Chronology of Acts and the Epistles
Here is a chronological list of the events that occurred after Christ's death and resurrection.
| Event | Reference | Year (AD) |
| Descent of the Holy Spirit | Acts 2:1-13 | 30 |
| Setting Up of the Church | Acts 2:40-47 | 30 |
| First Persecutions | Acts 4; 5:21-42; 7 | 35 |
| Philip at Samaria | Acts 8:4-13 | 35 |
| Conversion of Saul | Acts 9:1-9 | 36 |
| First Gentile Converted | Acts 10:1-48 | 40 |
| Founding of Church at Antioch | Acts 11:19-30 | 43 |
| Writing of Matthew's Gospel | Matthew | 43 |
| James Killed by Herod | Acts 12:1-25 | 45 |
| Paul's Call | Acts 13:1-3 | 47 |
| His First Missionary Journey Begun | Acts 13:4-14:28 | 48 |
| 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 | 53 |
| Third Missionary Journey Begun | Acts 18:23-21:17 | 54 |
| Writing of I Corinthians | I Corinthians | 57 |
| Writing of Galatians | Galatians | 57 |
| Writing of II Corinthians | II Corinthians | 58 |
| Writing of Romans | Romans | 58 |
| Writing of Luke's Gospel | Luke | 59 |
| Paul's Arrest at Jerusalem | Acts 21:26-22:29 | 58 |
| Paul at Caesarea | Acts 23:23-26:32 | 59 |
| Paul Starts for Rome | Acts 27:1-2 | 60 |
| Paul Reaches Rome | Acts 28:11-16a | 61 |
| Paul's Imprisonment at Rome | Acts 28:16-31 | 62 |
| Paul Writes Ephesians | Ephesians | 62 |
| Paul Writes Philippians | Philippians | 62 |
| Paul Writes Colossians | Colossians | 62 |
| Paul Writes Philemon | Philemon | 62 |
| James Writes his Epistle | James | 62 |
| I Peter Written | I Peter | 63 |
| Acts Written | Acts | 63 |
| Paul is Acquitted | -- | 63 |
| Paul Visits Various Places | -- | 63 |
| Paul Writes Hebrews | Hebrews | 63 |
| Paul Writes I Timothy | I Timothy | 63 |
| Paul Writes Titus | Titus | 63 |
| Writing of Mark's Gospel | Mark | 64 |
| II Peter Written | II Peter | 65 |
| Paul's Second Imprisonment at Rome | -- | 65 |
| II Timothy Written | II Timothy | 66 |
| Martyrdom of Paul | -- | 66 |
| Destruction of Jerusalem | -- | 71 |
| Jude's Epistle Written | Jude | 75 |
| Writing of John's Gospel | John | 85 |
| Writing of John's Three Epistles | I John; II John; III John | 90 |
| John's Visions at Patmos | Revelation 1:9 | 96 |
| Revelation Written | Revelation | 97 |
| Death of John | -- | 100 |
Comments
Buzz: By the way, this list was obtained from Johnson, B. W. "Chronology of Acts and the Epistles," The People's New Testament. Blue Letter Bible. 1 Apr 2002. 16 Oct 2007. http://www.blueletterbible.org
Mike: Thanx for sharing that. I'm going to have to come back and study it more. It's interesting that the stories can be read in hours or days, but when you think about, all of this had to unfold during the entire first Century. People were killed. There were many hardships and dangers. Faith was tried. And through it all, the Holy Spirit guided, Christ's Church was established and the gates of Hell will never prevail against it!
Buzz: Good point Mike, those early believers went through a lot. We have it "easy" here in the United States today - persecution to me means that someone makes fun of me for thinking that the Bible is the Word of God. Back then, persecution meant you lost your life! We should think about our own lives and where we would stand if we were put in the situations of those early believers. Would we stand for Christ?