1. History of Israel Recounted in the Bible
Dates
People
Recounted in
the Bible
7. Babylonian Exile BC
Ezekiel
Ezekiel, Obadiah, Lamentations, Isaiah 40-55
8. Persian Period BC
Cyrus, Ezra, Nehemiah Haggai, Zechariah
Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Joel, Malachi Esther, Daniel
9. Hellenistic Period BC
Alexander the Great
10 Maccabean Period. BC
Judah Maccabee
1 & 2 Maccabees
11. Roman Period
A. Life of Jesus
B. Christian Mission
63 BC on
5 BC – 30 AD
30 – 100 AD
Herod the Great Mary, Joseph, Jesus John the Baptist, Peter, Mary Magdalene
Peter, Stephen, Philip Paul, Barnabas, Silas
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Acts and Letters

2. Acts 1:8
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

3. Acts 2

4. Acts 3-7
Jerusalem

5. Region of Samaria
Acts 8
Samaritan Village (Lubbonah)

6. Roman cart
Acts 8:28
Roman Cart

7. Roman road near Damascus
Acts 9
Damascus Road 2
Biblical Archaeology Society

8. “Straight Street” Damascus
Acts 9:11
Damascus Street
Biblical Archaeology Society

9. Acts 10
Caesarea Harbor
Caesarea Harbor
A Roman

10. Joppa
Acts 10:9
Joppa

11. Antioch on the Orontes
Acts 13
Antioch Orontes

12. Antioch on the Orontes: Street Scene
Acts 13

13. Paphos (Cyprus)
Acts 13:4
Cyprus Paphos Coast

14. Coast of Asia
Acts 13
Bay Attalia
Holylandphotos.org

15. Acts 13:14
Antioch in
Pisidia
Antioch Pisida Aquaduct

16. Near Lystra
Acts 14:8
Derbe plains
Biblical Archaeology Society

17. Hermes
Zeus

18. Acts 15
Jerusalem
Jerusalem Council