AD 14 AD 18 4 BC AD 4 Caiaphas Death of King Emperor Augustus Caesar, the fi rst appointed as Herod the formally adopts his emperor of a Jewish High Great of Judea stepson as , dies Priest his successor

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AD 6 7 BC a� ends Jesus born in Passover in Bethlehem of Judea as a boy (Luke 2:1-20) (Luke 2:40-52)

TIMELINE | PAGE 1 AD 26 Pon� us Pilate begins governorship of Judea

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AD 32 AD 31 Jesus miraculously AD 29 Jesus appoints feeds 5000 John the Bap� st’s and sends his (Ma� hew 14:13-33; ministry begins; Jesus apostles on their AD 30 Mark 6:31-52; is bap� zed and begins fi rst mission Jesus a� ends Luke 9:10-17; John 6) his ministry (Ma� hew 9:35- Passover in (Ma� hew 3:1-17; 11:1; Mark 6:6-13; Jerusalem and Mark 1:2-11; Luke 9:1-10) Luke 3:1-23) cleanses the temple (John 2:13-25)

AD 32 AD 30 Jesus a� ends Jesus establishes the Feast of his ministry in Tabernacles in Galilee Jerusalem (Ma� hew 4:12-17; (John 7-9) Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:14-15)

TIMELINE | PAGE 2 AD 43 AD 36 AD 37 AD 40 AD 41 Roman Pon� us Pilate Death of Emperor Emperor Caligula conquest of governorship of Emperor orders a statue of assassinated and Britain begins Judea ends Tiberius himself be erected in crowned under Emperor the temple; Jewish the new Emperor Claudius peasants stop this from happening

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AD 37 Paul visits Peter and James in Jerusalem (Acts 9:23-30; Gala� ans 1:18-24) AD 38-43 Missions to the Gen� les begin; church in An� och established AD 33 (Acts 10-11) Jesus crucifi ed and resurrected (Ma� hew 21-28; Mark 11-16; Luke 19:28-24:53; John 12-20)

AD 34 AD 34 Stephen is Paul is converted AD 33 stoned and on the road to Jesus’ followers the church is Damascus are bap� zed in sca� ered (Acts 9:1-19; the Holy Spirit (Acts 6-8) Gala� ans 1:11-17) at Pentecost (Acts 2)

TIMELINE | PAGE 3 AD 49 Emperor Claudius expels from Rome

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AD 49 The Council of Jerusalem discusses the inclusion of AD 47 Gen� les into AD 44 AD 48 The Jerusalem famine the church The apostle James, James writes begins; Paul and (Acts 15) son of Alphaeus, bring relief his epistle to is martyred in funds to the church Jewish Chris� ans Jerusalem; King (Acts 11:27-30; sca� ered throughout dies Gala� ans 2:1-10). the empire (Acts 12) (James)

AD 47 AD 49 Paul and Barnabas’ AD 48 Paul and Silas’ missionary journey to Paul writes his epistle second missionary Cyprus and to the Gala� ans journey, leading Southern Gala� a (Gala� ans) to an 18-month (Acts 12:25-15:35) ministry in Corinth (Acts 15:36-18:22)

TIMELINE | PAGE 4 AD 52-57 Paul’s third missionary journey, centered AD 54 in Ephesus 16-year-old (Acts 18:23-20:38) proclaimed Emperor a� er the death of Claudius

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AD 54 Paul writes his epistle to the AD 59 Corinthians Paul sails to (1 & 2 Corinthians) Rome to appear before Caesar (Acts 27:1-28:10) AD 61 Paul writes his epistle to the Ephesians (Ephesians)

AD 55 Paul writes his epistle to AD 59 Romans Paul’s hearing (Romans) before Porcius Festus and King Herrod Agrippa II (Acts 24-26) AD 61 Paul writes his epistle to the Colossians (Colossians)

AD 51 Paul writes his AD 57 two epistles to the Paul arrested in Thessalonians Jerusalem (Acts 21-24) from Corinth AD 60 AD 61 (1 & 2 Thessalonians) Paul arrives Paul writes in Rome his epistle to (Acts 28:11-31) Philemon (Philemon)

TIMELINE | PAGE 5 AD 64 AD 68 The city of Rome Widespread revolt AD 70 AD 62 nearly destroyed of the Romans Destruc� on of Paul writes his in a catastrophic leads to Nero’s Herod’s temple epistle to the fi re; fi rst mass suicide and in Jerusalem Philippians persecu� on of civil war by the (Philippians) Chris� ans

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AD 62 AD 64 James, Jesus’ AD 65 AD 67 Paul is arrested brother, is Peter writes his Paul martyred again and taken executed in second epistle in Rome to Rome Jerusalem (2 Peter) (2 Timothy) (James) for trial (2 Timothy)

AD 64 AD 67 Paul writes his AD 64 Peter martyred fi nal le� er to Peter writes his in Rome Timothy fi rst epistle (2 Peter) (2 Timothy) (1 Peter)

AD 62 Paul released and begins ministry in the as far as Spain (2 Timothy)

AD 62 Paul writes his AD 62 fi rst le� er to Paul writes his Timothy le� er to (1 Timothy) (Titus)

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