Dating of the early Church (1st century AD)

Dates are more or less three years.

30s

  • 30: ministry of Jesus
  • 33: death & resurrection of Jesus
  • 34:
    • death of Stephen
    • conversion of Paul
      • Paul goes to Arabia (Gal 1:17)
      • Paul returns to Damascus (Gal 1:18; 2 Cor 11:32-33)
  • 37: 2 weeks meeting of Paul, Peter, James in Jerusalem

40s

  • 40s: church of Antioch
  • 44: death of James (son of Zebedee) by Herod Agrippa I
  • 49:
    • Council of Jerusalem
    • expulsion of the Jews from Rome (Paul meet with Aquila & Priscilla)

50s

  • 50s: Sign source of John
  • 55: Paul write 1 Corinthians

60s

  • 60:
    • Paul arrives in Rome
    • death of Andrew
  • 62: death of James (brother of Jesus)
  • 64-67: the Great Fire of Rome
    • martyrdom of Peter & Paul
  • 66: first Jewish-Roman war
  • 67: writing of Mark’s Gospel in Rome
  • 68: death of Mark

70s

  • 70: destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem
  • 72: death of Thomas
  • 74: death of Matthew

80s

  • 80s: writing of Luke & Matthew’s Gospel
  • 80: death of Matthias & Philip
  • 84: death of Luke

90s

  • 90s: writing of John’s Gospel
  • 98-100: death of John the Apostle