Matthew 4_12 part 1 Matthews Missing Year

Matthew 4:12 part 1

Matthews Missing Year 

Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee.

Matthew 4:11-12

Between vesres 11 and 12 of Matthew chapter 4, a year in Jesus ministry had passed by. In verse 11 we read that Jesus had just successfully defeated the temptations of Satan after spending 40 days fasting in the wilderness. Now, he will be embarking upon his ministry, but after His temptation, we read in verse 12 that John the baptist was arrested. Yet if you look at the chronological order of Jesus life, John was not arrested until after Jesus entered Judea. However, Matthew does write about His ministry in Judea until chapter 19.

If we only had the Gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, we would never have known about the events that took place in Judea. This is where John's Gospel fills us in on many important aspects of Jesus ministry. In order to properly understand what happened, I decide to cover the events that took place between verses 4:11 to 4:12, in a 9 part series. This is part one of that series, where I will cover 4 of the 9 steps Matthew omitted in his Gospel account of Jesus ministry.

Matthew 4:12-17

Preview of Omissions
W/ Christ in Isaiah

There are 72 distinct steps identified in the life of Jesus, from the Glory of His birth in Bethlehem to the Glory of His ascension into heaven. In Matthew 4:12, Matthew skips over 9 of those steps, step 11 to 20. The reason is because Matthew covered Jesus ministry in Galilee from Capernaum. In Matthews Gospel we do not read of Jesus in Judea until 19:1 when He entered Judea to attend His last Passover feast, and ultimately His death on the Cross. What I offer here is a preview of what the next 9 lessons will be covering, along with a breakdown of verse 17 and Isaiah's prophecy.