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Before the birth of Jesus, Mary was visited by angel Gabriel and he told her about the special baby
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Historians generally assume Jesus was born between 6 BC - 4 BC
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The infant Jesus is visited in Bethlehem by the Three Wise Men and the Shepherds
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Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt
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At age 12, Jesus visits the Temple in Jerusalem
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From age 12-30 he worked as a carpenter in Nazareth
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Jesus met a man called John the Baptist, and was baptised by John in the River Jordan.
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During the first part of his ministry Jesus made tours from his base at Capernaum in Galilee, he proved the authority of his mission by performing miraculous deeds.
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Jesus had chosen a little group of 12 disciples, to help him in his work and give them special teaching and share with them some of his own deepest religious experiences.
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He gathered his 12 disciples together for a final meal and explained to them that his death was necessary because it would establish a new covenant between God and man, and it would be the disciples' duty to spread Jesus' teachings after he had gone.
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Pontius Pilate sentenced Jesus to be crucified
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That Friday evening, the dead body of Jesus was taken down from the cross and laid in a tomb, and a great stone was rolled across the entrance of the tomb. Early on the Sunday morning, Easter Sunday, a group of women disciples went to the tomb and found the stone rolled back and the body gone.