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Dates are approximate, drawn from the work of evangelical Bible scholars.[553]
Birth in Tarsus | 5-10 AD |
Public Ministry of Jesus | ca. 28-30 |
Conversion | ca. 33 |
First Post-conversion Visit to Jerusalem | 35 |
Paul in Cilicia and Syria | 35-46 |
Caligula plans to erect his statue in Jerusalem | 40 |
Caligula assassinated | 41 |
Joins Barnabas at Antioch | 45 |
Famine-Relief Visit to Jerusalem | 46 |
First Missionary Journey. Accompanies Barnabas to Cyprus and South Galatia | 47-48 |
Paul in Antioch, crisis in Galatia, Letter to the Galatians | ?48 |
At the Council of Jerusalem | 49 |
Claudius expels Jews from Rome | 49 |
Second Missionary Journey. | 49-52 |
Journey with Silas to Philippi, Thessalonica, and Corinth | 49-50 |
Letters to the Thessalonians | 50 |
In Corinth | 50-52 |
Paul's third Jerusalem visit | Summer 52 |
Third Missionary Journey | 52-57 |
In Ephesus | 52-55 |
Imprisonment in Ephesus (NT Wright) | 55-56? |
Captivity Letters (NT Wright) | 55-56 |
Letters to the Corinthians | 55-56 |
At Troas (2 Cor. 2:12) | Autumn 55 |
In Macedonia and Illyricum | 55-56 |
Letter to the Romans | early 57 |
In Corinth | winter 56-57 |
Arrival and Arrest in Jerusalem | May 57 |
Imprisonment in Caesarea, hearings | 57-59 |
Voyage to Rome begins, shipwreck on Malta | Sep 59 |
Paul's arrival in Rome | Feb 60 |
House Arrest in Rome | 60-62 |
Captivity Letters (FF Bruce) | ?60-62 |
Further travels, either to Spain or East, or both (NT Wright) | 62-64 |
Outbreak of Neronian Persecution, fire at Rome | Jul 64 |
Paul visits Spain (FF Bruce; NT Wright, after 62 AD) | ?65 |
Pastoral Letters | ? |
Last Imprisonment, Trial, and Execution (or later, NT Wright) | 65 |
Roman-Jewish War | 66-70 |
Death of Nero | 68 |
Fall of Jerusalem | 70 |
[553] Drawn from F.F. Bruce, ISBE 3:709 (1979), Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free (1977), p. 475. NT Wright, Paul: A Biography (2018), pp. 433-434.
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