Paul was born in Tarsus, which is in southern Turkey. His early ministry was in Turkey. I imagine that crossing over into Macedonia (Greek territory--moving from Asia to Europe) was a big step out of his "comfort zone."
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1917--a lot of scholarship has taken place since then--see the table below from the JBC):
| Year
|
Event
|
Scriptural refs
|
| 35
|
Conversion
|
|
| 37
|
first visit to Jerusalem
|
|
| 37-43
|
sojourn at Tarsus
|
|
| 43-44
|
apostolate at Antioch
|
|
| 44 or 45
|
second visit to Jerusalem
|
|
| 45-49
|
first mission
|
|
| 49 or 50
|
third visit to Jerusalem
|
|
| 50-53
|
second mission
|
|
| 52
|
(1 and 2 Thessalonians)
|
|
| 53
|
fourth visit to Jerusalem
|
|
| 53-57
|
third mission
|
|
| 56
|
(1 and 2 Corinthians; Galatians)
|
|
| 57
|
(Romans)
|
|
| 57
|
fifth visit to Jerusalem, arrest
|
|
| 59
|
arrival of Festus, departure for Rome
|
|
| 60-62
|
captivity at Rome
|
|
| 61
|
(Philemon; Colossians; Ephesians; Philippians)
|
|
| 62-66
|
second period of activity
|
|
| 66
|
(1 Timothy; Titus), second arrest
|
|
| 67
|
(2 Timothy), martyrdom
|
|
- Wikipedia
- "An Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, circumcised on the eighth day" (Philippians 3:5).
- Jerome Biblical Commentary (1990)
| Date
|
Epistle
|
|
| 50-51
|
1 Thessalonians
|
Notes
|
| 54
|
Galatians
|
Notes
|
| 54-58
|
Philippians
|
|
| 54-57
|
1 Corinthians
|
|
| 54-55
|
2 Corinthians
|
|
| 57-58
|
Romans
|
|
| 56-63
|
Philemon
|
|
| 64-67
|
Peter and Paul martyred in Rome during Nero's reign
|
|
| 66-70
|
Jewish revolt against Romans -- 2nd destruction of Temple
|
|
| 70-80
|
Colossians
|
|
| after Col
|
Ephesians
|
|
| 51-100?
|
2 Thessalonians
|
|
| ~100
|
Titus
|
|
| ~100
|
1 Timothy (author of Titus)
|
|
| ~100
|
2 Timothy (author of Titus)
|
|