Time Stamp


4000BC	The Creation, Gen 1
2344	The Great Flood, Gen 7-8
1916	Abram, Sarai and Lot left Haran when Terah died. Gen 11:32; Exo 15:13-16; Acts 7:4
1892	Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed. Gen 17:1-21
1891	Isaac was born to Abraham at the age of 100. Prophecy fulfilled. Gen 21:5
1876	Abraham went to Moriah to sacrifice Isaac, age about 15, as commanded by God who was testing his faith. Gen 22:1-18
1701	Jacob (Israel) was 130 years old when he took his family to Egypt to sojourn because of the famine. Gen 47:8-9 This is a fulfillment of the prophecy given by God to Abraham 205 years earlier Gen 13:13
1446	The 1st Passover. Exo 12:1-14. Crossing The Red Sea. Exo 14: 10-26
1399	The Judges of Israel
1050	The Kings of Israel
966	The 1st Temple. In the 480th year after the children of Israel had come out of Egypt, in the 4th year of his reign, King Solomon began to build the Temple of God. [1 Kin 6:1]
930	Israel Split: Kings of Israel and Judah
539	42,360 Jews plus 7,337 servants returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel, Sheshbazzar, Jeshua. Ezra 1-6
516	The 2nd Jewish Temple is completed. The Babylonian captivity ends after 70 years.
466	2nd Return from Exile. On the 1st day of the 1st month Ezra began his journey from Babylon. Ezr 6:9
453	3rd Return from Exile. In the 20th year of King Artaxerxes I, Nehemiah was made governor of Jerusalem and allowed to return and rebuild. Neh 5:14
63	Palestine was conquered by the Roman General Pompey. Antipaper, an Idumean (Edomite, descendant of Esau) was appointed ruler of Judea
44	Julius Caesar, age 55, is murdered by members of the Senate. He was immediately deified. Augustus Caesar becomes Emperor of Rome.
37	Antipater died. He was succeeded by his son, Herod the Great.
4BC	The Birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
30 AD	Death and Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth who is called the Christ.
45 -48	Epistle of James, Jerusalem Church leader (Ac15:13ff; 21:18). (Half) brother (Ga1:19) of the Lord who at the beginning was an unbeliever (Mk3:21). Died a martyr's death AD 62
48	Letter to the Galatians by Formerly, Saul of Tarsus (Ac9:11), was a church persecutor & destroyer (Ac8:3) and was the pharisee of pharisees (Ac26:5).
50 -51	1st letter to the Thessalonians of Paul who became a church planter (1Co3:6), a tentmaker-missionary (Ac18:3), and a fearless apostle-preacher (Ac9:27) of the Lord.
51	2nd letter to the Thessalonians by apostle Paul
56	1st letter to the Corinthians by apostle Paul
57	2nd letter to the Corinthians by Paul
58	Epistle to the Romans by Paul
60	Gospel According to John Mark, a helpful minister (2Ti4:11), disciple of Peter (1Pe5:13). Cousin of Barnabas (Co4:10), formerly missionary deserter (AC15:38). Died a martyr's death
60-70	Letter to the Hebrews -- Author unknown. Possible candidates for authorship: Apollos (Ac18:24), Barnabas (Ac13:2) and Paul.
60-80	Gospel According to Matthew, Apostle (Mt9:9). Formerly Levi son of Alphaeus, a despised Tax Collector (Lk5:29-30). Died a martyr's death in Ethiopia
60 or 61	Letter to the Ephesians by Apostle Paul
60 or 61	Letter to the Philippians by Apostle Paul
60 or 61	Letter to the Colossians by Paul
61	Letter to Philemon by Paul
64	1st letter to Timothy by Paul
64	1st letter of Apostle Peter, fisher of men and brother of Andrew. Thrice denied Jesus (MT26:69ff), was a fisherman by profession. Crucified upside down by Nero's order in AD 67 or 68
64	2nd letter of Apostle Peter
64-66	2nd letter to Timothy by Paul
64-66	Letter to Titus the last letter of Paul who was beheaded at Rome in AD 67 or 68 by Nero's order
64-70	Letter of the Apostle Jude Thaddaeus (Mk3:18) who died a martyr's death
65	Gospel According to Luke the physician
65	The Acts of the apostles by Dr. Luke
70	Destruction of 2nd Temple. Jerusalem was completely destroyed by Titus in the 2nd year of Emperor Vespasian's reign. The Jews were scattered through out the world. Romans destruction of Jerusalem--the fulfillment of Christ's Prophecy
90-95	1st Epistle of John the beloved apostle
90-95	2nd Epistle of John the beloved apostle
90-95	3rd Epistle of John the beloved apostle
95	The Gospel According to John the beloved apostle
95	Revelations also known as the Apocalypse by John the beloved apostle
90-100	Apostle John died Justin Martyr Tatian, disciple of Martyr Clement of Alexandria, pupil of Tatian Origen (185-254), pupil of Clement
107	Ignacius of Antioch confessed "Jesus Christ, the Son of God"
110	Papias, Bishop of Hierapolis, refers to the Gospels of Mark & Matthew
150	Syrian Peshitto from Textus Receptus
160	Tatian compiles a "harmony" of the four gospels, called the "Diatessaron"
180	Irenaeus confessed "The Church… has received from the Apostles… the faith in... one Jesus Christ, the Son of God"
157	Old Latin Vulgate (also called Italic) also from Textus Receptus
200	Tertullian confessed "The Rule of Faith is… to believe... his Son, Jesus Christ"
250	Sabellius taught the Father and the Son are of the same Person (Modalism)
302-312	Emperor Diocletian last pagan emperor who sought the destruction of Christianity
312	Emperor Constantine successfully converted Rome into Christianity
318	Arius disputed that "there was a time when the Son was not"
321	Arius was declared as heretic
324	Constantine becomes undisputed emperor of the Roman Empire
325	In June 19, Council of Nicaea called by Constantine, declared that Jesus is God
340	The Apostle's Creed "we believe… in Jesus Christ, His (GOD) only Son, our Lord"
354-430	St. Augustine
367	Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, writes his Paschal letter, listing the modern day New Testament canon
380	New Latin Version of Jerome
381	Council of Constantinople reaffirmed the declaration at Nicaea
393	Council of Hippo affirms modern day canon
397	Council of Carthage affirms modern day canon
200-450	Egyptian revision
500	Local Text
650	Cowherd Caedmon writes Anglo-Saxon paraphrases of Bible stories told to him by monks of Whitby Abbey
735	The Venerable Bede translates the Gospel of John into Anglo-Saxon
871/899	King Alfred of England translates the 10 Commandments and parts of the Psalms into Anglo-Saxon
500-1881	Egyptian Text, Vulgate of Jerome
1280	Jerome's Version was renamed as Vulgate
1380-1382	John Wycliffe (the "Morningstar of the Reformation") and his associates translate the whole Bible into English (from Jerome's Vulgate)
1455	First printed Bible (Jerome's Vulgate) from Johann Gutenberg
1481	Discovery of Codex Vaticanus in Rome
1510-1514	William Tyndale studied under Erasmus, Tyndale was fluent in 7 languages used Textus Receptus he translated 2/3 the Greek Bible into English and was martyred for this labor
1516	Desiderius Erasmus compiled a few (5) MSS NT accepted as the only trustworthy at that time in his book exposed the ignorance of the monks, the superstition of priesthood, the bigotry, etc. restored Textus Receptus to its exalted status
1517	Martin Luther nailed 95 protests at Wittenburg Church birthing Lutheranism and rekindled the fire of reformation
1522	Martin Luther published the German Bible out of the Universal Text
1529	Zurich (Swiss) Version used Erasmus' Greek Text
1534	Ignacius Loyola founded Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Spain LeFevre's (French) Bible used Erasmus' Text
1535	Olivetan (French) Bible used Erasmus' Text
1541	Laurentius (Swedish) Bible used Erasmus' Text
1545-1563	Council of Trent concluded that tradition is of equal authority with the Bible countering Luther's "sola scriptura"
1550	2/3 of Europe withdrawn from Roman Catolicism
1550	Christian (Danish) Bible used Erasmus' Greek Text based on Textus Receptus
1558	Biestken's (Dutch) Bible used Erasmus' Greek Text based on Textus Receptus
1568	The Bishop's Bible
1569	de Reyna's (Spanish) Bible used Erasmus' Greek Text based on Textus Receptus
1582	English Jesuit Bible, Douay Rheims or Catholic Bible
1587	publication of OT portion of Vaticanus
1588	England defeated the Spanish Armada which was allied with Rome and became world's sea power
1602	Czech Version used Erasmus' Greek Text based on Textus Receptus
1603	KJB was initiated by King James I (Also called James IV)
1604	puritan John Reynold's "moved his Majesty, that there might be a new translation of the Bible, because those were allowed in the reigns of Henry VIII to Edward VI, were corrupt and not answerable to the truth of the original"
1607	Diodati's (Italian) Bible
1611	KJB was published; used 8000 words; used verbal equivalency which is direct non-culturally biased, word-for-word translation
1627	arrival of Alexandrian "A" in London
1870	Oxford Movement's (return to Rome's fold) zenith of influence
1871	BF Wescott (Anglican Bishop) & FJA Hort active in first Bible revision using their created New Greek Text that altered Textus Receptus in 5337 places
1881	Revised Version published
1885	English Revised Version was published
1898	Eberhard Nestle created the Nestle Greek New Testament used Egyptian Text collating Wescott and Hort text Wymouth's 3rd ed Tishendorff's 8th ed. (1865-1872) using Sinaticus entirely
1901	American Standard Version was published
1904	Nestle's Greek New Testament Text
1950	Kurt Aland assumed ownership of the Nestle Greek Text and named it Nestle/Aland Text
1952	Revised Standard Version
1966	Good News for Modern Man
1967	Scofield Reference Bible The Living Bible (thought-for-thought paraphrase) authored by Ken Taylor
1973	Common Bible NASB with Dewey Lockman and Dr. Frank Logsdon (who later denounced affiliation with NASB) used Nestle's 23rd Ed.
1976	Good News Bible by Dr. Robert Bratcher
1973/1978	NIV used eclectic method, and dynamic translation favoring Wescott and Hort's Aleph and B MSS using 64098 words which is 10% fewer than AV
1982	NKJV used dynamic equivalency = nterpretation used to convey contemporary meaning
1990	New Revised Standard Version (with apocrypha)

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