Into the
brief period of which we have a
record are compressed his baptism by John the Baptist — a prophet
of the Old Testament stamp — his
time of solitary meditation and temptation
in the wilderness, the calling
of his twelve most intimate disciples, his going about with them healing and teaching
in Galilee and its environs, the journey to Jerusalem and his triumphal entry, the stormy events
of passion week, his crucifixion, and resurrection.