Acts, Part 1

Timeline of the Early Believers

AD / Bible History / Secular History
30 / Acts 1
Acts 2 / Death, Resurrection, Ascension of the Messiah
Pouring out of the Holy Spirit
31 / Acts 3-4 / Apostles arrested / Penniless Agrippa moves in with his sister, Herodias and her husband Herod Antipas
32 / Acts 6-7 / Death of Stephen
Saul persecutes believers
33 / Acts 9
Gal 1:17 / Saul in Damascus: Preaching Yeshua
Saul in Arabia ( for 3 years)
34 / Death of Herod Philip
35 / Vitellius appointed governor of Syria
Herod Antipas at war with King Aretas of Arabia
36 / Acts 9 / Saul returns to Jerusalem, w Peter (15 days)
Saul goes to Tarsus (for 6 “Silent Years”)
The Way experiences peace (8 years) / Vitelliiusnegotiates treaty with Parthia
Pilate mercilessly massacres Samaritans
Pilate deposed
Agrippa moves to Rome (partie$$$)
Agrippa in chains in Rome (huge debt)
37 / Acts 10
Acts 11 / Peter in Jaffa/Caesarea
Holy Spirit given to Gentiles
Peter explains choice to accept Gentiles / Vitellius visits Jerusalem (Passover)
Caiaphas deposed
Death of Caesar Tiberius
Gaius Caligula made Caesar
Nero born to Agrippina
Agrippa made king
38 / King Agrippa removes Theophilus as HP
King Agrippa appoints Simon (Boethus) HP
39 / Herod Antipas & Herodias deposed
Caesar Caligula orders pagan image (Temple)
40 / Acts 11 / Disciples take Gospel to Gentiles in Antioch (called “Christians”) / King Agrippa intercedes against Temple image (unsuccessfully)
41 / Death of Mary, mother of the Master
Barnabas searches for Saul in Tarsus / Caesar Gaius Caligula assassinated
(plans for pagan image in Temple stopped)
Claudius made Caesar
Caesar Claudius makes Agrippa king of Judea
42 / Saul & Barnabas teaching in Antioch / King Agrippa expands walls of Jerusalem
(encloses Calvary: site of crucifixion)
King Agrippa reads Torah (Sukkot)
43 / Acts 11:28 / Agabus visits Antioch, predicts famine
44 / Acts 12:2
Acts 12
Acts 12:25
Gal 2:1-18
2 Cor 12:2
Acts 12:25 / King Agrippa puts James, son of Zebedee to death
Arrest escape of Simon Peter (Passover)
Saul, Barnabas, Titus arrive with famine relief funds (Pentecost)
Saul meets with “the pillars”
Saul’s vision of 3rd Heaven
Barnabas, Saul, John Mark return to Antioch / Death of King Agrippa in Caesarea
Famine begins in Judea
45 / Gal 2:11 / Peter visits Antioch. Saul rebukes him for treating non-Jewish believers lesser.