The Record that Jesus Left: Timeline

AD 30

Passover & Crucifixion
Resurrection
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Acts 1:
Commission to Apostles
Ascension
Judas' replacement chosen
Wait for the Holy Spirit
Acts 2:
Pentecost:
Apostles baptized by God's Spirit
Apostles preach
3000 souls baptized in water
Added to them

Acts 3:
Healing of lame man by Peter and John
Peter preaches
Acts 4:
Peter and John arrested; put in hold;
threatened to not preach; released;
Acts 5:
Ananias and Sappira lie to Holy Spirit;
God kills them;
the church multiplies;
the Sadducees put apostles in prision;
angel frees apostles; they continue to teach;
arrested; Gamaliel saves their lives; beaten;

30 Roman Emperor: Tiberias

30 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 31

Acts 6:
Stephen and Philip and five are
appointed in service;
Apostles lay their hands on them;
preaching expands;
Acts 7:
Stephen is martyred for preaching
Acts 8
Dispersion from Jerusalem

31 Roman Emperor: Tiberias

emperors

31 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 32

Acts 8:
Philip preaches in Samaria;
Baptized believers receive
the Holy Spirit by the laying on
of apostles' hands;

Philip preaches to
and baptizes the Ethiopian eunuch
Acts 9:
Paul's conversion {see year 44]

32 Roman Emperor: Tiberias

emperors

32 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 33

Peter raises Dorcas from the dead

33 Roman Emperor: Tiberias

emperors

33 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 34

Paul spends nearly 3 years at Damascus

34 Roman Emperor: Tiberias

emperors

34 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 35

Paul's First Visit to Jerusalem after Conversion
They tried to kill him.
Paul goes to Tarsus and spends 10 years in obscurity before he begins mission work.

35 Roman Emperor: Tiberias

emperors

35 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 36

Between 35 and 40
Acts 10 & 11
Peter baptizes the first Gentiles [Cornelius' group] in water; Cornelius sends to Joppa for Peter

36 Roman Emperor: Tiberias

emperors

36 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 37

Death of Emperor Tiberius on the island of Capri. Caligula ascends to the throne.
Birth of the historian Flavius Josephus, in Jerusalem.
Birth of the Emperor Nero, in the town of Antium.

37 Roman Emperor: Caligula

emperors

37 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 38

38 AD

38 Roman Emperor: Caligula

emperors

38 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 39

39/40 Philo of Alexandria led an embassy of Jews from Alexandria to the emperor Caligula in Rome. They hoped to end Alexandria being a Roman pogrom. Caligula, however, cut Philo off as he spoke.
Caligula marches with the legions to Germania in a 'mock' campaign.
Caligula bridges the Bay of Naples with boats from Baiae to Puteoli.

39 Roman Emperor: Caligula

emperors

39 Galilee Tetrarch: Herod Antipas

AD 40

Caligula marches to the English Channel with the intention of invading Britain. Instead, the legions collect sea shells and he returns to Rome to celebrate a fabricated triumph.
Birth of the Emperor Titus.
Emperor Caligula orders that a statue of himself is to be erected in the temple at Jerusalem. Herod delays implementation.

40 Roman Emperor: Caligula

emperors

40 Galilee + : King Agrippa I

AD 41

41 Jerusalem expanded. New city walls were built, bringing the site of Jesus' crucifixion within the city.
Caligula is assassinated.
Claudius, found hiding hailed the new Caesar.
The Roman writer Seneca is banished for adultery with Claudius's wife.
Livia, the wife of Augustus, is finally deified by the senate.

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circa 40's:
Matthew writes his eyewitness of ministry of Jesus

41 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

41 Galilee + : King Agrippa I

AD 42

Acts 11
Reception of Gentiles at Antioch
Barnabas invites Paul to Antioch from Tarsus

42 James, the brother of John, was beheaded (Acts 12.2).

42 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

42 Galilee + : King Agrippa I

AD 43

Claudius begins the first large-scale Roman invasion of Britain.

43 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

43 Galilee + : King Agrippa I

AD 44

Acts 12:23
Herod's death.
Judaea is annexed as a Roman province after the death of Herod Agrippa.

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circa: 44,45?
James writes his epistle

44 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

44 Galilee + : Procurators

& Cuspius Fadus procurator 44-46

AD 45

Paul's second visit to and departure from Jerusalem [after Herod's death 14 years after his conversion'- Gal. 2:1]

45 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

45 Galilee + : Procurators

& Cuspius Fadus procurator 44-46

AD 46

Acts 13,14
Antioch;

years 45-48
First missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas
Cyprus & central Asia Minor

46 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

46 Galilee + : Procurators

& Cuspius Fadus procurator 44-46

AD 47

Paul and Barnabas continuing in central Asia (Minor) after John Mark goes home.

47 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

47 Galilee + : Procurators

& Tiberius Julius Alexander procurator 46–48

AD 48

Paul and Barnabas confirm churches in central Asia (Minor) and appoint elders in every church.
Return to Antioch, Syria.

48 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

48 Galilee + : Procurators

& Tiberius Julius Alexander procurator 46–48

AD 49

Acts 15
Jerusalem 'conference'
of Apostles, elders, church.
with the Holy Spirit send epistle to Antioch

49 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

49 Galilee + : Procurators

& Ventidius Cumanus procurator 48–52

AD 50

Claudius passes an edict expelling all Jews from Rome.
Claudius adopts Nero as heir

Death of Helena, queen mother of the kingdom of Adiabene, a Jewish state in northern Mesopotamia.

from spring, 50-53 Acts 16,17,18
Second missionary journey by Paul: Corinth; Greece

50 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

50 Galilee + : Procurators

& Ventidius Cumanus procurator 48–52

AD 51

Birth of the Emperor Domitian in Rome.

Paul's first epistle to Thessalonians
Paul's second epistle to Thessalonians
Note: First one written in 52; second one in 53 [according to Frank Goodwin's Harmony of the Life of St. Paul.] both from Corinth

51 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

51 Galilee + : Procurators

& Ventidius Cumanus procurator 48–52

AD 52

Paul's epistle to Galatians--early 52--probably from Corinth

Arrival of Gallio as Proconsul

May 52 Acts 18:12
When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat

52 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

52 Galilee + : Procurators

& Ventidius Cumanus procurator 48–52

AD 53

53 AD

53 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

53 Galilee + : Procurators

& Marcus Antonius Felix procurator 52–60

AD 54

Death and deification of Claudius. Nero ascends to the throne.
54-57 Acts 19,20
Paul's third missionary journey: 54 - Paul reaches Ephesus

54 Roman Emperor: Claudius

emperors

54 Galilee + : Procurators

& Marcus Antonius Felix procurator 52–60

AD 55

55 AD

55 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

55 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Marcus Antonius Felix procurator 52–60

AD 56

56 AD Birth of the great Roman historian Tacitus, probably in Rome. Nero expels actors from Rome and dictates reforms of circuses and festivals.

56 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

56 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Marcus Antonius Felix procurator 52–60

AD 57

1 Cor. 16:8
Paul left Ephesus in June

spring 57 - before Pentecost
Paul writes 1 Corinthians from Ephesus

summer & fall 57 1 Cor. 16:5-8
Paul writes 2 Corinthians from Macedonia

winter 57-58 Paul writes Romans near Corinth

57 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

57 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Marcus Antonius Felix procurator 52–60

AD 58

57-58 Acts 20:2-3
Paul in Corinth 3 months, winter

April Acts 20:6
Paul left Philippi

June Acts 20:16
Paul reached Jerusalem
Paul's arrest

The Roman general Gn. Domitius Corbulo conquers Armenia, after the capture of the capital Artaxata.

58 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

58 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Marcus Antonius Felix procurator 52–60

AD 59

summer 58 to fall 60 Acts 24-26
Paul imprisoned in Caesarea

59 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

59 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Marcus Antonius Felix procurator 52–60

AD 60

Luke's gospel book

winter 60-61 Paul's voyage to Rome as prisoner
on Island of Malta

60 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

60 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Marcus Antonius Felix procurator 52–60

AD 61

61-63
Paul is imprisoned in Rome for the first time

John Mark's gospel book

Book of Acts ends here.

61 AD In Britain, Boudicca, the queen of the Iceni tribe, leads a revolt against Roman occupation.

61 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

61 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Porcius Festus 60–62 procurator

AD 62

James the Just, bishop of Jerusalem, was killed in the temple by an angry mob.
Paul's epistles to Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon;
Bartholomew was skinned alive and crucified in Kalyana, near modern-day Bombay, India?

* Birth of the Roman historian Pliny the Younger in Italy.
* Suetonius Paullus defeats the Iceni revolt of Boudicca, who commits suicide.
* Lucius Caesennius Paetus in Armenia surrenders to invading Parthians after a defeat at Rhandeia. Gn. Domitius Corbulo returns and invades Parthia.
* Nero divorces his wife Octavia and marries his mistress Poppaea Sabina.
* The first signs of volcanic activity are recorded in Mt. Vesuvius, when an earthquake damages some nearby Campanian towns.

62 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

62 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Porcius Festus 60–62 procurator

AD 63

spring 63
Paul's epistle to Philippians

Paul is freed from Roman prison
further work 63-65

Paul's first epistle to Timothy
Paul's epistle to Titus? or in 65?

Luke's book of Acts

63 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

63 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Lucceius Albinus 62–64 procurator

AD 64

Herod's Temple in Jerusalem completed.
Mark establishes church in Alexandria.
Peter writes 1 Peter epistle
Peter writes 2 Peter [from Rome?]

64 AD The Great Fire of Rome speculated to have been started by Nero to make room for his palace. Christians Persecuted as scapegoats. Nero begins construction of the domus aurea (the Golden House).

64 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

64 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Lucceius Albinus 62–64 procurator

AD 65

65-66
Paul is back in Greece and Asia Minor

Paul writes to Titus

65 AD A plot against the Emperor Nero, known as the 'Pisonian Conspiracy', led by G. Calpurnius Piso. Nineteen men are executed or forced to commit suicide.
Death of Nero's wife, Poppaea, whom he kicked to death after an argument.
The future Emperor Vespasian is sent to Judaea to put down a Jewish revolt.

65 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

65 Galilee + : Agrippa II

& Gessius Florus 64–66 procurator

AD 66

Paul imprisoned second time in Rome

Paul writes 2 Timothy

Book of Hebrews written

66 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

Galilee: Agrippa II;
Procurator Florus steals Temple gold;
This starts Jewish revolt against Rome.

AD 67

late 66 or early 67
St. Paul martyred on the road from Rome to Ostia. Beheaded by the sword.
About this same time Peter also martyred, crucified upside down.

67 AD Nero enters the Olympic games and is named the winner of every event he enters.
Death of Paul the Apostle.

67 Roman Emperor: Nero

emperors

Galilee + : Agrippa II;
Marcus Antonius Julianus 66-70
last procurator
Jews in revolt.

AD 68

67-68

Epistle of Jude

Widespread revolt forces Nero to commit suicide, sparking civil war.
68 - 69 AD Year of the four emperors.

Galba 68-69