The ministry of Jesus, in the canonical gospels, begins with his baptism in the countryside of Roman Judea and Transjordan, near the River Jordan by John the Baptist, and ends in Jerusalem, following the Last Supper with his disciples. The Gospel of Luke () states that Jesus was "about 30 years of age" at the start of his ministry. A chronology of Jesus typically sets the date of the start of his ministry at 11 September 26 AD<ref>The Appointed Times of Jesus the Messiah by Fred R. Coulter 2012 </ref>; others have estimated at around AD 27–29 and the end in the range AD 30–36. Jesus' early Galilean ministry begins when after his baptism, he goes back to Galilee from his temptation in the Judaean Desert. In this early period, he preaches around Galilee and recruits his first disciples who begin to travel with him and eventually form the core of the early ChurchThe Life and Ministry of Jesus: The Gospels by Douglas Redford 2007 pp. 117–130. as it is believed that the Apostles dispersed from Jerusalem to found the apostolic sees. The major Galilean ministry which begins in Matthew 8 includes the commissioning of the Twelve Apostles, and covers most of the ministry of Jesus in Galilee.The Life and Ministry of Jesus: The Gospels by Douglas Redford 2007 pp. 143–160. The final Galilean ministry begins after the beheading of John the Baptist as Jesus prepares to go to Jerusalem.The Life and Ministry of Jesus: The Gospels by Douglas Redford 2007 pp. 165–180. In the later Judean ministry Jesus starts his final journey to Jerusalem through Judea.The Life and Ministry of Jesus: The Gospels by Douglas Redford. 2007 pp. 189–207. As Jesus travels towards Jerusalem, in the later Perean ministry, about one third the way down from the Sea of Galilee (actually a freshwater lake) along the River Jordan, he returns to the area where he was baptized.The Life and Ministry of Jesus: The Gospels by Douglas Redford 2007 pp. 211–229. The final ministry in Jerusalem is sometimes called the Passion week and begins with Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The gospels provide more details about the final ministry than the other periods, devoting about one third of their text to the last week of the life of Jesus in Jerusalem. Overview The gospel accounts place the beginning of Jesus' ministry in the countryside of Roman Judea, near the River