14-15 Appendix: Chronology of Paul’s Life

Standard Chronology Of Paul's Life

John Robinson's Chronology Of Paul's Life (2)

AD 35 Paul’s conversion 36-38 In Arabia (1) 38-43 Preaching in Damascus and Jerusalem 44-46 Working in Antioch and Syria 46-48 First missionary journey 49-50 Jerusalem Conference 50-52 Second missionary journey 53-57 Third missionary journey 57-59 Arrest- Jerusalem-Caesarea 59-62 To Rome; first imprisonment 63-66 Release; travels in Asia, Greece, Spain 64-68 Nero’s persecution of the Christians 67 Arrest, imprisoned in a dungeon in Rome 68 Final trial; executed.

AD33 Conversion 35 First visit to Jerusalem 46 Second [famine-relief] visit to Jerusalem 47-48 First missionary journey 48 Council of Jerusalem 49-51 Second missionary journey 52-57 Third missionary journey 57 Arrival in Jerusalem 57-59 Imprisonment in Caesarea 60-62 Imprisonment in Rome

 

Notes

(1) " Arabia" is from the word 'Arabah', and occurs in the LXX in Dt. 2:8; 3:17; 4:49 to mean simply the wilderness. Since Paul went there from Damascus, it has been suggested that he mixed with the Damascene Essene group. There are extensive parallels between the Qumran texts and the letter to the Hebrews, which could lend support to this suggestion- as if Paul wrote to an audience he knew.

(2) J.A.T. Robinson, Redating The New Testament (London: SCM, 1976) pp. 52,53.