BibleVideos.org chronological index

The LDS Church has been producing a fantastic set of short videos depicting stories from the New Testament, found at BibleVideos.org. The site’s index of videos, however, places them in the order they have been posted on the site, not the order the stories are recorded in the scriptures, nor the order the events occurred chronologically. I don’t know why; I hope they add such an index soon. Until then, here is a table of all the videos currently up, placed in roughly chronological order (see below the table for how I arrived at the order). I will try to update this post periodically, to keep up as new videos are posted. I have not watched all the videos, so if I’ve made any mistakes in the sequence, please let me know in the comments section.
Italicized titles are composite videos—montages that span multiple scripture stories.

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Video title	Duration	Scripture reference
Jesus's birth
An Angel Foretells Christ's Birth to Mary	(2:33)	Luke 1:26-38
Mary and Elisabeth Rejoice Together	(5:06)	Luke 1:39-55
Mary and Joseph Travel to Bethlehem	(5:17)	Luke 2:4-7
Shepherds Learn of the Birth of Christ	(6:43)	Luke 2:8-18
The Christ Child Is Presented at the Temple	(1:53)	Luke 2:22-38
The Wise Men Seek Jesus	(5:41)	Matthew 2:1-2, 11-15
Good Tidings of Great Joy: The Birth of Jesus Christ	(5:00)	Luke 2:1-20
Mary, the Mother of Jesus	(2:27)	Luke 1:26-35
Early ministry
The Baptism of Jesus	(2:55)	Matthew 3:13-17
Jesus Turns Water into Wine	(2:26)	John 2:1-12
Jesus Cleanses the Temple	(1:35)	John 2:13-17
Jesus Teaches of Being Born Again	(2:55)	John 3:1-36
Jesus Teaches a Samaritan Woman	(4:07)	John 4:5-29
Jesus Forgives Sins and Heals a Man Stricken with Palsy	(2:57)	Mark 2:1-12
Jesus Raises the Daughter of Jairus	(3:26)	Mark 5:22-24, 35-43
Jesus Heals a Woman of Faith	(1:40)	Mark 5:22-43
Jesus Teaches about the Widow’s Mites	(0:59)	Mark 12:41-44
Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes	(2:09)	Matthew 5:3-16
Sermon on the Mount: The Higher Law	(2:19)	Matthew 5:17-48
Sermon on the Mount: The Lord’s Prayer	(2:18)	Matthew 6:1-13
Sermon on the Mount: Treasures in Heaven	(4:33)	Matthew 6:19-21; 7:1-27
Later ministry
Jesus Calls Twelve Apostles to Preach and Bless Others	(1:37)	Matthew 10:1-5
Jesus Declares He Is the Messiah	(3:26)	Luke 4:15-30
Jesus Heals a Possessed Man	(1:47)	Luke 4:33-37
Parable of the Good Samaritan	(4:48)	Luke 10:25-37
Go and Sin No More	(3:22)	John 8:2-11
Jesus Declares: I Am the Light of the World, the Truth Shall Make You Free	(4:26)	John 8:12-58
Easter week
The Lord’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem	(1:07)	Matthew 21:1-11
Render unto Caesar and unto God	(0:57)	Mark 12:13-17
The Last Supper	(5:57)	John 13:1-35
Jesus Warns Peter and Offers the Intercessory Prayer	(4:48)	Luke 22:31-34
The Savior Suffers in Gethsemane	(8:31)	Matthew 26:36-57
Jesus Is Tried by Caiaphas, Peter Denies Knowing Him	(4:17)	Matthew 26:57-75
Jesus Is Condemned Before Pilate	(3:14)	Matt 27:1-2, 11-25
Jesus Is Scourged and Crucified	(4:45)	Matthew 27:26-50
Jesus Is Laid in a Tomb	(3:29)	Matthew 27:57-60
Jesus Is Resurrected	(4:00)	John 20:3-18
For God So Loved the World	(4:48)	John 3:16
He is Risen	(7:36)	John 20:11-17
Acts of the apostles
Peter and John Heal a Man Crippled Since Birth	(3:22)	Acts 3:1-8
Peter Preaches and Is Arrested	(2:51)	Acts 3:12-26, 4:1-3
Peter and John Are Judged	(2:52)	Acts 4:5-21
Peter and John Continue Preaching the Gospel	(5:39)	Acts 5:12-42

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How I determined the (rough) chronological order

The Acts of the Apostles stories can simply be put in scripture reference order. However, any combination of passages from the four gospels is going to be notoriously difficult to put in chronological order. The Nativity and Easter week sections are straightforward enough, but everything in between is a jumbled mess that has occupied literally millions of pages of scholarship.

To keep it simple, I ordered the vignettes according to scripture reference first, then divided them into Early Ministry and Later Ministry. The dividing point is roughly based on the point at which Christ went from public teaching to more private teaching, where he commissions his apostles and begins to teach them more explicitly about his pending death. For more information on this basic structure, see this article by one Dennis Bratcher, which I found to be a good overview of the basic shape of the gospel accounts.

It’s a pretty rough order right now. As the Church adds more videos, I may have to do more research, or else cheat and just use scripture reference order. We’ll see.