Follow the routes, explore the places, and see how the letters fit into a chronology that includes disputed dates and settings.
Points mark approximate locations. They do not reconstruct ancient roads or establish a disputed place of writing.
Encounters the risen Jesus on the road; blinded; called as apostle.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 9:1-9; 22:6-11; 26:12-18; Gal 1:15-16
Read the guideSet apart by the Spirit; to Cyprus; Elymas blinded, Sergius Paulus believes; Saul now Paul.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 13:1-12
Read the guideHeals a lame man; hailed as Zeus and Hermes; Paul stoned and left for dead, then rises.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 14:8-20; 2 Cor 11:25
Read the guideMany disciples at Derbe; return strengthening churches and appointing elders.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 14:20-23
Read the guideLikely writes Galatians (early-date / South Galatian view).
Galatians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Galatians 1-6
Read the guideReturns with the council letter; the church rejoices.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 15:30-35
Read the guideSails Troas→Samothrace→Neapolis, then inland to Philippi: Lydia believes; the slave girl freed; beaten and jailed; the jailer saved; the church founded.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 16:11-40; Phil 1:5
Read the guideMeets Aquila and Priscilla; reasons in the synagogue; stays eighteen months.
1 Thessalonians; 2 Thessalonians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 18:1-11; 1 Thess 3:1-6
Read the guideThird journey begins; strengthens disciples through Galatia and Phrygia.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 18:23
Read the guideTwo years in the hall of Tyrannus; the word spreads through Asia; magic books burned.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 19:1-20; 20:31
Read the guideEncourages Macedonia; organizes the collection; ministry as far as Illyricum.
2 Corinthians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 20:1-2; Rom 15:19; 2 Cor 8-9
Read the guideThree months in Greece; writes Romans; a plot changes his route home.
Romans
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 20:2-3; Rom 15:22-29; 16:1-2
Read the guideArrives with the collection; purification rites; accused of defiling the temple; seized.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 21:15-36; Rom 15:25-28
Read the guideSent to Rome under Julius; warns against sailing on from Fair Havens.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 27:1-12
Read the guideFrom Malta to Italy and up the Appian Way to Rome; the brothers meet him.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 28:11-15
Read the guideActs ends with Paul in Rome under house arrest. The prison-letter placements traditionally associated with this period are reconstructions, not claims made by Acts.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 28:16-31
Read the guidePhilemon says that Paul is sending Onesimus back to Philemon. Overlapping names with Colossians suggest a connection but do not establish a shared delivery, completed route, or prison city.
Philemon; Colossians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Col 4:7-18; Philemon 10-24
Read the guideEphesians presents union with Christ and Jew–Gentile unity. Direct Pauline authorship, destination, and prison setting are debated.
Ephesians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Eph 1-6; 3:1; 6:20-21
Read the guidePhilippians presents imprisonment as advancing the gospel and includes the Christ hymn. The prison city is debated.
Philippians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Phil 1:12-26; 2:5-30; 4:10-20
Read the guideOn a traditional direct-Pauline reading of 1 Timothy and Titus, their letter settings imply post-Acts ministry: Timothy in Ephesus, Titus in Crete, and a winter plan at Nicopolis. Acts narrates neither a release nor the itinerary, and Nicopolis is not a composition city.
1 Timothy; Titus
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
1 Tim 1:3; Titus 1:5; 3:12
Read the guideSecond Timothy presents an imprisoned speaker in Rome, chained like a criminal. Direct Pauline authorship and a final post-Acts imprisonment are debated.
2 Timothy
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
2 Tim 1:8,15-17; 2:9; 4:6-18
Read the guideEncounters the risen Jesus on the road; blinded; called as apostle.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 9:1-9; 22:6-11; 26:12-18; Gal 1:15-16
Read the guideSet apart by the Spirit; to Cyprus; Elymas blinded, Sergius Paulus believes; Saul now Paul.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 13:1-12
Read the guideHeals a lame man; hailed as Zeus and Hermes; Paul stoned and left for dead, then rises.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 14:8-20; 2 Cor 11:25
Read the guideMany disciples at Derbe; return strengthening churches and appointing elders.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 14:20-23
Read the guideLikely writes Galatians (early-date / South Galatian view).
Galatians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Galatians 1-6
Read the guideReturns with the council letter; the church rejoices.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 15:30-35
Read the guideSails Troas→Samothrace→Neapolis, then inland to Philippi: Lydia believes; the slave girl freed; beaten and jailed; the jailer saved; the church founded.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 16:11-40; Phil 1:5
Read the guideMeets Aquila and Priscilla; reasons in the synagogue; stays eighteen months.
1 Thessalonians; 2 Thessalonians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 18:1-11; 1 Thess 3:1-6
Read the guideThird journey begins; strengthens disciples through Galatia and Phrygia.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 18:23
Read the guideTwo years in the hall of Tyrannus; the word spreads through Asia; magic books burned.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 19:1-20; 20:31
Read the guideEncourages Macedonia; organizes the collection; ministry as far as Illyricum.
2 Corinthians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 20:1-2; Rom 15:19; 2 Cor 8-9
Read the guideThree months in Greece; writes Romans; a plot changes his route home.
Romans
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 20:2-3; Rom 15:22-29; 16:1-2
Read the guideArrives with the collection; purification rites; accused of defiling the temple; seized.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 21:15-36; Rom 15:25-28
Read the guideSent to Rome under Julius; warns against sailing on from Fair Havens.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 27:1-12
Read the guideFrom Malta to Italy and up the Appian Way to Rome; the brothers meet him.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 28:11-15
Read the guideActs ends with Paul in Rome under house arrest. The prison-letter placements traditionally associated with this period are reconstructions, not claims made by Acts.
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Acts 28:16-31
Read the guidePhilemon says that Paul is sending Onesimus back to Philemon. Overlapping names with Colossians suggest a connection but do not establish a shared delivery, completed route, or prison city.
Philemon; Colossians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Col 4:7-18; Philemon 10-24
Read the guideEphesians presents union with Christ and Jew–Gentile unity. Direct Pauline authorship, destination, and prison setting are debated.
Ephesians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Eph 1-6; 3:1; 6:20-21
Read the guidePhilippians presents imprisonment as advancing the gospel and includes the Christ hymn. The prison city is debated.
Philippians
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
Phil 1:12-26; 2:5-30; 4:10-20
Read the guideOn a traditional direct-Pauline reading of 1 Timothy and Titus, their letter settings imply post-Acts ministry: Timothy in Ephesus, Titus in Crete, and a winter plan at Nicopolis. Acts narrates neither a release nor the itinerary, and Nicopolis is not a composition city.
1 Timothy; Titus
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
1 Tim 1:3; Titus 1:5; 3:12
Read the guideSecond Timothy presents an imprisoned speaker in Rome, chained like a criminal. Direct Pauline authorship and a final post-Acts imprisonment are debated.
2 Timothy
Dates and placements are historical reconstructions. Confidence describes a placement in the sequence, not whether an event happened.
2 Tim 1:8,15-17; 2:9; 4:6-18
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