Bible Roadmap

Ye shall be witnesses unto me

Acts of the Apostles

Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:8). Tap an event to read Acts beside Paul's own letters.

Stage I · Acts 1–7

In Jerusalem

The church is born at Pentecost and grows in the city.

  1. Mount of Olives · c. AD 30 or 33

    · The apostles

  2. Jerusalem · c. AD 30 or 33

    · Peter, Matthias

  3. Jerusalem · c. AD 30 or 33

    · Peter

  4. Jerusalem · c. AD 30 or 33

  5. Jerusalem (the temple) · c. AD 30–34

    · Peter, John

  6. Jerusalem · c. AD 30–34

    · Peter, John

  7. Jerusalem · c. AD 30–34

    · Peter

  8. Jerusalem · c. AD 31–34

    · Stephen, Philip

  9. Jerusalem · c. AD 31–35

    · Stephen, Saul

Stage II · Acts 8–12

Judea and Samaria

Scattered by persecution, believers carry the word outward.

  1. Samaria · c. AD 32–35

    · Philip, Peter, John, Simon

  2. Road to Gaza · c. AD 32–35

    · Philip

  3. Damascus · c. AD 33–35

    · Saul, Ananias

    Side by side with Galatians, 1 Corinthians, Philippians

  4. Jerusalem · c. AD 35–37

    · Saul, Barnabas

    Side by side with Galatians, 2 Corinthians

  5. Lydda and Joppa · c. AD 37–40

    · Peter, Dorcas

  6. Caesarea · c. AD 37–41

    · Peter, Cornelius

  7. Antioch of Syria · c. AD 41–45

    · Barnabas, Saul

    Side by side with Galatians

  8. Jerusalem · c. AD 44 (Herod Agrippa I died AD 44, Josephus, Antiquities 19.8.2)

    · Peter, James, Herod Agrippa I

Stage III · Acts 13–28

Unto the uttermost part of the earth

Paul's journeys take the gospel to the nations and to Rome.

  1. Pisidian Antioch · c. AD 46–48

    · Paul, Barnabas, John Mark

    Side by side with 2 Timothy, Galatians

    Letters likely written now: Galatians (c. AD 48–49, if written to the southern Galatian churches; c. AD 53–57 on the northern view)

  2. Jerusalem · c. AD 49

    · Peter, James, Paul, Barnabas

    Side by side with Galatians

  3. Philippi · c. AD 49–50

    · Paul, Silas, Timothy, Lydia

    Side by side with Philippians, 1 Thessalonians

  4. Thessalonica · c. AD 50

    · Paul, Silas, Jason

    Side by side with 1 Thessalonians, Philippians

  5. Athens · c. AD 50

    · Paul

    Side by side with 1 Thessalonians

  6. Corinth · c. AD 50–52 (Gallio's proconsulship, Delphi inscription)

    · Paul, Aquila, Priscilla, Silas, Timothy

    Side by side with 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians

    Letters likely written now: 1 Thessalonians (c. AD 50–51); 2 Thessalonians (c. AD 51)

  7. Ephesus · c. AD 52–55

    · Paul, Apollos, Demetrius

    Side by side with 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians

    Letters likely written now: 1 Corinthians (c. AD 54–55)

  8. Troas · c. AD 55–57

    · Paul, Eutychus

    Side by side with 2 Corinthians, Romans

    Letters likely written now: 2 Corinthians (c. AD 55–56); Romans (c. AD 56–57, from Corinth)

  9. Miletus · c. AD 57

    · Paul

  10. Jerusalem · c. AD 57

    · Paul, James, Claudius Lysias

    Side by side with Romans

  11. Caesarea · c. AD 57–59

    · Paul, Felix, Festus, Agrippa II

  12. Malta (Melita) · c. AD 59–60

    · Paul, Luke, Julius

    Side by side with 2 Corinthians

  13. Rome · c. AD 60–62

    · Paul

    Side by side with Philippians, Philemon

    Letters likely written now: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon (the prison letters, c. AD 60–62, on the Roman view)

Dates are approximate and follow common conservative chronologies (e.g. F. F. Bruce); where views differ both are given. Places follow OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).