Timeline of St. Paul's Life and Missionary Journeys
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Timeline of St. Paul’s Life and Missionary Journeys ca. A.D. 49 Council of Jerusalem Acts 15 A.D. 1 A.D. 10 A.D. 20 A.D. 30 A.D. 40 A.D. 50 A.D. 60 A.D. 70 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 1st Missionary Journey to ca. A.D. 65-67 Galatia (A.D. 46-49) Tradition holds Acts 13-14 that Paul was 12 - 13 yrs. old, Depart from Antioch later rearrested Paul goes to A.D. 8 A.D. 32 or 36 Selucia and beheaded Jerusalem; Birth of Paul * Acts 9, 22, 26 Cyprus in Rome educated by Paul has Salamis Rabbi Gamaliel conversion on Paphos Road to Attalia Damascus Perga Paul Arrested in Jerusalem Antioch of Pisidian and Imprisonment in Caesarea and Rome Iconium, Lystra, Derbe Returned to Antioch (of Syria) Acts 21:16-28:16 From Caesarea (where he was imprisoned) he sailed to Sidon 2nd Missionary Journey to Greece and Myra (Lycia); then to (A.D. 50-52) Acts 15:36-18:22 Pauline Letters and Epistles Cnidus to Fair Haven (on the From Antioch, through Cyria and Cilicia Island of Crete) Lystra • A.D. 50-51 Letters to the Thessalonians Phrygia and Galatia • Early to Mid 50’s Letter to the Galatians Because of storm, the ship Traos • A.D. 56 Letters to the Corinthians drifted to Malta. From Malta, Philippi (city in Macedonia) • A.D. 57-58 Letter to the Romans Paul continued on to Rome Thessalonica (leading city in Macedonia) • A.D. 60 – 62 Letters to the Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians where he remained under Berea and Philemon (during 2 year captivity in Rome) house arrest from (A.D. 60- Athens 62) • ca. A.D. 65 Letters to Timothy Corinth – stayed 1 ½ years • ca. A.D. 63-66 Letter to Titus (Hebrews?) Ephesus Able to continue limited Caesarea apostolic work and wrote the Returning to Antioch (of Syria) Captivity Epistles: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon 3rd Missionary Journey – returns to Asia and Greece (A.D. 53-58) Acts 18:23-21:15 From Antioch, went through regions of Galatia and Phrygia Returned to Ephesus – stayed 2 years (lecturing in synagogues & the hall of Tyrannus) The date of Paul’s birth depends on the dating of Philemon. * Macedonia to Greece Traditionally it is dated during his imprisonment in Rome Traos (Paul raises Eutyches from the dead – Acts 20:7-12) (A.D. 60-62). Assos, then Mitylene, Chios, Samos, and arrived in Miletus Tyre to Ptolema, Caesarea and Jerusalem (final destination of his missionary trip).