When correlated with external secular sources, the accounts of the four canonical gospels describe something like the following outline: * Jesus was born either around 6-4 BCE or 6/7 CE; * Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist during John's ministry, which according to Luke 3:1-2 began in the "15th year of Tiberius" (around 28/29 CE) and may have lasted up until CE 32; * Jesus' ministry lasted around one year, according to the Synoptic Gospels, or three years according to the Gospel of John; * Jesus was executed by Pontius Pilate, the governor of Iudaea province between 26 and 36 CE; * Jesus was raised from the dead by God "on the third day", appeared to the disciples and others; and according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and John 20:17, ascended to heaven.