Bible Summary - John Meister

pg 56 Bible Timeline – 5 BC - 96 AD
Date (BC/AD): Event:
5-3BC Jesus and John the Baptist born (many believe Jesus was actually born BC because of a matter involving
the Roman Calendar, Lk. 1, 2). Herod dies and is succeeded by Archelaus.
6 AD Annas becomes High Priest. Archelaus is deposed by Augustus and replaced by Herod Antipas.
7 A young Jesus astounds the priests in the Temple with his wisdom (Lk. 2).
14/15 Augustus dies and is succeeded by Tiberius as emperor. 15 Annas is removed as High Priest and son-inlaw
Caiaphas eventually succeeds him.
26 Pontius Pilate becomes Procurator of Judea until 36 AD.
27 John the Baptist began is ministry (Lk. 3: 1, 2). Jesus is baptized by John and also begins his ministry (Mk. 1:
4-11).
30 Jesus is crucified and resurrected from the dead (some scholars list the date as 33 AD. There are good
arguments for both dates. This time table is based primarily on Jesus' birth occurring at 3 BC. Hence, Jesus
would have been 30 years of age when crucified).
32 Gamaliel encourages tolerance of the Christians in his famous speech (Acts 5: 33-42).
36 Steven becomes the first martyr. It appears that about this same year, Paul is mentioned as persecuting
Christians and later becoming a Christian himself (Acts 7, 9).
40 The Gentiles are officially received as exemplified in the case of Cornelius and his household (Acts 10).
Caligula is assassinated and Claudius becomes emperor of Rome until 54 AD.
43 Paul and Barnabas preach the gospel in Antioch (Acts 11: 20-26).
44 Paul and Barnabas take contributions to Jerusalem from Antioch (Acts 11: 27-30). James, the brother of John,
is put to death by Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12: 1-3).
46 Paul goes on his first preaching trip (Acts 13, 14, the first trip was probably 46-49 or part of 50 AD).
49 Paul and Barnabas return to Antioch after their first preaching trip (Acts 14).
50 The Jerusalem meeting - issue of the Christians of Jewish descent binding the Law of Moses on Christians of
Gentile ancestry was discussed and debated (Acts 15).
51 Paul and Barnabas separate over John Mark (Acts 15: 36). Paul and Silas went on Paul's 2nd organized
preaching trip (Acts 15: 36 - 18: 23, about three years, 54 AD).
52 Some place the writing of Galatians and perhaps the Epistle of James at 52 AD.
54 Paul returns to Antioch of Syria, ending his second preaching trip (Acts 18: 22). There is great likelihood that
the event mentioned in Galatians 2: 11-14 occurred at this time. It is believed to have also been 54 AD that
Paul went on his third trip in preaching the gospel (Acts 18: 23).
56 It was during 55, 56 AD that Paul appears to have written I and 2 Corinthians.
58 Paul begins his return trip to Jerusalem (Acts 20: 3).
59 Paul is arrested and imprisoned in Caesarea for two years (Acts 22-24).
60 Some believe Mark and Matthew were written in 60 AD.
62 After two years, it is believed that Nero found Paul innocent of wrongdoing and Paul is set free (Acts 28). It
was during this confinement in Rome that Paul wrote his prison epistles (Ephesians, Colossians, etc.). Acts
would then cover a span of about 30 years and is a valuable source of information relative to inception, growth,
and problems experienced by the early church.
64 Rome burns and Nero blames the Christians. As a result severe persecution against Christians is experienced.
66 Some list 66 AD as the time of Paul's second imprisonment. Paul apparently is put to death at this time (cp. 2
Tim. 4: 6-8).
70 The Temple at Jerusalem is destroyed as prophesied by Jesus (Matt. 24).
81 Domitian is appointed emperor and eventually begins severe persecution of Christians.
85 The writing of Second and Third John.
96 John is on the Island of Patmos to receive visions that constitute the Book of Revelation. John is believed to
have died in Ephesus in 100 AD. With the death of the apostles, the age of inspiration came to a close (see
Jude 3). extracted in part from: http://www.bibletruths.net/Archives/BTAR199.htm