CHRONOLOGY

ACTS

EPISTLES

OF

FIRST VISIT

Acts 9:26-30

Compare `Syria and Cilicia',

(3 years)

(Gal. 1:17-21)

with `Caesarea and Tarsus'.

(see also 12:25) journey.

SECOND VISIT

Acts 11:29,30

Before the first missionary (14 years)

THIRD VISIT

Acts 15:2-4

After the first missionary

FOURTH VISIT

Acts 18:21,22

To keep the Feast.

FIFTH VISIT

Acts 21:15 to 23:30

Taken prisoner.

Before we can place the epistles of Paul in their true chronological order, it will be necessary to deal with the

related problem: `Where is Galatia?' for when that question is settled, the chronological place of the epistle to the

Galatians is easily discovered.

Where is Galatia? The answer to the question depends upon the date at which the map consulted was published.

If the map be that of Dr. Kitto's Cyclop -dia, 1847, or T. R. Birks, editor of Paley, 1849 or any other publication

before them, Galatia will be as shown in the following map:

If we look at Lewin's Life and Epistles of Paul (1875), we shall find two maps, one showing the province of

Galatia with indications that national boundaries had given place to political necessities; the other showing Asia

Minor mapped according to its nationalities. A comparison of the two maps will reveal a marked difference. While

the national boundaries coincide with Kitto's map, the political map reveals a state of affairs which must materially

influence the answer to the question, `Where is Galatia?'

Upon this map are parts labelled, `Part of Phrygia included in the Province of Asia; Part of Phrygia in the

Province of Galatia'. In Ramsay's `Historical Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians' is a map showing the

political divisions of Asia Minor, A.D. 40 to 63. We give here a sketch of this, indicating the province of Galatia by

shading the drawing.

It will be seen that a letter addressed to churches situated in the Phrygian portion of the Galatian province, would

have to be addressed to the churches of Galatia, in harmony with the ruling of the powers that be. A pedant may be

imagined, though hardly probable, who would ignore the growth of London, and address those living outside the

original city walls as residents of Surrey, Middlesex, or Essex. We cannot for a moment believe the writer of the

inspired narrative to be so absurd. Whatever Galatia was to the mind of the rulers of the day would settle the

question for him, not withstanding that a great many nationalities were included in the one Province. Paul himself is