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 · Galatians 1:15-17

God revealed his Son to Paul, who went to Arabia and then returned to Damascus.

How sure scholars are of each location

GalatiaHigh confidence
A region. Named in 1 verse: Galatians 1:2
39.267° N, 32.983° E
JerusalemHigh confidence
Named in 5 verses: Galatians 1:17, Galatians 1:18, Galatians 2:1, Galatians 4:25, …
31.777° N, 35.234° E
DamascusHigh confidence
Named in 1 verse: Galatians 1:17
33.511° N, 36.306° E
AntiochHigh confidence
Today: Antioch on the Orontes. Named in 1 verse: Galatians 2:11
36.227° N, 36.172° E
CiliciaHigh confidence
A region. Named in 1 verse: Galatians 1:21
36.913° N, 34.892° E
Mount SinaiPossible confidence
Today: Jebel Musa. Named in 2 verses: Galatians 4:24, Galatians 4:25
28.540° N, 33.973° E
Mediterranean SeaHigh confidence
Shown for orientation; not named in Galatians.
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).

Paul meets the Risen Lord near Damascus (about AD 33 to 34); the Jerusalem meeting about circumcision follows (about AD 49).

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

The empire

Augustus becomes emperor.

Tiberius is emperor.

Galatia is a Roman province; Claudius expels Jews from Rome (about AD 49); Nero becomes emperor in AD 54.

A year of civil war, then Vespasian.

This book

Written about AD 48 to 49 or about AD 53 to 57 (debated)