CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 579

A. D.

Aretas, his wife’s father, and Herod was defeated. John

the Baptist pronounced Herod’s marriage unlawful, was
imprisoned and beheaded in the Castle of Machaerus . - 28
John vi.........Third Passover... 0... o coco coc c ccc cce cece cece eee. 29
Matt. xvii... 2... Transfiguration of Christ.......... Leen cece cece cccccees 29
John vii........ Feast of Tabernacles... 00.0... 0c cc cee ccc cecccccececece 99
> Ce Feast of Dedication......00.0. occ ccc ccc cece cuccecece 29
Matt xxi....... Second cleansing of the Temple......... nace ec nc eeevece 30
John xiii........Last Supper—Fourth Passover........................, 30
The Crucifixion .......... Lecce tee c ee eee tees eees 30
The Resurrection....................... Vee eeueeeeuees 30
| The Ascension. ......... 0.0000. ceccecccuvccecusceucs 30
Actsii...... ...Effusion of the Spirit at Pentecost... wee cece ees Leeeeeeee 30
“i... ee... Cure of the impotent man..............0..05 cece eewes 30
Conversion of the five thousand................ Vee eee 30)
; First attempts of the Sanhedrim to suppress Christianity .. 30
“ iv... ... .Community of ZOOS... eee cece eee cee cee cece neces 30
Death of Ananias and Sapphira ................0.000e0e 36
Second attempt to suppress Christianity.............. .. . B3
Advice of Gamaliel... 0... cece eee ene e ee eees 33
Appointment of the Seven............. cece cece eee eee 35
Conversion of many Priests................0000 cee anes 35
Disputation with Stephen. ............0.0. cece cece eee 37
Acts vii........ Martyrdom of Stephen........ 0... ccc ee eee ce ee eee 37
“vill... 6... Philip preaches in Samaria, and baptizes Simon the Sorcerer 37
‘* ix. ... ...Saul converted while on his way to Damascus....... .... 37
Peter and John visit Samaria.............. 2000 c cece 37
Death of Tiberius, the Roman emperor; Caligula succeeds. 37
Baptism of the Ethiopian............. 02... cece ee eee ee 37
Josephus, the Jewish historian, born at Jerusalem. ........ 37
Pilate recalled by Caligula, and banished... .........44. 37
Saul retires to Arabia............. eee cece eee ec eeee 38
Saul returns to Damascus..... ..... Lee ce cece ee Cees 38
66 EK... eee Saul visits Jerusalem...........-.eeeeeee- ate ee ewes 40
 ix.........Saul sent to Tarsus. ...... cece cee eee cece ee eee eeees 40
6 ik... ... eee Rest of the Churches..........0.- cece eeeeee beweaeces 89-41
Caligula assassinated... .....ccceeec cee cre cenccceevees 4}
Claudius, CMPCVOr.. ccc ccccecccceeccee ce veeeeeeenees 41-54
a OR ee eee Conversion of Cornelius........ceeeeeeecee eee Lew eeees 4]
Herod Agrippa, king of all Palestine... .........eceeeee 41-44
Acts xi......... Disciples at Antioch first called Christians............... 42,
XL... eee Famine predicted by Agabus.............esceecceceeees 42
XL... ee. First mission of Saul and Barnabas to Jerusalem......... 43
Aulus Plautius, Roman general, invades Britain......... 43
Claudius goes to Britain with reinforcements....... eseeee 43
XL... eee. Martyrdom of James, the son of Zebedee........... wees 43
Death of Herod Agrippa..........seee- see eens eeeees - 43

Judea a distinct Roman Province... ccceseccoccscceecee 44