A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. A. D. REMARKABLE PASSAGES. 333 34 35 37 38 39 40 Our Lord's crucifixion, refurrection, and afcenfion. The descent of the Holy Ghoft, or the day of the Pentecoft, or Whitsunday, which was this year, May 24.. The office of deacons inftituted. The perfecution in which St. Stephen was stoned. Philip, the deacon and evangelift, preaches at Samaria, and among others converts Simon Magus: as he did afterwards the Eunuch, and baptizes him. Saul, or St. Paul, is converted, and goes into Arabia. St. Paul returns out of Arabia to Damascus, where he preaches Chrift: for which reason the Jews there fought to kill him. St. Paul escapes from Damascus to Jerufalem, whence after fifteen days time he goes to Cæfarea: thence to Tarfus. St. Peter converts Cornelius. Pilate having been banished A. D. 37. by the emperor Caligula, to Vienne in France, now hangs himfelf. 40 4I 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Herod the tetrarch of Galilee was likewife this year banished by the fame Emperor to Lyons in France. Barnabas is fent by the Apostles to Antioch. Barnabas fetches St. Paul from Tarfus to Antioch : where St. Luke was probably one of their disciples. Difciples were now first called Christians at Antioch. : St. Paul and Barnabas come up to Jerufalem. St. Paul and Barnabas fet forth from Antioch to preach, and come to Cyprus, and fo to Antioch in Pifidia. St. Paul and Barnabas come to Iconium, Lyftra, and Timothy was now converted. St. Paul and Barnabas return to Antioch in Syria. Now arifes the controverfy about circumcifion at An tioch. St. Paul and Barnabas go up to Jerufalem about it, where a council is held, and a fynodical or canonical epiftle is agreed on. St. Peter, Paul, and Barnabas were now all together at Antioch where Paul withftood Peter; and a diffenfion arofe between Paul and Barnabas about taking John furnamed Mark with them. 50 51 St. Paul with Silas and Timothy go through Phrygia, 52 St. Paul goes from Theffalonica to Beroa and Athens, and and fo to Corinth; whence he is thought to have St. Paul being still at Corinth is now thought to have St. Paul leaving Corinth fails to Ephesus, whence he St. Paul being ftill in Afia, probably at Ephefus, is Leaving Ephefus on the account of Demetrius, he mans. St. Paul leaving Greece goes to Troas, and fails to : After two years, being had before Feftus and king After three months ftay at Malta, St. Paul comes to St. Paul having been now two whole years at Rome, Having now his liberty, St. Paul staid fome time 65 67 68 96 98 St. Paul wrote his first Epiftle to Timothy, and alfo that to Titus. St. Paul now returning to Rome again, is taken and kept a close prifoner. Now he wrote his fecond Epistle to Timothy. St. Paul, and also St. Peter, is faid now to have fuffered martyrdom at or near Rome. St. John the Apoftle wrote the Revelation; and, after Domitian's death, returned from the isle of Patmos to Ephefus. St. John did now write his Gofpel, at the requeft of the bishops of Asia. |