| Important NT events | Date (approx.) | Referenced to Acts | When NT books were written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth of Jesus Christ | 6-4 BC | ||
| Baptism of Jesus | 26 AD | ||
| First Passover of Jesus with His disciples | 27 | ||
| Jesus' Death, Resurrection, & Ascension, and Pentecost in Jerusalem | April-May 30 | Acts 1-6 | (Some date these events at 29 or 33 AD.) |
| Martyrdom of Stephen | 33-34 | Acts 6-8 | |
| Conversion of Paul | 35 | Acts 9 | |
| Peter takes Gospel to Gentiles (Cornelius) | 40 | Acts 10 | ''James'' (half-brother to Jesus), written 35-50 AD |
| Peter reports conversion of Gentiles in Jerusalem | Acts 11 | ||
| Death of James, son of Zebedee | 44 | Acts 12 | |
| Death of Herod Agrippa I | 44 | ||
| Famine under Claudius | 46 | ||
| Paul & Barnabas visit Jerusalem with alms | 46 | ||
| Paul's first missionary journey | 47-49 | Acts 13-14 | |
| Edict of Claudius expelling Jews from Rome | 49-50 | ||
| Proconsularship of Sergius Paulus | 51 | ||
| Apostolic Council at Jerusalem | 50 | Acts 15:1-29 | ''Matthew'', 40-50AD |
| Paul returns to Antioch | 50 | Acts 15:30-35 | |
| Paul's second missionary journey | 51-53 | Acts 15:36-18:22 | |
| Proconsularship of Gallio | 52,53 | Acts 18:1-18 | ''1+2Thessalonians'' (from Corinth) |
| Paul visits Jerusalem & returns to Antioch | 53 | Acts 18:18-22 | |
| Paul's Third missionary journey | 54-58 | Acts 18:23 | |
| ...in Ephesus | 57 | Acts 19:1-20 | ''1Corinthians'' (from Ephesus) |
| ...in Macedonia | 57 | Acts 20:1-2 | ''2Corinthians'' (from Macedonia) |
| ...in Greece | 57 | Acts 20:2b-3 | ''Galatians'' (from Macedonia or Corinth) |
| ...Paul delivers gift from gentile churches to Jerusalem | Acts 20:3b-21:16 | ''Romans'' (from Corinth) | |
| Paul's arrest in Jerusalem | 58 | Acts 21:17-23:30 | |
| Accession of Festus | 58 | ||
| Paul in Caesarea | 58-59 | Acts 23:31-26:32 | |
| Paul's trip to Rome | 60 | Acts 27:1-28:15 | |
| Paul's first Roman imprisonment | 61-63 | Acts 28:16-31 | ''Hebrews'' |
| 62 | Acts 28:30,31 | ''Ephesians'', ''Colossians'' | |
| 63 | ''Philippians'', ''Philemon'' Gospel of ''Luke'' and ''Acts'' | ||
| Paul's release and subsequent missionary journeys | 64-67 | After Acts 28 | ''1Timothy'' and ''Titus'' (from Macedonia) |
| Nero's persecution of Christians in Rome | 64 | ''1Peter'' (from Rome; some think 51-52 from Babylon ) | |
| Paul's arrest & return to Rome | 67-68 | ''2Timothy'' (from Rome) | |
| Death of James (half-brother to Jesus) in Jerusalem | 66-67 | ''2Peter'' (from Rome?) | |
| Death of Peter in Rome | 67 | ''Mark'' (from Rome), ''Jude'' | |
| Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus | 70 | ||
| Death of John (approx. 100) | 90-100 | Gospel of ''John'' ''1,2,3 John'' (from Ephesus) ''the Revelation'' (from Patmos) |