THE LIFE OF PAUL: "Apostle to the Goyim (Gentiles)"

EVENT	Year  AD (all dates are approximate)
Born at Tarsus (in modern Turkey) sometime between 7 and 12 AD of Jewish parents who are Roman citizens and traced their ancestry to the tribe of Benjamin (Romans 11:1; Philippians 3:5)	10?
Arrival in Jerusalem to study with Gamaliel (Acts 22:3)	30
Sent as an officer of the Sanhedrin to arrest Christians in Damascus & conversion (Acts 9; 22:6-16; 26:12-18)	36
3 year sojourn in Arabia and mission to Damascus (Galatians 1:17)	36-39
Visit to Jerusalem (Galatians 1:18)	39
Sojourn in Tarsus (Acts 9:30)	?
Arrival in Antioch in Syria to serve the Christian community (Acts 11:25)	43-44
1^st Missionary Journey (Acts 13-14);      name change to Latin "Paulus"	45-49
Visit to Jerusalem for the 1^st Great Council of the Church (Acts 15)	49-50
2^nd Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36-18:21):             -at Athens & Corinth (Greece); meets Roman governor Gallio*             -wrote 1 &2 Thessalonians	50-52 50?52 51-52
3^rd Missionary Journey (Acts 18:23-21:14)             -visited Phrygia & Galatia             -at Ephesus (Turkey)                 -wrote Galatians             -wrote 1 Corinthians             -mission to Macedonia             -wrote 2 Corinthians                  -at Corinth (Greece) -wrote letter to the Romans	53-58 53 54-57 54 54 57 57?58 57-58 57/58
Return to Jerusalem (Acts 21:15-23:22)	Spring of 58
*Hearing with Roman Governor Felix / 2 year imprisonment at Caesarea.  Hearing with Governor Festus at Caesarea (Acts 24-25)	58-60
4^th Journey: Voyage to Rome & shipwreck off the coast of Malta (Acts 27)	60?61
Paul's first imprisoned in Rome (Acts 28)             -wrote letters to the churches at  Colossus, Philemon, Ephesus, Philippi	61-63
*Voyage to the east and the west (Spain? Voyage to Britain?) letters 1 Timothy & Titus	63-67
Final Roman captivity: 2 Timothy letter	67
Martyrdom by beheading	67

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