The Strand Study Bible

SIMPLE CHRONOLOGICAL SETTING OF ACTS

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DATE AD 32 AD 32

Acts 1:4-12 Acts 1:1-3

Acts 1:13-12:25 *Historical Note -

AD 32-43

AD 37 Roman history cont. (New Kingdom Period - Tiberius dies and Caligula , his adopted son, ascends to the throne. Caligula is remembered for having gone mad to the point of selecting his favorite horse to be a member of the Senate. His own bodyguards killed him in AD 41. Claudius Drusus , Caligula’s uncle, then succeeded him to the throne. He too was later assassinated. His stepson, Nero , took his place as emperor in AD 54 )

James 1-5

AD 45

Acts 13-14

AD 45-47

Galatians 2:1-10 Galatians 2:11-21 Acts 15:36-18:10 I Thessalonians 1-5 II Thessalonians 1-3 Acts 18:11-19:7

AD 47 AD 50

AD 50-52

AD 52 AD 52

AD 53-54

Galatians 1-6 Acts 19:8-22

AD 54

AD 54-57 AD 57 AD 57 AD 57 AD 57 AD 57 AD 62 AD 62 AD 62 AD 63 AD 64 AD 64 c. AD 61 c. AD 65 c. AD 67 c. AD 67 c. AD 67 AD 57-61

I Corinthians 1-16 Acts 19:23-20:1 II Corinthians 1-13

Acts 20:2, 3 Romans 1-16

Acts 20:4-28:29

Hebrews 1-13 Colossians 1-4

Philemon 1

Ephesians 1-6 Philippians 1-4 Acts 28:30-31 I Timothy 1-6

Note - Paul returns to prison in Rome (Second Roman Imprisonment)

I Peter 1-5

II Timothy 1-4

II Peter 1-3

Jude 1

*Historical Note -

AD 68 Roman history cont. (New Kingdom Period - Force and violence continue to rule Rome. Roman armies make and unmake one Roman emperor after another: Galba (AD 68-69), Otho (AD 69) , Vitellius (AD 69), Vespasian (AD 69-79), Titus (AD 79-81), Domitian (AD 81-96), Verva (AD 96-98), Trajan (AD 98-117), Hadrian (AD 117-138)

*Historical Note -

AD 70

Roman history cont. (New Kingdom Period - General Titus destroys Jerusalem)

I John 1-5 II John 1 III John 1

c. AD 90 c. AD 90 c. AD 90

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