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Chronological Order of the Bible
(Dates are aprroximate)
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145 B.C.

•   The Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes appear.

63 B.C.

•   Pompey of Rome conquers Jerusalem.

37 B.C.

•   Herod, an Idumean Arab, appointed king of Judea by the Roman Senate.

31 B.C.

•   Augustus becomes emperor of Rome.

20 B.C.

•   Herod begins construction of great Jewish Temple on Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem.

6-4? B.C.

•   Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem.

4 B.C.

•   Herod the Great dies.

6 A.D.

•   Caesarea, a town on Mediterranean coast, made capital of Judea by the Romans.

14 A.D.

•   Augustus dies; Tiberius becomes emperor of Rome.

27? A.D.

•   John the Baptist starts his ministry.
•   Jesus begins his ministry.

30? A.D.

•   Jesus crucified. (The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in either 30 A.D. or 33 A.D.).

36 A.D.

•   Martyrdom of Steven in Jerusalem.

37 A.D.

•   Tiberius dies; Caligula becomes emperor of Rome.

39 A.D.

•   Paul in Damascus.

41 A.D.

•   Caligula assassinated; Claudius becomes emperor of Rome.

43 A.D.

•   Paul and Barnabus in Antioch.
•   Agrippa beheads James; imprisons Peter.

48 A.D.

•   Christian Council of Jerusalem.
•   Pagan converts exempt from Jewish Law practices, setting them free from the Torah.

50 A.D.

•   First Gospel written down?
•   Paul's letter to the Thessalonians.

54 A. D.

•   Nero becomes emperor of Rome.

57 A.D.

•   Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians.
•   Paul's Letter to the Galatians.
•   Paul's second Letter to the Corinthians.
•   Paul's letter to the Philipians?

58 A.D.

•   Paul's letter to the Romans.
•   James made head of the Jerusalem church.

60 A.D.

•   Paul's voyage as a prisoner to Rome.

61 A.D.

•   Paul imprisoned in Rome until 63 A.D.
•   Paul's Letters to Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, possibly Philipians.

62 A.D.

•   James (head of Jerusalem church) stoned to death.
•   Succeeded by Simeon, said by some to be the son of the Virgin Mary's brother.

63 A.D

•   Paul set free. Some traditions say he made a trip to Spain.

64 A.D.

•   First letter of Peter.
•   The Gospel of Mark?

65 A.D.

•   Paul's first letter to Timothy and Possibly to Titus.
•   The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles? Scholars say that this Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles were produced as Paul's defense against a renewed attack on Christianity by Nero.

66 A.D.

•   Jews defeat a Roman battalion and set up a rebel government in Jerusalem.
•   Major exodus of people of importance from Judea.
•   A great fire, said to have been lit by Nero destroys most of Rome;
•   Nero blames large Christian community in Rome for the fire: launches purge of Roman Christians.

67 A.D.

•   Peter crucified in Rome. (64 or 67 A.D.)
•   Vespasian with 60,000 man Roman 10th Legion attacks Galilee.
•   Paul re-imprisoned in Rome.
•   Paul's letter to the Hebrews.
•   Second letter to Timothy.
•   Paul beheaded in Rome.

68 A.D.

•   Nero commits suicide.

69 A.D.

•   Vespasian returns to Rome to become emperor in Nero's place.
•   Before leaving his post on the Mt. of Olives, Vespasian Turns the battle of Jerusalem over to his son Titus.

70 A.D.

•   Titus lays siege to Jerusalem and destroys it.
•   On August 29 (the 10th of Loos - and the 567th anniversary of the destruction of Solomon's temple), the temple of Herod is burned and razed to the ground by Roman forces.
•   Many Jews taken into slavery.

73 A.D.

•   The siege of Masada.
•   The Jewish war ends.
•   Jewish Rabbi's establish Academy of Jamnia, soon begin work on standardizing Hebrew Bible.
•   Also begin work on Talmud, codifying Jewish oral law into writing.
•   Greek scriptures officially renounced.

95 A.D.

•   John exiled to Patmos.
•   Final draft of Book of Revelation.

100 A.D.

•   John dies at Ephesus.