Early Church

The Spirit falls at Pentecost and the message runs outward — Jerusalem, Antioch, Asia, Greece, Rome — carried by apostles in chains and letters that became Scripture.

• AD 33The disciples wait together in Jerusalem
• AD 33Matthias chosen to replace Judas
• AD 33Pentecost; the Spirit poured out
• AD 33Peter proclaims the risen Christ at Pentecost
• ·The first believers devote themselves to fellowship
• ·A lame man healed at the Beautiful Gate
• ·Peter preaches in Solomon's Portico
• ·Peter and John before the council
• ·The believers pray for boldness
• ·The believers share with those in need
• ·Ananias and Sapphira
• ·Many signs and healings in Jerusalem
• ·The apostles delivered from prison
• ·The apostles answer the council; Gamaliel counsels restraint
• ·Seven chosen to serve the growing church
• ·Stephen seized and accused
• ·Stephen recounts Israel's history before the council
• ·Stephen, the first martyr
• ·Persecution scatters the church from Jerusalem
• ·The gospel proclaimed in Samaria
• ·Peter and John pray for the Samaritan believers
• ·Philip and the Ethiopian official
• ·Philip preaches from Azotus to Caesarea
• AD 34The conversion of Saul on the Damascus road
• AD 34Ananias restores Saul's sight
• ·Saul preaches Christ and escapes Damascus
• ·Barnabas receives Saul in Jerusalem
• ·Aeneas healed at Lydda
• ·Tabitha restored to life at Joppa
• ·Cornelius and Peter receive guiding visions
• ·Cornelius; the gospel to the Gentiles
• ·Peter explains the Gentiles' welcome to the church
• ·Antioch: disciples first called Christians
• ·Agabus foretells famine; relief sent to Judea
• AD 44James martyred; Peter delivered from prison
• AD 44Herod Agrippa struck down at Caesarea
• ·Barnabas and Saul sent on the first journey
• ·Barnabas and Saul proclaim the word at Salamis
• ·Elymas opposed; Sergius Paulus believes
• ·Paul preaches at Pisidian Antioch
• ·The Gentiles rejoice at Pisidian Antioch
• ·The church divided at Iconium
• ·A man healed; the crowd attempts sacrifice at Lystra
• ·Paul stoned and left for dead at Lystra
• ·Many disciples made at Derbe
• ·Elders appointed; the first journey completed
• ·The Jerusalem council
• ·The council sends its letter to Gentile believers
• ·Paul and Barnabas separate
• ·Timothy joins Paul and Silas
• ·The Macedonian call; the gospel enters Europe
• ·Lydia believes and is baptized at Philippi
• ·Paul and Silas beaten and imprisoned at Philippi
• ·The Philippian jailer believes
• ·Paul proclaims Christ at Thessalonica
• ·The Bereans examine the Scriptures daily
• ·Paul at the Areopagus
• ·Paul meets Aquila and Priscilla at Corinth
• ·Paul teaches eighteen months at Corinth
• ·Paul writes 1 Thessalonians from Corinth
• ·Paul writes 2 Thessalonians, likely from Corinth
• ·Paul brought before Gallio
• ·Paul returns to Antioch and begins another journey
• ·Priscilla and Aquila instruct Apollos
• ·Disciples at Ephesus receive the Holy Spirit
• ·Paul teaches daily in the hall of Tyrannus
• ·The sons of Sceva overcome at Ephesus
• ·Converts burn their magic books at Ephesus
• ·Paul writes 1 Corinthians from Ephesus
• ·The silversmiths’ riot at Ephesus
• ·Paul writes 2 Corinthians from Macedonia
• ·Paul strengthens believers in Macedonia and Greece
• ·Paul writes Romans from Corinth
• ·Eutychus restored to life at Troas
• ·Paul journeys from Troas toward Miletus
• ·Paul’s farewell to the Ephesian elders
• ·Disciples warn Paul on the journey to Jerusalem
• ·Agabus binds himself with Paul's belt
• ·Paul meets James and the elders in Jerusalem
• ·Paul arrested in Jerusalem
• ·Paul recounts his conversion to the Jerusalem crowd
• ·Paul's Roman citizenship prevents a flogging
• ·Paul before the Sanhedrin
• ·A plot against Paul; transfer to Caesarea
• ·Paul answers his accusers before Felix
• ·Paul speaks to Felix and Drusilla
• ·Paul appeals to Caesar before Festus
• ·Festus presents Paul's case to Agrippa
• ·Paul recounts his commission before Agrippa
• ·Agrippa and Festus find no cause for punishment
• ·Paul's voyage to Rome begins
• ·Paul gives courage during the storm
• ·The ship breaks apart near Malta
• ·Paul unharmed by a viper on Malta
• ·The sick healed on Malta
• ·Paul reaches Rome
• ·Paul addresses the Jewish leaders in Rome
• ·Paul teaches openly for two years in Rome
• ·Nero's persecution; Peter and Paul martyred
• AD 70Jerusalem and the temple destroyed by Titus
• AD 95John's Revelation on Patmos