Pause and Pray

58 A.D.

• Paul is arrested in Jerusalem and goes to Caesarea. He is sent to Felix, Roman Procurator of Judea.

59 A.D.

• Paul is in Caesarea.

• Roman Emperor Nero murders Agrippina.

60 A.D.

• Felix is recalled as Procurator of Judea and is succeeded by Festus.

• In the Autumn (about August) Paul is sent to Rome by Festus.

• In the Winter Paul is shipwrecked at Malta.

61 A.D.

• Paul arrives in Rome in the Spring.

62 A.D.

• Paul at Rome.

• In the Spring Paul writes the books of Philemon, Colossians and Ephesians. He may have written the book of Hebrews this year.

• Albinus succeeds Festus as Procurator of Judea. Emperor Nero marries Poppea. Octavia executed. Pallas put to death.

• In the Autumn Paul writes the book of Philippians.

63 A.D.

• Paul is acquitted in the Spring and goes to Macedonia and Asia Minor.

• Poppea's daughter Claudia born.

64 to 68 A.D.

• In A.D. 64 it is possible Paul went to Spain (See Romans 15:28). The Great Fire of Rome occurs, followed by persecution of Roman Christians.

• In A.D. 65 Paul may have continued in Spain. Gessius Florus made Procurator of Judea. Death of Seneca.

• In A.D. 66 Paul may have travelled from Spain to Asia Minor (See 1 Timothy 1:3). The Jewish Wars begin.

• In the Summer of A.D. 67 Paul writes 1 Timothy from Macedonia. He writes Titus from Ephesus in the Autumn. In the winter he is in the city of Nicopolis.

• During the Spring of A.D. 68 Paul is in a Roman prison. He writes his last epistle, 2 Timothy. The Apostle Paul is executed in the Summer (May or June). Nero dies in the middle of June.