would be unwise to accept his chronology or his geographical framework without careful examination.13 At the same time, we have to ask whether even the first three Gospels intended to provide a historical and geographical scheme, or to what extent such a scheme was conditioned by the theological presuppositions of the individual evangelists.14 There is material evidence to suggest that on these chronological and geographical points the synoptists are to be trusted. Jesus may have ministered in Judea