• Isaiah 61—Messianic mission statement

• Exodus 19–20—Moses on Sinai receiving the Law

• Micah 6:6–8—What the Lord requires: justice, mercy, humility

2. Outline / Notes

Date & Place

• Spring 28 AD.

• Northern Galilee—rolling hills and open plains overlooking the Sea of Galilee.

• Natural amphitheater...