Biblical timeline of pauls life

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Chronology of the Apostle Paul

Here’s a blog post that contains more footnotes (historical notes) than main text. That’s because this is my own attempt to sort out the chronology of Paul.[1] Have you ever wondered when Paul did what? Here is a possible chronology.

33 A.D.	Death of Christ[2]
34	Conversion of Paul[3]
36	First Jerusalem visit (Gal 1:18)
44	Famine visit to Jerusalem (Acts 11:29-30/12:25, before Agrippa I died[4])
47-48	First missionary journey
49	Private visit to Jerusalem (Gal 2:1-10)
49	Paul confronts Peter in Antioch (Gal 2:11f) Galatians written (from Antioch?)[5]
49	Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15)
49-52	Second missionary journey (including time in Corinth) 1 & 2 Thessalonians written from Corinth
52	Jerusalem visit
52-57	Third missionary journey (time in Ephesus, 53-55) 1 Corinthians written from Ephesus (55)2 Corinthians written (from Macedonia?) (56) •
A.D. 5–10?	Born in Tarsus, an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin and a Roman citizen (Acts 22:3, 28; Rom. 11:1; Phil. 3:5); raised in either Jerusalem (Acts 22:3?) or Tarsus
15–20?	Trained as a Pharisee by Gamaliel inom (Acts 22:3; 26:5; Gal. 1:14; Phil. 3:5–6)
30/33?	Death, resurrection of Christ
31–34	Present at Stephen’s stoning; persecuted Christians (Acts 7:58; 8:1; 22:4a; 26:9–11; 1 Cor. 15:9; Gal. 1:13; Phil. 3:6)
33/34*	Converted, called, and commissioned on the way to Damascus (Acts 9:1–19; 22:6–11; 26:12–18; Gal. 1:15–16)
33/34–36/37	Stays in Damascus a short time (Acts 9:19b); leaves for Arabia (2 Cor. 11:32; Gal. 1:17); returns to Damascus (Gal. 1:17; Acts 9:20–22?); escapes through city wall to avoid fängelse (Acts 9:23–24; 2 Cor. 11:32–33)
36/37*	Meets with Peter, sees James, in Jerusalem (Acts 9:26–30; Gal. 1:18) Hellenists seek to kill him; flees to Tarsus (Acts 9:28–30; Gal. 1:21)
37–45	Ministers in Syria/Cilicia (2 Cor. 11:22–27?)
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36	Paul's conversion	-
37	At Damascus	Death of TIBERIUS and accession of GAIUS (Caligula)
38	Flight from Damascus to Jerusalem, then to Tarsus	-
39 - 43	Paul preaches in Syria and Cilicia, making his headquarters in Tarsus.	Death of Caligula; accession of CLAUDIUS. Judea and Samaria given to Herod Agrippa I. Invasion of Britain by Aulus Plautius.
44	Paul brought from Tarsus to Antioch; stays there one year before the famine.	Death of Herod Agrippa I. Cuspius Fadus, procurator, succeeds to the government of Judea.
45	Visits Jerusalem with Barnabas to relieve the famine.	-
46	At Antioch	Tiberius Alexander made procurator of Judea.
47	At Antioch	-
48	First Missionary Journey - from Antioch to Cyprus, Antioch of Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe	Agrippa II (Acts 25) made king of Chalcis.
49	... and back through the same places to Antioch	Cumanus made procurator of Judea
50	Paul and Barnabas attend the Council of Jerusalem	Caractacu