Map and timeline
Where the story moves, and where it sits in Israel’s history.
The story's places
- Regions: darker shading where more sources agree on their extent
Coordinates and outlines: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0; Jordan River © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
Stops
Stop 1 · 1 Timothy 1:3; Acts 19
Where Timothy is
The leading city of Asia, where Paul had taught for about three years and where Timothy is told to stay.
Read Chapter 1Places in the story
How sure scholars are of each location
- EphesusHigh confidence
Named in 1 verse: 1 Timothy 1:3
37.939° N, 27.341° E
- MacedoniaHigh confidence
A region. Named in 1 verse: 1 Timothy 1:3
41.600° N, 22.540° E
- Mediterranean SeaHigh confidence
Shown for orientation; not named in 1 Timothy.
31.805° N, 34.170° E
Locations and confidence: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. About our sources
Some outlines © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
Where 1 Timothy fits
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 church spreads from Jerusalem across the empire.
Revolt against Rome from AD 66; the temple destroyed in AD 70.
The empire
Augustus becomes emperor.
Tiberius is emperor.
Claudius, then Nero (from AD 54), is emperor; Ephesus is the leading city of the province of Asia.
A year of civil war, then Vespasian.
This book
Written perhaps AD 62 to 64 (if by Paul), after the events of Acts