Early Christian art of Peter and Paul
10 C.E. - 31 C.E.
*Paul is born (his father is a Roman citizen)
*Grows up in Tarsus (family may have had ties to Judea, e.g. Paul’s insistence that he is a "Hebrew" [2 Cor 11:22] and from the "tribe of Benjamin" [Phil 3:5])
*Becomes a zealous member of the Pharisees
31/33 C.E.
Actively persecutes members of a new Jewish sect centered in Jerusalem that claims Jesus as messiah (Gal 1:13; 1 Cor 15:9)
33/35 C.E.
*Is called by God to preach to the Gentiles.
35/38 C.E.
*Missionary activity in Arabia and Damascus (expelled under Aretas)
37/38 C.E.
*Two week visit to Jerusalem, meets Peter and James but not the larger church (Gal 1:22)
After 37/38 C.E.
*Missionary activity in Cilicia, Syria, from the Antioch church; possibly also Greece
47/50 C.E.
*Writes I Thessalonians
50/51 C.E.
*Gallio episode at Corinth
49/51 C.E.
*Jerusalem Council
52/57 C.E.
*Missionary activity in Asia Minor and Greece
*Writes Galatians, Philippians, Philemon, 1 & 2 Corinthians
56/57 C.E.
*Writes Rome from Corinth
57/58 C.E.
*Arrives in Jerusalem with collection, is arrested and imprisoned 2 years at Caesarea
59/60 C.E.
*Sea journey to Rome
62 C.E.
*Executed after imprisonment at Rome