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24 BCE
• Augustus Caesar becomes Roman Emperor
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4 BCE
jesus was born
One day about 2,000 years ago an angel named Gabriel appeared to a young Jewish woman named Mary. Gabriel told Mary she would have a son, Jesus, who would be the Son of God! Mary was confused and worried about this sudden news, but she had faith in God and said, "I am the Lord's servant; let it be as you say." -
4 BCE
• Death of King Herod the Great
Both Luke and Matthew mention Jesus’ birth as occurring during Herod’s reign (Luke 1:5; Matthew 2:1). Josephus relates Herod’s death to a lunar eclipse. This is generally regarded as a reference to a lunar eclipse in 4 B.C. Therefore it is often said that Jesus was born in 4 B.C. he died from chronic kidney disease -
14
• Tiberius become Roman Emperor
he was a Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. -
30
jesus die on the cross
Martin Luther said that as God, He could not die, so He became man in order to die. On the cross, he accepted the sin of man against Himself. As a perfectly innocent man he accepted the injustice of man against man. -
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Paul joins the Christian movement
Saint Paul, the Apostle, original name Saul of Tarsus (born 4 bc Tarsus in Cilicia [now in Turkey] and died ad 62–64, Rome. one of the leaders of the first generation of Christians, often considered to be the second most important person in the history of Christianity. In his own day, although he was a major figure within the very small Christian movement, he also had many enemies and detractors, and his contemporaries probably did not accord him as much respect as they gave Peter and James. -
49
• Paul’s letters to his communities
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50
Paul arrested in Jerusalem and imprisoned
When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, 28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.” 29 (They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.) -
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the gospel of Matthew
nce the times of the early church fathers, the apostle Matthew has always been accredited with the authorship of the first gospel (canonically). Even the title "According to Matthew" (KATA MAQQAION) is found in the earliest manuscripts, and was the most highly regarded and quoted of the gospels by the church fathers. -
54
Nero becomes Roman Emperor
he was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68 AD -
64
the great fire in Rome
The Great Fire of Rome was an urban fire that started on the night between 18 and 19 July in the year 64 AD. It caused widespread devastation, before being brought under control after six days -
66
the first jewish revolt
The First Jewish–Roman War, sometimes called the Great Revolt, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Judea Province against the Roman Empire -
66
the Destruction of the Jerusalem Temple by Roman military forces
In the year 66 AD the Jews of Judea rebelled against their Roman masters. In response, the Emperor Nero dispatched an army under the generalship of Vespasian to restore order. -
66
the jewish war
The First Jewish–Roman War, sometimes called the Great Revolt, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Judea Province against the Roman Empire -
70
Gospel of Mark written
Although some scholars disagree, the vast majority of researchers believe that Mark was the first Gospel to be written, sometime around the year 70. This scholarly consensus holds that the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke were composed, independently of one another -
70
the gospel Luke
The author used as his sources the gospel of Mark, the sayings collection called the Q source, and a collection of material called the L (for Luke) source. Mark, written around 70 AD, provided the narrative outline, but Mark contains comparatively little of Jesus' teachings. -
70
the gospel of John
he Apostle John is usually credited with the authorship of the fourth Gospel. First of all, the author had to have been an eyewitness of the ministry of Jesus (1:14; 19:35; 21:24). He would have also had a decent familiarity with Palestine before the destruction of the temple in AD 70, and would have been familiar with the Jewish way of life -
306
Constantine becomes emperor
he was was a Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD. -
325
the council of nicea
The First Council of Nicaea (/naɪˈsiːə/; Greek: Νίκαια [ˈni:kaɪja]) was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now Iznik, Bursa province, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325.
