Map and timeline

Where the story moves, and where it sits in Israel’s history.

The story's places

Coordinates and outlines: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0; Jordan River © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.

Stops

Stop 1 · 1 Corinthians 1:2; Acts 18:1-18

A wealthy Roman colony on the narrow land bridge between northern and southern Greece, with a harbor on each side. Paul stayed about eighteen months.

How sure scholars are of each location

CorinthHigh confidence
Named in 1 verse: 1 Corinthians 1:2
37.906° N, 22.879° E
EphesusHigh confidence
Named in 2 verses: 1 Corinthians 15:32, 1 Corinthians 16:8
37.939° N, 27.341° E
MacedoniaHigh confidence
A region. Named in 1 verse: 1 Corinthians 16:5
41.600° N, 22.540° E
AchaiaHigh confidence
A region. Named in 1 verse: 1 Corinthians 16:15
38.720° N, 22.540° E
AsiaHigh confidence
A region. Named in 1 verse: 1 Corinthians 16:19
38.400° N, 28.300° E
GalatiaHigh confidence
A region. Named in 1 verse: 1 Corinthians 16:1
39.267° N, 32.983° E
JerusalemHigh confidence
Named in 2 verses: 1 Corinthians 16:1, 1 Corinthians 16:3
31.777° N, 35.234° E
Mediterranean SeaHigh confidence
Shown for orientation; not named in 1 Corinthians.
31.805° N, 34.170° E

Some outlines © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.

Shown in order, not to scale. Dates are debated.

Rome and Herod

Jesus' ministry

The early church

The Jewish war and after

Judea and Galilee

Herod the Great rules for Rome and rebuilds the temple.

Jesus is crucified and rises (about AD 30).

The Jerusalem church is poor; Paul collects money for it from the Gentile churches.

Revolt against Rome from AD 66; the temple destroyed in AD 70.

The empire

Augustus becomes emperor; Corinth is refounded as a Roman colony earlier, in 44 BC.

Tiberius is emperor.

Claudius expels Jews from Rome (about AD 49); Gallio governs Achaia; Nero becomes emperor in AD 54.

A year of civil war, then Vespasian.

This book

Written from Ephesus, about AD 54 to 55