Two thousand years have passed since Jesus came to earth. Innumerable books have been written about him, and he has been portrayed as everything from a kindly but confused Jewish peasant to a rabid revolutionary. Recent books about the life of Christ have been skeptical of the Bible and have used Jewish and Roman texts as their primary sources. This biography takes a different approach. It accepts the Gospels as what they claim to be: eyewitness accounts of the words and deeds of the Messiah. Religious and secular history books can provide valuable insights into Jesus's world, but to understand the man himself, the best sources are the ancient narratives written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. This book harmonizes the four Gospels to tell the story of Jesus's ministry years. The geography, climate, politics, racism, social norms, religion, traditions, economics, morality, language, and customs of the second temple era play key roles. All of Jesus's recorded words and actions are included, and duplicate accounts have been harmonized.