Timeline of The Apostle Paul
Timeline of The Apostle Paul
Timeline of The Apostle Paul
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TimelineoftheApostlePaul
Note:ThechronologyanddatingoftheeventsinPaul'slifearestilldisputedamongscholars.
Year TheLifeofPaul
AD4
c.5
BornanIsraeliteinTarsusofCilicia
(Acts22:3Phil3:5)
ARomancitizenbybirthright(Acts22:28)
BooksWritten HistoricalEvents
AugustusadoptsTiberiusand
recognizeshimasthe
successor
14
c.15 AttheschoolofGamaliel,Jerusalem(Acts
20
22:3)
26
28
Pilatebeginsservingas
procuratorofJudea
JohntheBaptistexecutedby
HerodAntipas
CrucifixionofChrist
ReturnstoDamascusthenexitsthecityfor
safety(Gal1:17Acts9:20252Cor11:32
33)
GoesuptoJerusalem(Acts9:2629Gal
1:18)
GoesbacktoTarsusforsafety(Acts9:30)
ImprisonmentofHerod
Agrippa
30
31(?) APharisee(Phil3:5)
c.32 PresentatStephen'sstoning(Acts7:58
8:1)
c.33 Persecutorofthechurch(Acts8:13Phil
34
3:6)
34
ConversionontheRoadtoDamascus(Acts
9:19)
GoestoDamascus(Acts9:1019)
TravelstoArabiaandremainsthere(Gal
1:17)
35
36
37
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JudeabecomesaRoman
Imperialprovince
CensusofCaesarand
Tiberius
LyviapoisonsAugustus
Tiberiuscomesintopower
Caligulabecomesemperorat
thedeathofTiberius
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39
40
41
BarnabastravelstoTarsusinordertoseek
Saul(Acts11:25)
GoestoAntiochwithBarnabasteaching
andmanypeople(Acts11:26)
Agabusprophesiesafamine(Acts11:27,
28)
AidsenttoJerusalemthroughBarnabas
andSaul(Acts11:29,30)
BarnabasandSaulreturnwithJohnMark
(Acts12:25)
BarnabasandSaul"separated"andsent
out(Acts13:2,3)
TheytravelfromAntiochtoSeleucia,then
toCyprus(Acts13:4)
HerodAntipasdeposedby
CaligulaandexiledtoGaul
Caligulamurdered
Cladiusdeclaredemperor
FamineinRome
Romancampaignsagainst
Britain
DeathofHerodAgrippaI
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
WhileonCyprustheygotoSalamisand
Paphos(Acts13:512)
FromPaphostheygotoPergaof
PamphyliawhereJohnMarkdepartsfor
home(Acts13:13)
MinistryinAntiochofPisidia(Acts13:14
50)
AtIconium(Acts13:5114:6)
FleestoLystraandDerbe,preachingthe
gospel(Acts14:67)
InLystraPaulandBarnabasaremistaken
forgods(Acts14:818)
StonedatLystra,supposedtobedead,but
reentersthecity(Acts14:1920)
DepartswithBarnabastoDerbe,preaching
thegospel(Acts14:2021)
TheyreturntoLystra,Iconium,andAntioch
tostrengthendisciplesandappointelders
(Acts14:2124)
FromPisidiatheyreturnedtoAntiochof
Syriaandreportedtheirjourneytothe
church(Acts14:2428)
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GoesuptotheJerusalemCouncilwith
Barnabas(Acts15:129Galatians2:1)
PaulandBarnabasreturntoAntiochof
Syria,teachingandpreaching(Acts15:30
35Galatians2:1114)
ContentionoverJohnMarkBarnabasand
JohnMarksailtoCyprus(Acts15:3639)
PaulandSilasdepart,goingthroughSyria
andCiliciastrengtheningthechurches
(Acts15:4041)
GoestoDerbeandLystraandpicksup
Timothy,strengtheningthechurches(Acts
16:15)
TheygotoTroasandPaulseesavisionof
aMacedonianman(Acts16:610)
TheysailfromTroastoNeapolis(Acts
16:11)
ToPhilippiwherePaulmeetsLydia(Acts
16:1215)
PaulandSilasimprisonedaftercastingout
ademonfromaslavegirl(Acts16:1625)
Prisondoorsopenedmiraculouslyandthe
jailersaved(Acts16:2534)
DepartsfromPhilippi(Acts16:3540)
TheypassedthroughAmphipolisand
Apollonia(Acts17:1)
AtThessalonicaandpreachedChrist,but
hadtoflee(Acts17:110)
AtBereawhereheleavesSilasand
Timothy(Acts17:1014)
AtCorinthandrejoinedwithSilasand
Timothy(Acts18:117)
ClaudiusexpelsJewsfrom
Romeandblamesiton
Chrestus(apossible
referencetoChrist)
Galatians(?)
TheriseoftheZealots
Galatians(?)
1
Thessalonians
2
Thessalonians
1Corinthians
Claudiuspoisonedbyhiswife
NerobecomesEmperor
52
53
PaulreturnstoAntiochafterstoppingat
Ephesus,Caeserea,andJerusalem(Acts
18:1822)
TravelsthroughGalatiaandPhrygia
strengtheningthedisciples(Acts18:23)
Passesthroughtheupperregionsonhis
waytoEphesus(Acts19:1)
MinistryinEphesus(Acts19:141)
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GoestoMacedonia(Acts20:1)
TravelstoGreece(Acts20:2)
GoesbacktoMacedonia(Acts20:3)
AtTroas(Acts20:412)
Assos.Mitylene.Chios.Samos.Togyllium.
(Acts20:1315)
PaulexhortstheEphesianeldersatMiletus
(Acts20:1538)
Cos.Rhodes.Patara.Phoenicia.(Acts
21:1,2)
AtTyre(Acts21:36)
AtPtolemais(Acts21:7)
AtCaesarea(Acts21:814)
AtJerusalem(Acts21:1525)
Paulgetsarrestedinthetempleand
causesamob(Acts21:2636)
Addressesthemob(Acts21:3722:21)
Paul'scitizenshipsaveshimfromscourging
(Acts22:2229)
BeforetheSanhedrin(Acts22:3023:10)
JesustellsPaulthathewillbearwitnessof
himinRome(Acts23:11)
TheplotagainstPaul'slife(Acts23:1222)
SentsafelytoFelixthegovernor(Acts
23:2335)
PaulbeforeFelix(Acts24:127)
PaulbeforeFestus(Acts25:112)
Paul'sappealhonoredturningpoint
towardsRome(Acts25:12)
PaulbeforeAgrippa(Acts25:1326:32)
PauldepartsforRomeandsailstoMyra
(Acts27:15)
TheysailtoFairHavensonCrete(Acts
27:68)
InspiteofPaul'swarning,theysetsail
again(Acts27:912)
Inthemidstofaterriblestormtheyget
shipwreckedontheislandofMalta(Acts
27:1328:1)
AtMalta(Acts28:210)
SailstoSyracuse(Acts28:11,12)
SailstoRhegiumthenPuteoli(Acts28:13)
ArrivesinRome(Acts28:1416)
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2Corinthians
Romans
AssassinationofAgrippina,
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MeetswiththeJews(Acts28:1728)
Preachesthegospelwithouthindrancefor
twowholeyearsinhisrentedhouse(Acts
28:3031).
Philemon
Colossians
Ephesians
Philippians
1Timothy(c.
6264)
Titus(c.6264)
TheGreatFireinRome
Majorpersecutionof
Christianitybegins
Josephuspleadstheinterests
oftheJewsbeforeRome
NeroconstructstheDomus
Aurea
ThebeginningoftheJewish
RevoltagainstRome
62
63
64
ReleasedfromRomanimprisonment
Furthermissionarywork
65
66
2Timothy(c.
6466)
Secondimprisonmentandmartyrdomunder
Nero
67
68
69
70
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Josephussurrenderstothe
Romans
Nerocommitssuicide
Vespianprevailsasthe
Emporeramidstcivilwar
Destructionofthetemple
underTitus
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