St. Paul the Traveler and the Roman Citizen

By W. M. Ramsay

Chronological Index

III. CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX TO THE LIFE OF ST. PAUL

Entrance on public life (in his thirtieth year)   A.D. 30 or 31
Events culminating in the death of Stephen   A.D. 30-33
Journey to Damascus and Conversion   (year ending 2nd Sept.) A.D. 33
Retirement into Arabia   A.D. 34
First visit to Jerusalem   A.D. 35
     Residence in Tarsus, etc   A.D. 35-43
     Barnabas brings Saul to Antioch   A.D. 43
     The Prophecy of Agabus   early in A.D. 44
     The famine in Jerusalem begins with failure of harvest   A.D. 45
Second visit to Jerusalem   winter A.D. 45-46
     Return to Antioch   winter A.D. 46-47
First journey ordered   not later than Passover, 29th March, A.D. 47
     In Cyprus   till July A.D. 47
     In Pamphylia   July A.D. 47
     In Pisidian Antioch   till winter of A.D. 47
     In Iconium   till summer A.D. 48
     In Lystra   till autumn A.D. 48
     In Derbe   winter A.D. 48-49
     Return by stages through Lystra, Iconium, Antioch, and across Pisidia   Feb.-May A.D. 49
     Short stay in Perga   June-July A.D. 49
     Return by Attalia to Syrian Antioch   August A.D. 49
Third visit to Jerusalem: the Council   winter A.D. 49-50
Second journey begins   after the Feast, 25th March to 1st April A.D. 50
     In Galatia   summer A.D. 50
     Across Asia to Troas   about Oct. A.D. 50
     In Philippi   till about Dec. A.D. 50
     In Thessalonica   Dec. A.D. 50-May A.D. 51
     In Berea   May-July A.D. 51
     In Athens   August A.D. 51
     In Corinth   Sept. A.D. 51 to March A.D. 53
     Arrival of Gallio   July A.D. 52
Fourth visit to Jerusalem   at the Feast, 22nd-29th March A.D. 53
     Short visit to Syrian Antioch: epistle to Galatians   May A.D. 53
Third Journey begins   about June A.D. 53
     In Galatia   July and August A.D. 53
     In Ephesus   Oct. A.D. 53 to Jan. A.D. 56
     Wrote first Epistle to Corinthians   about Oct. A.D. 55
     In Troas   Feb. A.D. 56
     In Macedonia   till late autumn A.D. 56
     Wrote second Epistle to Corinthians   summer A.D. 56
     In Achaia three months   Dec. A.D. 56 to Feb. A.D. 57
     Journey to Philippi   March A.D. 57
     Start from Philippi for Troas on the way to Jerusalem   15th April A.D. 57
Fifth visit to Jerusalem: arrival   (day before) Pentecost, 28th May A.D. 57
Imprisonment in Palestine   June A.D. 57 to July A.D. 59
Voyage to Rome   August A.D. 59 to Feb. A.D. 60
     In Rome   until end of A.D. 61
     Epistles to Colossians and Philemon   early in A.D. 61
     Epistle to Philippians   late in A.D. 61
Trial and acquittal   end of A.D. 61
Later travels   A.D. 62-66
Second trial   A.D. 67