Date
Ch:vv
Events
30-35
1-9
Early Church from Ascension & Pentecost to 1st persecution
35
7
Stephen’s Martyrdom
35-6
9:1-19
Paul’s conversion on the Road to Damascus (about the time of Philip’s Missionary Journeys)
37-8
9:24-6
Paul’s escape from Damascus (2 Cor 11:32) & 1st visit to Jerusalem (Gal 2:18?)
38-42
9:26-31
Paul to Caesarea then to Tarsus; peace for the church, temporarily, until Herod's persecution in 44 A.D.
40 ca.
10:1-48
Peter & Cornelius in Caesarea: A Progression from Greek Jews, to Samaritans ('cousins' to Jews), to the Ethiopian who was already worshipping at Jerusalem, to Cornelius (a devout, praying man who gave alms to the Jewish people), to everyone - to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8)
42-43
11:25-30
Paul left Tarsus and joined Barnabas (at Barnabas' request) in Antioch for a year, teaching the new church
43-45?
11:28-30
Paul’s Visit to Jerusalem, 2nd, for famine relief (12:25 returned to Antioch with John Mark)
44
12:1-25
James’ Martyrdom; Peter's imprisonment, 3rd; The death of Herod documented outside Acts in 44 A.D. -- fairly solid date here.
44 Mar
12:23
Death of Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:1-4, 19-23; Josephus, Ant, XIX, viii)
44-46
13:1-14:28
Paul’s 1st Missionary Journey to Asia Minor: Antioch-Cyprus-Pamphylia-Pisidia, then to Iconium-Lystra-Derbe, then turned back re-tracing their steps to Antioch (skipping Cyprus)
46-49?
14:28
Paul in Antioch ‘for some time,’ 2nd
49-50
15:1-35
49-52
15:36-18:22
Paul’s 2nd Missionary Journey: Antioch, Syria, Cilicia, Phrygia-Galatia-Philippi-Thessalonica-Berea-Athens/Areopagos-Corinth
50
18:2
Paul left Athens and arrived in Corinth, staying with Aquila & Priscilla who were recently from Rome because of Claudius' expulsion of Jews in 49
51
18:12
Period in which Gallio served his one year-office as Deputy (The Letter from Claudius to Delphi in which Gallio is named: 52) -- most securely series of datable events here: Paul probably appeared before Gallio in mid-year
50-51
18:11
Paul’s 18 months in Corinth
52-53
18:21-22
Paul visited Jerusalem
53-54
18:22-23
Paul at Antioch with Peter (Gal 2:11 -14)
53-54
18:23-21:17
Paul’s 3rd Missionary Journey: Achaia
53-57
18:18-19:20
Miscellaneous travels: Corinth-Ephesus-Caesarea-Antioch-Galatia-Phrygia-Ephesus
54-58
19:8, 10, 22
Paul in Ephesus and Macedonia, ca.3 yrs ( ‘a while’); wrote 1 & 2 Cor ( Ac 20:31, 1 Cor 16:8; 2 Cor 2:13, 7:5, 13 8:16-24)
55-60
Peter off to Rome (1 Pet 5:13 Babylon = Rome )
57
20:3 & 31
3 months in Corinth, wrote Romans (Rom 16:23; Ac 20:2)
57-58
21:18
James the Just still working in Jerusalem; Paul visited James
58
21:26-22:29
Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem & defense to the Jews
58-60
24:27
Paul in Caesarea 2 yrs (23:23 -26:32)
58-60
25:1-23
Felix took over from Festus
60-1
27:1-28:16
Paul taken from Jerusalem, arrival in Rome, there for 2 yrs, wrote Phil, Philemon, Col, Eph
62
James the Just martyred in Jerusalem (Hegesippus, Josephus)
63
To 28:31
End of the Acts, Paul still in Rome, preaching the kingdom of God
