commentaries
Chronology of Acts and the Epistles
| Event | Reference | Year (AD) |
|---|---|---|
| Descent of the Holy Spirit | Acts 2:1-13 | 31 |
| Setting Up of the Church | Acts 2:40-47 | |
|
First Persecutions
|
Acts 4:1-22; 5:21-42; 7:1-60 | |
| Philip at Samaria | Acts 8:4-13 | |
|
Conversion of Saul
|
Acts 9:1-9 | 37 |
| First Gentile Converted | Acts 10:1-48 | |
| The founding of Church at Antioch | Acts 11:19-30 | 41 |
| Writing of Matthew’s Gospel | Matthew | |
| James Killed by Herod | Acts 12:1-25 | 44 |
| Paul’s Call | Acts 13:1-3 | |
|
His First Missionary Journey Begun
|
Acts 13:4-14:28 | 44-50 |
| Council at Jerusalem | Acts 15:6-35 | 50 |
|
Second Missionary Journey Begun
|
Acts 15:39-18:22 | 51 |
| Writing of I Thessalonians | I Thessalonians | 52 |
| Writing of II Thessalonians | II Thessalonians | 52 |
|
Third Missionary Journey Begun
|
Acts 18:23-21:17 | 54-58 |
| Writing of I Corinthians | I Corinthians | 57 |
| Writing of Galatians | Galatians | 55-57 |
| Writing of II Corinthians | II Corinthians | 57 |
| Writing of Romans | Romans | 57-58 |
| Writing of Luke’s Gospel | Luke | |
| Paul’s Arrest at Jerusalem | Acts 21:26-22:29 | |
| Paul at Caesarea | Acts 23:23-26:32 | 58-60 |
| Paul Starts for Rome | Acts 27:1-2 | |
| Paul Reaches Rome | Acts 28:11-16a | |
| Paul’s Imprisonment at Rome | Acts 28:16-31 | 61-63 |
| Paul Writes Ephesians | Ephesians | 62 |
| Paul Writes Philippians | Philippians | 62 |
| Paul Writes Colossians | Colossians | 62 |
| Paul Writes Philemon | Philemon | 63 |
| James Writes his Epistle | James | |
| I Peter Written | I Peter | |
| Acts Written | Acts | |
| Paul is Acquitted | – | |
| Paul Visits Various Places | – | |
| Paul Writes Hebrews | Hebrews | 64-65 |
| Paul Writes I Timothy | I Timothy | 64-65 |
| Paul Writes Titus | Titus | 64-65 |
| Writing of Mark’s Gospel | Mark | |
| II Peter Written | II Peter | |
| Paul’s Second Imprisonment at Rome | – | |
| II Timothy Written | II Timothy | 66-67 |
| Martyrdom of Paul | – | 67 |
| Destruction of Jerusalem | – | 70 |
| Jude’s Epistle Written | Jude | |
| Writing of John’s Gospel | John | |
| Writing of John’s Three Epistles | I John; II John; III John | |
| John’s Visions at Patmos | Revelation 1:9 | |
| Revelation Written | Revelation | |
| Death of John | – | 100 |