Working chronology of acts i have decided to put together in one place those posts that could help give us a timeline of the events that luke writes about in the acts of the apostles. It is mainly about two of the apostles peter and paul. Continuation of evangelism outside jerusalem conversion of cornelius. Events in acts and other new testament books are placed in harmony. Concise presentation notes by charles dailey black underlined words match words in the bible text. The dispersion of the jerusalem church and the beginning of evangelism outside jerusalem the samaritans, the eunuch, 3334. Most bible narratives take place in one corner of the near east. Acts 4, new international version niv the bible app. Actus apostolorum, often referred to simply as acts, or formally the book of acts, is the fifth book of the new testament. Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the sadducees came upon them, being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Chapter 1 gods purpose for his church chapter 2 the training of the twelve chapter 3 the great commission chapter 4 pentecost chapter 5 the gift of the spirit chapter 6 at the temple gate chapter 7 a warning against hypocrisy chapter 8 before the. The chronology of the book of genesis can be built up from adam, all authorities agreeing on the date of josephs death recorded in genesis 50. In this chapter, paul and barnabas were appointed with the task of clarifying the old jewish. As implied by the title acts of the apostles, the 5th book in the gospel is a. Author although the author does not name himself, evidence outside the scriptures and inferences from the book itself lead to the conclusion that the. As a second volume to lukes gospel, it joins what jesus began to do and to teach 1. The book focuses primarily on the acts of two apostles, peter and paul. Approximate chronology of the acts regarding the chronology of acts, henry halley writes in his book, halleys bible handbook, there are not enough data given to form an exact chronology, but sufficient to approximate most of the dates.
Intro to acts biblica the international bible society. Chronology of acts and the epistles lists the events, the reference, and the year. Like the gospels, the book of acts omits much more than it records. The writers of the bible themselves do not adopt any standard era according to which they date events. Our story starts off where the gospel of luke left offjesus is back now that hes resurrected, jesus decides to hang out and chat with his disciples whom luke calls apostles for forty days. The epistle which we know as 1 corinthians was written from ephesus 1 corinthians 16. A chronology of the book of acts resource publications. Jack and his boys begin to reenact the killing of the pig in a kind of ritual dance. Otherwise the summaries might be exact, and certainly coincide with principal divisions of the subject. The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the sadducees came up to peter and john while they were speaking to the people.
John is more thoroughly chronological in its structure than the other gospels, with many time references being given. These visions give insight into the person of jesus christ, his unparalleled power, and his plan to bring his fathers kingdom to the earth. And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the sadducees, came upon them, 2. The chronology of the apostolic age must be based on the data in acts and the epistolary literature of the new testament which afford contacts with persons or events of the greekroman world. Ralph interrupts the savage ritual dance by calling a meeting, a symbol of civilization. Luke doesnt offer an indicator as to how long it took him to get to caesarea. For an extensive timeline of the events in acts of the apostles, see below. One of the frustrations of studying acts is lukes tendency to offer only a few chronological clues for the events after the resurrection until the death of herod in acts 12. This summary of the book of acts provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of acts. Philips work in chapter 8 could have taken years or a few months. Book of acts is employed in the present article without prejudice to the question of real authorship. The priests and sadducees are incensed at the apostles teaching, and put them in prison, acts 4. Paul visited the galatians soon thereafter, and his epistle reflects an anticipation to visit them in its fourth chapter 4.
It contains the acts jesus carried out after his ascension, through the holy spirit, in establishing the church. The holy spirit comes to the apostles in the form of tongues of fire acts 2. From the fixed points thus secured a general outline of the relative chronology may be established with reasonable probability. Acts 5 new international version niv ananias and sapphira. To complicate matters, luke presents the story thematically in the early chapters, creating an overlapping chronology. Acts of the apostles is the one historical book of the new testament, and much of what we know about the early years of christianity comes from this book. These men, peter and john, were not rabbis nor teachers so they could not teach. An understandable version of acts translation by william e. Proposed chronology of the book of revelation prewrath. And it proposes to show the continuation of all that jesus began both to do and teach 1. Paul was not one of the original apostles, but he later adopted that title for himself. Timeline of the book of acts dates reference events books written historical events roman emperors c. Lets go now to deal with a basic chronology of the events surrounding jesus i.
Timeline of acts year ad event acts 30 the ascension acts 1 30 matthias chosen by lot acts 1. Acts 4 niv bible the priests and the captain of the. The book of revelation is a series of visions the apostle john received on the island of patmos. The angel cries out and seven thunders utter their voices. Keys to the pauline chronology in order to figure out when the various events in pauls life occurred, we must correlate the times mentioned in the acts and epistles, the amount of time required for the various journeys, the seasons when sailing was possible, and the time synchronisms found in secular history and archaeology. Since the bible begins at the creation with genesisthe book of beginningsand ends with the book of revelation which many scholars believe was the last recorded book of the bible, students of the scriptures often assume that the bible was compiled chronologically. The acts time line a chronological chart of the time, people and places in the. The rulers, elders, and scribes call the apostles before them, and question them concerning their authority to teach, acts 4. Acts 4 niv peter and john before the sanhedrin bible.
The apostle john is commanded to seal up what the thunders uttered in the little book, and is told not to write about what was said. Ralph announces that hes calling an assembly and walks away. The chief purpose of chronology in the bible is to establish an unbroken chain of events that link adam to christ. In my attempt to understand the book of revelation and the internal chronology. Apologetics press chronology and the bibles arrangement. They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in jesus the resurrection of. However, this doesnt matter as far as chronology is concerned, because lukes book of acts is mostly interested in either the ministries of peter or paul, especially paul. Besides linking the gospel narratives on the one hand and the apostolic letters on. Welcome to ivy baptist churchs bible study on demand before beginning this study, please take an opportunity to download the worksheet for this bible study. Oxford bible church the chronology of jesus from johns. Peter, filled with the holy ghost, answers, and proclaims jesus, acts 4. Another mighty angel the seventh appears standing with one foot on the sea and the other on land, holding an opened little book. Acts and the epistles chronology study resources blue letter bible.