Harmony Chart

Date	PRE-CONVERSION PERIOD	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
1 BC	TARSUS: Birth of Paul
	Land route: FromTarsus to Jerusalem
	Origins/Training	Acts 21:39-40; 23:34; 22:2-3	2 Cor 11:22, Rom 11:1
			Phil 3:4-5
29 AD	Andronicus and Junia(s), Paul's fellow countrymen or even relatives, become believers in Christ at or right after Pentecost.		Rom 16:7
30 AD	JERUSALEM: Paul is a witness and consents to Stephen's stoning.	Acts 7:54-8:1; 22:20
30-33 AD	Paul is a leading figure at the persecution of the followers of "the Way" in Jerusalem	Acts 8:1-4
	The deacon Philip in Samaria.	Acts 8:5-13
	The rest of the apostles send Peter and John to Samaria.	Acts 8:14-25
	The deacon Philip preaches the good news to the eunuch.	Acts 8:26-40
Date	POST-CONVERSION PERIOD	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
	Land route: From Jerusalem to Damascus
33 AD	Close to DAMASCUS: Paul's conversion.	Acts 9:1-8; 22:1-16; 26:9-18
33 AD	DAMASCUS	Acts 9:9-22
	Land route: From Damascus to Arabia
33-35 AD	ARABIA	Acts 9:23	Gal 1:13-17
	Land route: From Arabia to Damascus
35 AD	DAMASCUS: Assassination plot A and escape.	Acts 9:23-25	2 Cor 11:32-33
	Land route: From Damascus to Jerusalem
35 AD	JERUSALEM: 1st visit (introduced to and staying with Peter and James, John not present)	Acts 9:26-27	Gal 1:18-20
	Ministry in Jerusalem, but not in the wider area of Judea.	Acts 9:28; 26:19-20
	Assassination plot B.	Acts 9:29
	Land route: From Jerusalem to Tarsus
35-38 AD	TARSUS	Acts 9:30
	Land route: Establishment of Paul's Syrian and Cilician Churches		Gal 1:21-24
35-38 AD	Peter in Lydda and Joppa. The Cornelius incident.	Acts 9:31-11:18
38 AD	Establishment of the church in Antioch of Syria.	Acts 11:19-21
	Land route: From Tarsus to Antioch of Syria
38 AD	ANTIOCH OF SYRIA: Barnabas brings Paul to the assembly of Antioch of Syria.	Acts 11:22-26
40-46 AD	Paul ministers as a teacher at the assembly.
43 AD	Paul caught up into the third heaven.		2 Cor 12:2-4
44 AD	Agabus prophecy about a great famine.	Acts 11:27-28
46 AD	Antiochian church prepares to send aid to Jerusalem brethren  through the hands of Barnabas and Paul.	Acts 11:29
	Land route: From Antioch of Syria to Jerusalem
46 AD	JERUSALEM: 2nd visit (the revelation visit)	Acts 11:30; 12:25	Gal 2:1-10
46 AD	Paul falls into a trance in the Jerusalem Temple.	Acts 22:17-21
46 AD	Murder of James. Arrest and miraculous release of Peter. Death of Herod Agrippa I.	Acts 12:1-24
	Land route: From Jerusalem to Antioch of Syria
47 AD	ANTIOCH OF SYRIA: Return to the base church in Antioch.	Acts 12:25
47 AD	Peter's visit to Antioch of Syria.	Btw. Acts 12 and Acts 13	Gal 2:11-14
47 AD	Release of Barnabas and Paul unto apostolic ministry.	Acts 13:1-3
Date	1st JOURNEY (OUTBOUND)	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
47 AD	ANTIOCH OF SYRIA	Acts 13:4
	SELEUCIA	Acts 13:4
	Sea route: they sailed to CYPRUS	Acts 13:4
	SALAMIS	Acts 13:5
	Land route: When they had gone through the island	Acts 13:6
	PAPHOS	Acts 13:6-12
	Sea route: From Paphos to Perga	Acts 13:13
	PERGA IN PAMPHYLIA	Acts 13:13
	Land route: From Perga to Antioch of Pisidia	Acts 13:14
	ANTIOCH OF PISIDIA	Acts 13:14-52	Gal 4:13
	Land route: From Antioch of PISIDIA to Iconium	Acts 13:51
	ICONIUM: Assassination plot C.	Acts 14:1-5
	Land route: and fled to the cities of LYCAONIA, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region	Acts 14:6
	Land route: From Iconium to Lystra	Acts 14:6
	LYSTRA: Assassination plot D.	Acts 14:6-20	2nd Cor 11:25
	Land route: From Lystra to Derbe	Acts 14:20
	DERBE	Acts 14:20-21
	1st JOURNEY (INBOUND)
	Land route: From Derbe to Lystra	Acts 14:21-23
	LYSTRA	Acts 14:21-23
	Land route: From Lystra to Iconium	Acts 14:21-23
	ICONIUM	Acts 14:21-23
	Land route: From Iconium to Antioch of Pisidia	Acts 14:21-23
	ANTIOCH OF PISIDIA	Acts 14:21-23
	Land route: they passed through PISIDIA and came to PAMPHYLIA	Acts 14:24
	PERGA	Acts 14:25
	ATTALIA	Acts 14:25
	Sea route: From Attalia to Antioch of Syria	Acts 14:26
48 AD	ANTIOCH OF SYRIA	Acts 14:26
	1st JOURNEY ENDS
Date	EVENTS BETWEEN 1st AND 2nd JOURNEY	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
48 AD	ANTIOCH OF SYRIA: Writes Galatians.	Acts 14:27-15:2
	Land route: through both PHOENICIA and SAMARIA	Acts 15:3
	JERUSALEM: 3rd visit (The council)	Acts 15:4-29
	Land route: From Jerusalem to Antioch of Syria	Acts 15:30
	ANTIOCH OF SYRIA	Acts 15:30-35
Date	2nd JOURNEY	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
49 AD	ANTIOCH OF SYRIA	Acts 15:36-40
	Land route: through SYRIA and CILICIA [from Antioch of Syria to Derbe]	Acts 15:41
	DERBE	Acts 16:1
	Land route: From Derbe to Lystra
	LYSTRA	Acts 16:1-3
	Land route: they were passing through the CITIES [from Lystra to Apamea]	Acts 16:4-5
	forbidden to speak the word in ASIA [note: Apamea was the border city]	Acts 16:6
	Land route: through the region of PHRYGIA and GALATIA [from Apamea to Dorylaion]	Acts 16:6
	When they had come opposite MYSIA, they tried to go into BITHYNIA [Dorylaion]	Acts 16:7
	Land route: passing by MYSIA [from Dorylaion to Troas]	Acts 16:8
	TROAS	Acts 16:8-10
	Sea route: From Troas to Samothrace Paul meets Luke, "we" passages begin. Ramsay thinks Luke could be the macedonian man in Paul's vision.	Acts 16:11
	SAMOTHRACE	Acts 16:11
	Sea route: From Samothrace to Neapolis	Acts 16:11
	NEAPOLIS	Acts 16:11
	Land route: From Neapolis to Philippi
	PHILIPPI	Acts 16:12-40
	Land route: From Philippi to Amphipolis
	AMPHIPOLIS	Acts 17:1
	Land route: From Amphipolis to Apollonia "We" passages cease. Luke is left in Philippi, which is probably his home town. He stays there for at least six years, before he joins Paul again at the end of his 3rd Journey (Acts 20:6).
	APOLLONIA	Acts 17:1
	Land route: From Apollonia to Thessalonike
	THESSALONIKE	Acts 17:1-9	Phil 4:16
	Land route: From Thessalonike to Berea
	BEREA	Acts 17:10-13
	Land route: From Berea to the coast [most likely Pydna]	Acts 17:14
	Sea route: From Pydna to an Athens port [probably Faliron]
	Land route: From Faliron to the Athens Agora
	ATHENS	Acts 17:15-34
	Land route: From Athens to Corinth
50-51 AD	CORINTH: Writes 1 & 2 Thessalonians	Acts 18:1-18
	Land route: From Corinth to Cenchrea
	CENCHREA	Acts 18:18
	Sea route: From Cenchrea to Ephesus
	EPHESUS	Acts 18:19-21
	Sea route: he set sail from EPHESUS [to Caesarea]	Acts 18:21
	CAESAREA	Acts 18:22
	Land route: From Caesarea to Jerusalem
51 AD	JERUSALEM: 4th visit.	Acts 18:22
	Land route: From Jerusalem to Antioch of Syria
51 AD	ANTIOCH OF SYRIA	Acts 18:22
	2nd JOURNEY ENDS
Date	3rd JOURNEY	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
52 AD	ANTIOCH OF SYRIA	Acts 18:23
	through the GALATIAN REGION and PHRYGIA [from Antioch of Syria to Apamea]	Acts 18:23
	EPHESUS: Apollos arrives	Acts 18:24-28
	UPPER REGIONS [from Apamea to Ephesus]	Acts 19:1
52 AD	EPHESUS: Meets John the Baptist's disciples.	Acts 19:1-7
	EPHESUS: 3 months in the Synagogue.	Acts 19:8-9
	EPHESUS: Writes Corinthians A' (lost Epistle).		1 Cor 5:9
	EPHESUS: reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus for two years.	Acts 19:9-10
	EPHESUS (Distress 1): the fight with "wild beasts".		1 Cor 15:32; 16:9
	EPHESUS: The miracles.	Acts 19:11-12
	EPHESUS: The exorcists.	Acts 19:13-17
	EPHESUS: Confession of magical practices.	Acts 19:18-20
	EPHESUS: The initial travel plans of Paul to Macedonia-Achaia-Jerusalem.	Acts 19:21
	EPHESUS: Chloe's report and the letter from the Corinthians. Paul writes Corinthians B' (I Corinthians) and sends it by Timothy to Corinth.		1 Cor 1:11; 7:1
	EPHESUS: Timothy returns from Corinth with bad news.
	From Ephesus to Corinth (by sea route).
	CORINTH: The painful visit.		2 Cor 2:1; 2:5-11; 7:12
	From Corinth to Ephesus (by sea route).
	EPHESUS: Writes Corinthians C' (lost Epistle), sent to Corinth by Titus.		2 Cor 2:3-4; 2:12-13; 7:6-12
			2 Cor 13:2
	EPHESUS  (Distress 2): The affliction of Paul and Timothy.		2 Cor 1:8-11
	EPHESUS: Paul sends Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia. Paul decides to stay in Asia.	Acts 19:22	1 Cor 4:17-19; 16:8-11
	EPHESUS (Distress 3): The (re)appearance of the thorn in the flesh.		2 Cor 12:7
	EPHESUS (Distress 4): The riot in the theater.	Acts 19:23-41
55 AD	EPHESUS (Distress 5): Prisca and Aquila risk their necks for Paul.		Rom 16:3-4
	From Ephesus to Troas by a coastal vessel (Ramsay).		2 Cor 2:12
	TROAS. Looking for Titus. The "open" door.		2 Cor 2:13
	From Troas to MACEDONIA [sea route]	Acts 20:1	2 Cor 2:13
56 AD	[through those districts of] MACEDONIA: Finally meets Titus (and Timothy) in Macedonia and writes Corinthians D' (II Corinthians), sent by Titus and probably Trophimus and Tychicus.	Acts 20:2	2 Cor 2:13; 7:6; 8:16-21; 8:22
	from MACEDONIA to ILLYRICUM		Rom 15:19
	Mission to ILLYRICUM		Rom 15:19
	From ILLYRICUM to GREECE	Acts 20:2
57 AD	CORINTH: Meets Erastus, writes Romans, sent to Rome by Phoebe.	Acts 20:3	Rom 16:1-2, 2 Cor 13:1
	From Corinth to Cenchrea	Acts 20:3
	CENCHREA: Assasination plot E.	Acts 20:3
	From Cenchrea to MACEDONIA [to Pydna]
	From Pydna to Berea
	BEREA	Acts 20:4
	From Berea to Thessalonike
	THESSALONIKE	Acts 20:4
	From Thessalonike to Philippi
	PHILIPPI	Acts 20:5-6
	From Philippi to Troas [sea route]. Paul picks up Luke, "we" passages commence again.	Acts 20:5-6
	TROAS	Acts 20:6-13
	From Troas to Assos
	ASSOS	Acts 20:14
	From Assos to Mitylene [sea route]
	MITYLENE	Acts 20:14
	From Mitylene to Chios [sea route]
	CHIOS	Acts 20:15
	From Chios to Samos [sea route]
	SAMOS	Acts 20:15
	From Samos to Miletus [sea route]
	MILETUS	Acts 20:15-38
	From Miletus to Cos [sea route]
	COS	Acts 21:1
	From Cos to Rhodes [sea route]
	RHODES	Acts 21:1
	From Rhodes to Patara [sea route]
	PATARA	Acts 21:1
	in sight of CYPRUS, sailing to SYRIA	Acts 21:3
	TYRE	Acts 21:3-6
	From Tyre to Ptolemais [sea route]
	PTOLEMAIS	Acts 21:7
	From Ptolemais to Caesarea [sea route]
	CAESAREA	Acts 21:8-14
	From Caesarea to Jerusalem
57 AD	JERUSALEM: 5th visit.	Acts 21:15-26
	3rd JOURNEY ENDS
Date	EVENTS BETWEEN 3rd AND 4th JOURNEY	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
57 AD	JERUSALEM	Acts 21:27-30
	JERUSALEM: Assassination plot F.	Acts 21:31-22:29
	JERUSALEM: Assassination plot G.	Acts 22:30-23:11
	JERUSALEM: Assassination plot H.	Acts 23:12-23:30
	From Jerusalem to Antipatris	Acts 23:31
	ANTIPATRIS	Acts 23:31-32
	From Antipatris to Caesarea	Acts 23:33
	CAESAREA: Paul in front of Felix.	Acts 23:33-24:27
	CAESAREA: Assassination plot I.	Acts 25:1-5
	CAESAREA: Paul in front of Festus.	Acts 25:6-27
59 AD	CAESAREA: Paul in front of Agrippa.	Acts 26:1-32
Date	4th JOURNEY	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
59 AD	CAESAREA	Acts 27:1-2
	From Caesarea to Sidon [sea route]	Acts 27:3
	SIDON	Acts 27:3
	sailed under the shelter of CYPRUS	Acts 27:4
	sailed through the sea along the coast of CILICIA and PAMPHYLIA	Acts 27:5
	MYRA IN LYCIA	Acts 27:5-6
	From Myra to Cnidus [sea route]	Acts 27:7
	off CNIDUS	Acts 27:7
	off SALMONE	Acts 27:7
	Under the shelter of Crete, from Salmone to Fair Havens [sea route]	Acts 27:7
	FAIR HAVENS and LASEA	Acts 27:8-12
	if they could reach PHOENIX	Acts 27:12
	sailing along CRETE	Acts 27:13
	under the shelter of CLAUDA	Acts 27:14-16
	fearing Syrtis, driven along	Acts 27:17
	in the ADRIATIC SEA	Acts 27:18-27
	MELITE	Acts 27:28-41
	MELITE: Assassination plot J'.	Acts 27:42-43
	MELITE	Acts 27:43-28:11
	From Melite to Syracuse [sea route]	Acts 28:11-12
	SYRACUSE	Acts 28:11-12
	From Syracuse to Rhegium [sea route]	Acts 28:13
	RHEGIUM	Acts 28:13
	From Rhegium to Puteoli [sea route]	Acts 28:13
	PUTEOLI	Acts 28:13
	Toward Rome: From Puteoli to Appii Forum	Acts 28:14
	APPII FORUM	Acts 28:15
	From Appii Forum to the Three Taverns	Acts 28:15
	THREE TAVERNS	Acts 28:15
	From the Three Taverns to Rome	Acts 28:16
60 AD	ROME	Acts 28:16
	4th JOURNEY ENDS
Date	EVENTS BETWEEN 4th AND 5th JOURNEY	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
60-62 AD	ROME: 1st imprisonment.	Acts 28:16-31
	ROME: writes Ephesians	Acts 28:30-31	Eph 3:1; 4:1; 6:20
	ROME: writes Colossians	Acts 28:30-31	Col 1:24; 4:10; 4:18
	ROME: writes Philemon	Acts 28:30-31	Philem 1:1, 9, 23
	ROME: writes Laodiceans (lost)	Acts 28:30-31	Col 4:16
	ROME: writes Philippians	Acts 28:30-31	Phil 1:7;1:13; 1:17
Date	5th JOURNEY	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
62 AD	ROME: Release from 1st imprisonment, delivered from "lion's mouth".		2 Tim 4:17
	SPAIN?		Romans 15:23-29
	CRETE: Travels with Titus and Timothy to Crete. Leaves Titus in Crete.		Titus 1:5
	EPHESUS: Leaves Timothy there.		1 Tim 1:3
	MACEDONIA: Writes Titus and I Timothy.		1 Tim 1:3
	NIKOPOLIS: Artemas replaces Titus in Crete and Titus joins Paul in Nikopolis.		Titus 3:12
	TROAS: On his way to Ephesus to rejoin Timothy. Arrest with hasty departure, leaves cloak and books behind.		2 Tim 4:13
	MILETUS: Probably under custody.		2 Tim 4:20
	CORINTH: Probably under custody.		2 Tim 4:20
65 AD	ROME: 2nd imprisonment.		2 Tim 4:6
	5th JOURNEY ENDS
Date	EVENTS after the 5th JOURNEY	Acts ref.	Epistles ref.
65 AD	ROME: Writes 2 Timothy. Sends it by Tychicus, who will replace Timothy in Ephesus. Timothy is urged to come to Rome with John Mark.		2 Tim 4:12-13
66 AD	ROME: Martyrdom.