Pentecost
The church begins.
The facts
| Dates | AD 33 |
|---|---|
| Scripture | Acts 2 |
| Era | The Life of Christ |
| Source | Chart + scripture |
Where this sits on the chart
Pentecost falls 4037 years out from Creation at the centre, inside the The Life of Christ arc. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
Referring to the formation and early development of Christianity1 BC/AD – AD 1Which represents the height of the Roman Empire1 BC/AD – AD 1Birth of Jesus ChristAD 4The Crucifixion and ResurrectionAD 33Destruction of the Second TempleAD 70The composition of the Gospels of the New TestamentAD 70 – AD 100The destruction of the Second Temple in JerusalemAD 70Construction of the Colosseum is completed in RomeAD 80
Now see where it sits
Everything on this page has a place on one 45×37″ chart — and once you can see what came before and after it, it stops being a fact and starts being a story you can follow.