PEG DATES FOR NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES

PEG DATES FOR NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES

Virgil Warren, PhD

A.D.          34 (perhaps 37)       Accession of Aretas               Paul’s   conversion   had   to   follow   this                                      date (Gal. 1:17-18; 2 Cor. 11:32).

                 36                         Pontius Pilate deposed            Does   the   absence   of   a   procurator   in                                     Palestine  account  for  the  possibility  of                                                                                           executing      Stephen     and     of     Paul’s                                     putting   others   to  death?   (Acts  7:1-8:3;                                                                                          9:1-2; 26:9-11)

                 40                         Death of Aretas

                 44                         Death of Herod Agrippa I       Paul’s  first   missionary   journey   had   to                                     follow  this  date. (Acts 12:20-23 recounts                                                                                          his death + 13:1-14:28 records the tour.)

                 46-48                    Proconsulship of Alexander     Famine    conditions    existed    in    Judaea                                    during this time; hence, the famine visit of                                                                                          Paul and Barnabas fits this time period.

                 49                         Claudius’ edict banning          Paul’s   work   in   Corinth   involved   the                             Jews from Rome           conversion of Aquila and Priscilla, “lately                                                                                come from Italy” (18:1-3).

  May 51-May 52                          Gallio’s proconsulship in        Paul’s   first   time   in   Corinth  coincided                            Corinth            with his proconsulship (Acts 18:12-17).                

                 53                         Earliest date for the mar-         Paul’s appearance before Felix just before                             riage of Felix to Drusilla            the  accession  of  Festus  could  not  have                                                                     preceded A.D. 53 (Acts 24:24-27).

  Oct.  13,  54                          Death of Claudius                  The return of Jews to Rome had to precede                                     the writing of Romans.

                 60                         Destruction of Laodecia          The  latest  time  for  the  writing of Paul’s                            and Colossae by an       letter to Colossae from the first year of the                                                                                   earthquake       first Roman imprisonment (?)

                 62                         Death of Festus                      Paul’s  appearance  before  him  had to be                                       before this date (Acts 24:24-27).

    July 19,  64                         The burning of Rome under     Paul’s  death   under   Nero  could  not  be                          Nero     earlier than this date (1 Clement 5-6).

                 70                         Jerusalem destroyed by the

                                                Romans

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