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Jesus Christ was born to a "virgin" named Mary and a man named Joseph. He was born in the city of Bethlehem. Under the threat of King Herod the family fled to Egypt then to the city Nazareth. Jesus lived in Nazareth throught His childhood, therefor fulfilling the prophecy that the Messiah will be called a Nazarene.

A.D. 26
Jesus comes to the Jordan River and is baptised there by John the Baptist. After the baptism, the heavens open, the holy spirit like a dove descends, and a heavenly voice acclaims Jesus is his Son. Jesus then goes into the wilderness where the devil tempts him, and when he returns he begins his ministry.

A.D. 30
Before Jesus' death He preforms many miracles including: healing the sick, blind, deaf, & lame, walking on water, calming a storm, raising the dead, and exorcising demons. He forms a dicipleship and travels from city to city teaching the Word of God. However, Jesus explains to His diciples during Passover that He must die for their sins. He is betrayed by Judas and arrested by the Romans. He is put on trial then crucifed, but three days later He is resurected.

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While on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus, Saul was blined by a flash of light from the sky and dropped to the ground. Blinded, his diciples led him to Damascus and for three days he didn't eat or drink. Paul claimed to have seen Christ, and after his experience he abandoned his Jewish faith to become a Christian. On the basis of seeing Jesus Christ, Paul claims to be an Apostle: "Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?"

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Matthew's Gospel A.D. 45-50

James A.D. 49

Galations A.D. 48

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After Paul's conversion, he dedicates his life to spreading the Word. He travels with Barnabas to many cities, Antioch being the first stop on their first mission journey. In Antioch the Jesus Duo (as I call them) began preaching Jesus' teachings to the gentiles in synagogues. This is the beginnings of the early Christian Church.

A.D. 45-48

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The Jerusalem Conference was a meeting among the Jews and Christians in which Mosiac Law was dicussed and debated over. Paul writes of the meeting in Acts.

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New Testament Time Line

1 & 2 Corinthians A.D. 55 1 & 2 Thessalonians A.D. 50-51 Romans A.D. 57 Philippians,Colossians & Philemon Ephesians & Hebrews A.D. 60-90 A.D. 50-60

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Paul and Barnabas get into a fight and go on separate journeys. Paul is accompanied by Silas to Derbe and Lystra where they are joined by Timothy. They continue to Phrygia and northern Galatia to Troas, when, inspired by a vision they set off for Macedonia. At Philippi they meet and baptize a wealthy woman named Lydia of Thyatira, there Paul is also arrested and badly beaten. Paul then sets off for Thessalonica. According to Acts, Paul then comes to Athens where he gives his speech in the Areopagus; in this speech, he tells Athenians that the "Unknown God" to whom they had a shrine is in fact known as the God who had raised Jesus from the dead. Thereafter Paul travelled to Corinth, where he settled for three years. At Corinth, the Jews charged Paul with "persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law", but the proconsul Gallio dismissed the charges.

A.D. 54-58
Paul continued his preaching, traveling again through Asia Minor and Macedonia, to Antioch and back. He caused a great uproar in the theatre in Ephesus, where local silversmiths feared loss of income as a result of Paul's activities. Their income relied on the sale of silver statues (idols) of the goddess Artemis, whom they worshipped; the resulting mob almost killed Paul and his companions.

A.D. 58
On returning to Jerusalem, some Jews had seen Paul accompanied by a Gentile, and assumed that he had brought the Gentile into the temple, which if he had been found guilty of such, would have carried the death penalty. The Jews were on the verge of killing Paul when Roman soldiers intervened. The Roman commander took Paul into custody to be scourged and questioned. He was imprisoned first in Jerusalem.

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Luke's Gospel A.D. 60-61, Acts A.D. 62 & 1 Peter A.D. 63

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Mark's Gospel A.D. 67-68

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Paul was sent to Rome but was shipwrecked on Malta, where he continued to preach. He finally arrived in Rome, and because he was such a likeable guy the Romans allowed him to live in his own dwellings. Attatched to a ball and chain and with a guard of course. Kind of like a first century house-arrest.

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John's Gospel A.D. 90 & 1,2,3 John A.D. 90-100

Revelation A.D. 96-?

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The Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 AD was a decisive event in the First Jewish-Roman War. It was followed by the fall of Masada in 73. The Roman army, led by the future Emperor Titus, with Tiberius Julius Alexander as his second-in-command, besieged and conquered the city of Jerusalem, which had been occupied by its Jewish defenders in 66. The city and its famous Temple were completely destroyed. The destruction is still mourned by Jews today.

A.D. 85-95
The Apostle John lived in Asia Minor (Anatolia) in the last decades of the first century and from Ephesus had guided the Churches of that province and from there wrote the three epistles traditionally attributed to him.

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John was banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation.

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