In the table below I have listed my sense of how various passages in Acts and Galatians are related. I have also listed some key events that are only in one or the other of the two books. I have picked consensus dates from various scholars who hold to approximately my position or I have interpolated dates from the more established dates. I may revise this table as I do more studying of this issue.

I have made some assumptions that impact how one would relate these two books:

  • Paul wrote this letter before the Jerusalem Council
  • Paul wrote to the churches in South Galatia
  • There are no factual errors in either book
Description Date Galatians Acts
Paul converted on the Road to Damascus AD 32 1:11-17 9:1-9
Paul first visited Jerusalem AD 35 1:18-24 9:26-30
Paul visited Jerusalem a second time AD 45 2:1-10 11:27-30
Paul first preached in South Galatia AD 46 4:12-15 13:13-14:23
Paul rebuked Peter at Antioch AD 47 2:11-14 A1
Paul wrote his letter to the Galatians AD 48 1:1-2 A
Jerusalem Council met AD 49-50 A 15:1-35

  1. A=Absent; no mention of the event is made in the designated book. ↩