1-ARC.indd 1 6/13/2012 12:44:12 PM PRESENTED TO BY ON THE OCCASION OF DATE 15 AD 20 25 30 35 40 45 Tiberius Caesar (AD 14–37) Claudius Caesar (AD 41–54) Gaius Caligula Caesar (AD 37–41) Antipas divorces Aretas’s daughter and marries Herodias, AD 36 his brother Herod Philip’s wife Aretas attacks and defeats Herod Antipas Pontius Pilate as governor of Judea (AD 26–36) Caiaphas as high priest (AD 18–36) Herod Agrippa I (AD 37–44) AD 44 about AD 26 about AD 29 Agrippa dies John the Baptist begins his ministry John the Baptist is imprisoned, then beheaded from violent illness about AD 27 Passover, about AD 30 Jesus begins his ministry Jesus’ death and resurrection Caspian TURKEY Sea 2 Haran T i g Eu r p i h s r a R t e i IRAN s v SYRIA Ri e ve r N LEBANON r Mediterranean Sea Shechem 3 Bethel IRAQ ISRAEL 6 4 Hebron Beersheba EGYPT 5 Ur of the 1 7 JORDAN Chaldeans r e v i SAUDI R e ARABIA Persian l i Gulf N Red 0 50 100 Mi. Sea 0 50 100 Km. Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. from HEBREWS 1:1-2 15 AD 20 25 30 35 40 45 Tiberius Caesar (AD 14–37) Claudius Caesar (AD 41–54) Gaius Caligula Caesar (AD 37–41) Antipas divorces Aretas’s daughter and marries Herodias, AD 36 his brother Herod Philip’s wife Aretas attacks and defeats Herod Antipas Pontius Pilate as governor of Judea (AD 26–36) Caiaphas as high priest (AD 18–36) Herod Agrippa I (AD 37–44) AD 44 about AD 26 about AD 29 Agrippa dies John the Baptist begins his ministry John the Baptist is imprisoned, then beheaded from violent illness about AD 27 Passover, about AD 30 Jesus begins his ministry Jesus’ death and resurrection Caspian TURKEY Sea 2 Haran T i g Eu r p i h s r a R t e i IRAN s v SYRIA Ri e ve r N LEBANON r Mediterranean Sea Shechem 3 Bethel IRAQ ISRAEL 6 4 Hebron Beersheba EGYPT 5 Ur of the 1 7 JORDAN Chaldeans r e v i SAUDI R e ARABIA Persian l i Gulf N Red 0 50 100 Mi. Sea 0 50 100 Km. 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CLASB.indb A4 6/13/2012 11:50:02 AM CONTENTS A7 Canonical Table of Contents A15 Introduction to the Chronological Life Application Study Bible A23 A Chronological Survey of the Bible A34 Complete Biblical Timeline A44 A Note to Readers A45 Introduction to the New Living Translation A50 NLT Bible Translation Team A52 Contributors 1 THE OLD TESTAMENT 2 Beginnings: Undated–2100 b.c. Genesis 26 God’s Chosen Family: 2100–1800 b.c. Genesis, Job 134 Birth of Israel: 1800–1406 b.c. Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Psalms 330 Possessing the Land: 1406–1050 b.c. Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel 428 United Monarchy: 1050–930 b.c. 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs 684 Splintered Nation: 930–586 b.c. 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Amos, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah 1090 Exile: 586–538 b.c. 2 Kings, Psalms, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Obadiah 1144 Return & Diaspora: 538–6 b.c. 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Psalms, Daniel, Joel, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi 1253 THE NEW TESTAMENT 1254 Jesus Christ: 6 b.c.–a.d. 30 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1502 The Church: a.d. 30–Present Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation 1835 A Christian Worker’s Resource 1849 The Bible Book-by-Book 1924 Master Index 2039 Index to Charts 2041 Index to Maps 2042 Index to Profiles 2043 Index to Archaeological Notes 2044 Index to Illustrations 2045 NLT Dictionary/Concordance 2167 Image Credits CLASB.indb A5 6/13/2012 11:50:02 AM USING THE CANONICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS These pages give you quick access to any passage of Scripture in the Chronological Life Application Study Bible. Just find the reference you are looking for in this canoni- cally arranged index, and you’ll get the precise page where that passage is found.