The years of Jesus Christ's ministry
The first year may be called the year of obscurity, both because the records of it which we possess are very scanty, and because he seems during it to have been only slowly emerging into public notice. It was spent for the most part in Judea.
The second year was the year of public favor, during which the country had become thoroughly aware of him; his activity was constant, and his reputation was known through the length and breadth of the land. It was almost wholly passed in Galilee.
The third was the year of opposition, when the public favor ebbed away. His enemies multiplied and assailed him with more and more persistence, and at last he fell victim to their hatred. The first six months of this final year were passed in Galilee, and the last six in other parts of the land (Stalker's Life of Jesus Christ, p. 45).
The Gospels are eyewitnesses accounts of the words and work of Jesus Christ in many different aspects. (See CHRIST.)
Jesus was also the name of four other men in the Bible…
Joshua, the son of Nun (the King James Version says “Jesus” in Acts 7:45 and Hebrews 4:8; all new translations avoid confusion by using the name “Joshua”)
A Jewish Christian surnamed Justus (Col. 4:11)
Jesus bar-Abbas (sometimes just called Barabbas)—a prisoner released by Pontius Pilate (Matt. 27:16-17)
An ancestor of Jesus Christ (Luke 3:29). Translated as Jose in the King James Version and NJKV, Joshua in the NIV, NASB, and NRSV.
