ix ion ▁on ▁Friday ▁ 3 ▁April ▁AD ▁ 3 3 ▁and ▁the ▁Res urre ction ▁two ▁days ▁later . ▁ ▁Context ▁and ▁over view ▁The ▁Christian ▁g osp els ▁do ▁not ▁claim ▁to ▁provide ▁an ▁exhaust ive ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁events ▁in ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁Jesus . ▁They ▁were ▁written ▁as ▁the ological ▁documents ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁early ▁Christian ity ▁rather ▁than ▁historical ▁chron icles , ▁and ▁their ▁authors ▁showed ▁little ▁interest ▁in ▁an ▁absolute ▁chron ology ▁of ▁Jesus ▁or ▁in ▁synchron izing ▁the ▁episodes ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁with ▁the ▁sec ular ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁age . ▁One ▁indic ation ▁that ▁the ▁g osp els ▁are ▁the ological ▁documents ▁rather ▁than ▁historical ▁chron icles ▁is ▁that ▁they ▁dev ote ▁about ▁one - third ▁of ▁their ▁text ▁to ▁just ▁seven ▁days , ▁namely ▁the ▁last ▁week ▁of ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁Jesus ▁in ▁Jerusalem , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Pass ion ▁of ▁Christ . ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁the ▁g osp els ▁provide ▁some ▁details ▁regarding ▁events ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁clearly ▁dated , ▁so ▁one ▁can ▁establish ▁date ▁ranges ▁regarding ▁major ▁events ▁in ▁Jesus ' ▁life ▁by ▁comparison ▁with ▁independent ▁sources . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁historical ▁non - Christ ian ▁documents , ▁such ▁as ▁Jewish ▁and ▁Gre co - R oman ▁sources , ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁in ▁historical ▁anal ys es ▁of ▁the ▁chron ology ▁of ▁Jesus . ▁V irt ually ▁all ▁modern ▁histor ians ▁agree ▁that ▁Jesus ▁existed , ▁and ▁regard ▁his ▁bapt ism ▁and ▁his ▁cru c if ix ion ▁as ▁historical