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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

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Stops
Stop 1 · 2 Corinthians 2:12-13

No rest in Troas

Paul finds an open door in Troas but has no peace of mind because Titus is not there, so he moves on to Macedonia.

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Places in the story

How sure scholars are of each location

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Where 2 Corinthians 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 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.
Tiberius is emperor.
Claudius expels Jews from Rome (about AD 49); Nero becomes emperor in AD 54.
A year of civil war, then Vespasian.
This book
Written from Macedonia, about AD 55 to 56