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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

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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,
themotherofNero

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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

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Josephussurrenderstothe
Romans
Nerocommitssuicide
Vespianprevailsasthe
Emporeramidstcivilwar

Destructionofthetemple
underTitus

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