History of Israel Recounted in the Bible Dates People Recounted in the Bible 7. Babylonian Exile 587-539 BC Ezekiel Ezekiel, Obadiah, Lamentations, Isaiah 40-55 8. Persian Period 539-332 BC Cyrus, Ezra, Nehemiah Haggai, Zechariah Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Joel, Malachi Esther, Daniel 9. Hellenistic Period 332-165 BC Alexander the Great 10 Maccabean Period. 165-63 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
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.
Acts 2
Acts 3-7 Jerusalem
Region of Samaria Acts 8 Samaritan Village (Lubbonah)
Roman cart Acts 8:28 Roman Cart
Roman road near Damascus Acts 9 Damascus Road 2 Biblical Archaeology Society
“Straight Street” Damascus Acts 9:11 Damascus Street Biblical Archaeology Society
Acts 10 Caesarea Harbor Caesarea Harbor A Roman
Joppa Acts 10:9 Joppa
Antioch on the Orontes Acts 13 Antioch Orontes
Antioch on the Orontes: Street Scene Acts 13
Paphos (Cyprus) Acts 13:4 Cyprus Paphos Coast
Coast of Asia Acts 13 Bay Attalia Holylandphotos.org
Acts 13:14 Antioch in Pisidia Antioch Pisida Aquaduct
Near Lystra Acts 14:8 Derbe plains Biblical Archaeology Society
Hermes Zeus
Acts 15 Jerusalem Jerusalem Council