There’s always room for differing opinions when studying chronology, but here is a possible chronology for some of the events of the New Testament, according to the Reese Chronological Bible (we would differ with some of these dates):
Augustus rules 31 B.C.-A.D. 14
Jesus born 5 B.C.
Tiberius rules A.D. 14-37
Jesus’ Death & Resurrection A.D. 29
Coming of the Holy Spirit 29
Stephen stoned 35
Paul converted 37
Caligula rules 37-41
Claudius rules 41-54
Herod kills James 44
Herod dies 45
James written 45
Paul’s first missionary journey 45-47
Mark written 50
Paul’s second missionary journey 50-54
I and II Thessalonians written 52
Paul’s third missionary journey 54-58
Nero rules 54-68
I Corinthians written 57
II Corinthians written 57
Galatians written 57-58
Romans written 57-58
Paul arrested in Jerusalem 58
Matthew written 60
Luke written 60
Paul in Rome 61-63
Philippians, Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon written 61-63
I Peter written 64
Titus written 64
I Timothy written 64
Hebrews written 65
II Timothy written 67
II Peter written 67
Jude written 67
Peter and Paul killed 67-68
Galba rules 68-69
Otho rules 69
Vitellius rules 69
Vespasian rules 69-79
Titus rules 79-81
Domitian rules 81-96
Epistles of John written 95
John written 95
Revelation written 96 (lots of differing opinions here, Reese says 96, our opinion is 67)
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