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37 B.C.
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c. 4 B.C. | Period when Herod the Great, who would order males up to 2 years old killed when Jesus is born, rules as Roman-appointed King of Judea | | 49 | The 'Jerusalem Conference,' which will discuss the role of circumcision in regard to salvation, takes place in the Fall (Acts 15) |
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27 B.C.
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14 A.D. | Period when Augustus, the first true Roman emperor, rules the empire | | 49 - 52 | |
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| 20 B.C. | Herod the Great begins rebuilding Jerusalem's temple. | | 53 - 58 | Apostle Paul conducts his THIRD Missionary Journey (Acts 18-21) |
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30 A.D. | The birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus | | 54 - 68 | Emperor Nero rules the Roman Empire. The apostles Paul and Peter, along with others, become martyrs under his reign |
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39 A.D. | After Herod the Great's death, his son Herod Antipas becomes the new Roman tetrarch of Galilee and Perea | | 60 - 63 | The apostle Paul travels on his FOURTH Missionary Journey (Acts 21-28) |
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| 26 - 29 | Period of John the Baptist's ministry | | 62 | In Jerusalem, religious zealots martyr James around the time of Passover |
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Fall 26
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Spring 30 | Period of Jesus' earthly ministry | | 63 - 67 | Apostle Paul conducts his FIFTH and final Missionary Journey (Acts 28; Titus 1, 3; Romans 15) |
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| 32 | Martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 6-7). Philip preaches the gospel to the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8) | | 65 | The rebuilding of Jerusalem's temple, begun by Herod the Great, completes |
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| 33 | Saul, on his way to Damascus, is converted and becomes the apostle Paul (Acts 9) | | 67 | The apostle Paul is back in prison in Rome, where he writes his last book (2Timothy) |
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| 33 - 44 | | | 67 - 68 | Roman Emperor Nero conducts Rome's first of ten persecutions against Christians |
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| 35 | Matthew completes the first Gospel book | | 68 | The Apostle Paul suffers a martyr’s death in Rome less than 2 months before Emperor Nero commits suicide |
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| 38 | Peter baptizes Cornelius, the first Gentile (non-Jew) believer to be converted (Acts 10) | | 70 | The Romans destroy Jerusalem and its temple |
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| 39 - 44 | After Herod Antipas' death, his son, Herod Agrippa I, becomes new ruler of Galilee and Perea | | 95 | The apostle John writes the book of Revelation |
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| 44 | In the Spring Herod beheads the apostle James (brother of John) and has Peter arrested. Soon afterwards, God strikes him dead (Acts 12) | | 96 - 99 | The Apostle John completes the final arrangement of Bible books |
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| 44 - 46 | | | c. 100 | John, the last living apostle, dies |
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