Timeline of Paul's ministry
Date | Life of Paul | Contemporary Events |
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36 | Paul's conversion | - |
37 | At Damascus | Death of TIBERIUS and accession of GAIUS (Caligula) |
38 | Flight from Damascus to Jerusalem, then to Tarsus | - |
39 - 43 | Paul preaches in Syria and Cilicia, making his headquarters in Tarsus. | Death of Caligula; accession of CLAUDIUS. Judea and Samaria given to Herod Agrippa I. Invasion of Britain by Aulus Plautius. |
44 | Paul brought from Tarsus to Antioch; stays there one year before the famine. | Death of Herod Agrippa I. Cuspius Fadus, procurator, succeeds to the government of Judea. |
45 | Visits Jerusalem with Barnabas to relieve the famine. | - |
46 | At Antioch | Tiberius Alexander made procurator of Judea. |
47 | At Antioch | - |
48 | First Missionary Journey - from Antioch to Cyprus, Antioch of Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe | Agrippa II (Acts 25) made king of Chalcis. |
49 | ... and back through the same places to Antioch | Cumanus made procurator of Judea |
50 | Paul and Barnabas attend the Council of Jerusalem | Caractacus captured by Romans in Britain; Cogdinus, father of Claudia (? 2 Tim. 4:21) assists the Romans in Britain. |
51 | Second Missionary Journey - from Antioch to Cilicia, Lycaonia, Galatia | - |
52 | ... Troas, Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, and Corinth (writes 1 THESSALONIANS) | Claudius expels the Jews from Rome (Acts 18:2). |
53 | At Corinth; writes 2 THESSALONIANS | Tetrarchy of Trachonitis given to Agrippa II; Felix procurator. |
54 |
| - |
55, 56 | At Ephesus | - |
57 |
| - |
58 |
| - |
59 | At Caesarea | Nero murders Agrippina |
60 |
| Felix is recalled and is succeeded by Festus |
61 | Spring: Arrives at Rome | Embassy of Jews comes from Jerusalem to petition about the wall. |
62 | At Rome
| Burrus dies; Albinus succeeds Festus as procuratory of Judea; Nero marries Poppaea. |
63 | Paul acquitted at Rome; goes to Macedonia and Asia Minor | Daughter Claudia born to Poppaea |
64 | Paul goes to Spain (?) | Great fire at Rome; Roman Christians blamed and persecuted by Nero. |
65 | In Spain (?) | Gessius Florus made procurator of Judea; conspiracy of Piso and death of Seneca. |
66 | Summer: from Spain (?) to Asia | Jewish War begins. |
67 |
| - |
68 |
| Death of Nero in middle of June. |
Sources: Cornelius Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome and Agricola
Conybeare, W. J. and Howson, J. S., The Life and Epistles of St. Paul
From left to right: Paul's three missionary journeys and his final journey to Rome.
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