Sequence of Paul's
Activities
By Dr.
Thomas L. Constable
Adapted verbatim from the Appendix of Dr.
Constable's Notes on Romans,
2010 Edition, pp. 170-173.
Used by Permission
Posted July 27, 2011
|
| Date |
Event |
Reference |
|
Birth in Tarsus |
Acts 22:3 |
|
Early life and
theological education in Jerusalem under Gamaliel |
Acts 22:3 |
| 34 |
Participation in
Stephen's stoning outside Jerusalem |
Acts 7:57 - 8:1 |
| 34 |
Leadership in
the persecution of Christians in Jerusalem
|
Acts 9:1 |
| 34 |
Leadership in
the persecution of Christians beyond Jerusalem to Damascus
|
Acts 9:2 |
| 34 |
Conversion
on the road to Damascus |
Acts
9:3-17 |
| 34 |
Baptism in
Damascus
|
Acts 9:18 |
| 34 |
Preaching in
Damascus
|
Acts 9:19-22 |
| 34 |
Trip to Arabia
|
Gal. 1:17 |
| 34 |
Return to
Damascus
|
Gal. 1:17 |
| 37 |
Trip to Jerusalem |
Acts 9:26; Gal. 1:18 |
| 37 |
Meeting with
Peter and James and preaching in Jerusalem
|
Acts 9:27-29; Gal. 1:18-19 |
| 37 |
Trip to Tarsus via
Caesarea |
Acts 9:30; Gal. 1:21 |
| 37-43 |
Ministry in and
around Tarsus |
Acts 11:25 |
| 37-43 |
Caught up to
the third heaven
|
2 Cor. 12:2-4 |
| 43 |
Move to
Antioch of Syrria on Barnabas' invitation
|
Acts 11:26 |
| 43 |
Ministry
in Antioch of Syria |
Acts
11:26 |
| 47 |
Trip to
Jerusalem with Barnabas and Titus to deliver a famine relief gift
|
Acts 11:30; Gal. 2:1-10 |
| 47 |
Return to
Antioch
|
Acts 12:25 |
| 47-48 |
Continued
ministry in Antioch
|
Acts 13:1-3 |
| 48-49 |
First
missionary journey with Barnabas and John Mark |
Acts
13:4 - 14:27 |
| 48 |
Ministry in
Cyprus
|
Acts 13:4-12 |
| 48 |
Voyage to Asia
Minor
|
Acts 13:13 |
| 48 |
Separation
from John Mark who departed at Perga
|
Acts 13:13 |
| 48 |
Ministry at
Pisidian Antioch
|
Acts 13:14-52 |
| 48-49 |
Ministry at
Iconium
|
Acts 14:1-5 |
| 49 |
Ministry at
Lystra
|
Acts 14:8-19 |
| 49 |
Ministry at
Derbe
|
Acts 14:20-23 |
| 49 |
Return to
Attalia
|
Acts 14:24-25 |
| 49 |
Return to
Syrian Antioch
|
Acts 14:26 |
| 49 |
Ministry
in Syrian Antioch |
Acts
14:27 - 15:2 |
| 49 |
Rebuke of Peter
|
Gal. 2:11-14 |
| 49 |
Writing of Galatians
|
|
| 49 |
Trip to
Jerusalem with Barnabas via Phoenicia and Samaria
|
Acts 15:3 |
| 49 |
Jerusalem Council |
Acts 15:4-29 |
| 49 |
Return to Syrian
Antioch with Barnabas, Silas, and Judas |
Acts 15:22, 30 |
| 49 |
Separation
from Silas and Judas who returned to Cyprus
|
Acts 15:31-33 |
| 49-50 |
Ministry in Syrian
Antioch |
Acts 15:35 |
| 50 |
Division of
opinion with Barnabas over John Mark
|
Acts 15:36-39 |
| 50 |
Separation
from Barnabas and John Mark who returned to Cyprus
|
Acts 15:39 |
| 50-52 |
Second
missionary journey with Silas and others |
Acts
15:40 - 18:22 |
| 50 |
Ministry in
Syria and Cilicia
|
Acts 15:41 |
| 50 |
Ministry in
Derbe and Lystra
|
Acts 16:1a |
| 50 |
Partnership
with Timothy who joined Paul and Silas
|
Acts 16:1b-3 |
| 50 |
Ministry in
other Galatian churches
|
Acts 16:4-6 |
| 50 |
Exclusion from
Asia and Bithynia
|
Acts 16:7-8 |
| 50 |
Macedonian
vision at Troas
|
Acts 16:9-10 |
| 50 |
Voyage from
Troas to Samothrace to Neapolis with Luke
|
Acts 16:11 |
| 50 |
Ministry in
Philippi
|
Acts 16:12-40 |
| 50 |
Separation
from Luke who remained at Philippi
|
Cf. "we" in Acts 16:12 with "they" in Acts 17:15 |
| 50-51 |
Ministry in
Thessalonica
|
Acts 17:1-9 |
| 51 |
Ministry in
Berea
|
Acts 17:10-15 |
| 51 |
Separation
from Silas and Timothy who remained in Berea
|
Acts 17:14 |
| 51 |
Ministry in
Athens
|
Acts 17:16-34 |
| 51 |
Ministry in
Corinth
|
Acts 18:1-17 |
| 51 |
Association
with Aquilla and Priscilla
|
Acts 18:2-3 |
| 51 |
Reunion with
Silas and Timothy
|
Acts 18:5 |
| 51 |
Writing of 1 and 2 Thessalonians
|
|
| 52 |
Trip to
Ephesus with Aquilla and Priscilla
|
Acts 18:18 |
| 52 |
Separation
from Aquilla and Priscilla who proceeded to Syria
|
Acts 18:18-19 |
| 52 |
Ministry in
Ephesus
|
Acts 18:19-21 |
| 52 |
Return to
Syrian Antioch via Caesarea and Jerusalem
|
Acts 18:21-22 |
| 52-53 |
Layover in
Syrian Antioch |
Acts 18:23a |
| 53-57 |
Third
missionary journey |
Acts
18:23b - 21:19 |
| 53 |
Ministry in
Galatia
|
Acts 18:23b; 19:1 |
| 53 |
Apollos'
ministry in Ephesus
|
Acts 18:24 |
| 53 |
Aquilla and
Priscilla's ministry to Apollos
|
Acts 18:26 |
| 53 |
Apollos'
ministry in Achaia
|
Acts 18:27-28 |
| 53-56 |
Ministry in
Ephesus and Asia
|
Acts 19:1 - 20:1 |
| 56 |
Writing of the
"former letter" to Corinth
|
1 Cor. 5:9 |
| 56 |
Writing of 1 Corinthians
|
|
| 56 |
The "painful
visit" to Corinth and return
|
2 Cor. 2:1; 12:14; 13:1-2 |
| 56 |
Writing of the
"severe letter" to Corinth
|
2 Cor. 2:3-4; 7:8-12; 12:17-19 |
| 56 |
Sending of
Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia
|
Acts 19:22 |
| 56 |
Trip to Troas
from Ephesus
|
|
| 56 |
Wait for Titus
|
|
| 56 |
Trip to
Macedonia from Troas
|
Acts 20:1 |
| 56 |
Reunion with
Titus in Macedonia
|
|
| 56 |
Writing of 2 Corinthians
|
|
| 56 |
Ministry in
Macedonia
|
Acts 20:2 |
| 56 |
Ministry in
Greece (Achaia and Corinth)
|
Acts 20:2-3 |
| 56-57 |
Writing of Romans
|
|
| 57 |
Return to
Macedonia and Philippi with Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius,
Timothy, Tychicus, Trophimus, and Luke
|
|
| 57 |
Trip of his
companions except Luke to Troas
|
Acts 20:5 |
| 57 |
Trip to Troas
with luke
|
Acts 20:6 |
| 57 |
Ministry at
Troas
|
Acts 20:7-12 |
| 57 |
Trip to Assos
by land while Luke and another brother travel by ship
|
Acts 20:13 |
| 57 |
Trip to
Miletus by ship with Luke and the other brother
|
Acts 20:14-16 |
| 57 |
Ministry at
Meletus
|
Acts 20:17-38 |
| 57 |
Trip from
Meletus to Caesarea with Luke and the other brother via Tyre
|
Acts 21:1-7 |
| 57 |
Ministry at
Caesarea
|
Acts 21:8-14 |
| 57 |
Trip to
Jerusalem
|
Acts 21:15-16 |
| 57 |
Ministry
at Jerusalem |
Acts
21:17 - 23:30 |
| 57 |
Report to the
church
|
Adcts 21:17-26 |
| 57 |
Arrest in the
temple
|
Acts 21:27-40 |
| 57 |
Speech in the
temple courtyard
|
Acts 22:1-21 |
| 57 |
Imprisonment
in Jerusalem
|
Acts 22:22 - 23:30 |
| 57 |
Trip to Caesarea |
Acts 23:31-35 |
| 57-59 |
Ministry
in Caesarea |
Acts
24:1 - 26:32 |
| 57 |
Defense before
Felix
|
Acts 24:1-27 |
| 59 |
Defense before
Festus
|
Acts 25:1-12 |
| 59 |
Defense before
Agrippa and Festus
|
Acts 26:1-32 |
| 59-60 |
Journey
to Rome with Luke and Aristarchus |
Acts
27:1 - 28:16 |
| 59 |
Trip to Crete
|
Acts 27:1-13 |
| 59 |
Shipwreck
|
Acts 27:14-44 |
| 59-60 |
Ministry on
Malta
|
Acts 28:1-10 |
| 60 |
Trip from
Malta to Rome
|
Acts 28:11-16 |
| 60-62 |
Ministry in Rome |
Acts 28:16-31 |
| 60-62 |
Writing of the Prison Epistles
|
|
| 62 |
Release
from Rome |
|
| 62 |
Return to the Aegean
area |
|
| 62-66 |
Writing of 1 Timothy and Titus
|
|
| 67 |
Arrest |
|
| 67-68 |
Imprisonment in Rome |
|
| 67 |
Writing of 2 Timothy
|
|
| 68 |
Martyrdom in Rome |
|
