Timothy was jailed at least once as the author of Hebrews says: (Heb.13:23) We do not know whether it was after Paul or before Paul.
The apocryphal Acts of Timothy states that in the year 97AD, the 80-year-old bishop tried to halt a procession in honour of the goddess Diana by preaching the Gospel. The angry pagans beat him, dragged him through the streets, and stoned him to death. Thus Timothy too attained martyrdom for the sake of Gospel.
Timothy’s time line in Chronology:
| Year | Place | Activity | Ref. |
| 45 | Lystra | Timothy was converted by Paul (1st journey). | Acts.(14:6-23); 1Cor.4:17; 1Tim.1:2,18 |
| 50-51 | Lystra | Timothy joins Paul. (2nd Journey). | Acts 16:1-4 |
| 51-52 | Berea | Timothy remains at Berea while Paul went to Athens. | Acts 17:13-15. |
| 51-52 | Corinth | Timothy re-joins Paul at Corinth. Paul writes letter of 1Thessolonians. | 1 Thes.3:6; Acts 18:5 |
| 54-55 | Ephesus | Paul sent Timothy to Macedonia from Ephesus (3rd Journey). | Acts 19:22. |
| 57 | Corinth | Timothy sent to Corinth. Paul writes 1 Corinthians at Ephesus. | 1 Cor.15:8,19; Acts18:18-19. |
| 57 | Macedonia | Paul writes 2 Corinthians from Macedonia (2 Cor.8:1-5). | 2 Cor.1:1; Acts 20:1 |
| 58 | Corinth | Timothy joined Paul at Corinth (Rom.16:21). | Acts 20:2-3 |
| 58 | Troas | Timothy went to Troas before Paul proceeded there. | Acts 20:4-5 |
| 58 | Paul Returned to Jerusalem | ||
| 58-60 | Paul’s imprisonment at Jerusalem and Caesarea. | ||
| 62-63 | Paul’s imprisonment at Rome.
Timothy was with Paul at Rome. |
Acts 28; Col.1:1; Phil 1:1; Phil.1:1; |
- Lucius: He was either Lucius of Cyrene, who was one of the prophets in the church at Antioch, (Acts 13:1), though indeed he was never said to travel with the apostle, or to be at Corinth, from whence this epistle was written; or rather, therefore, as others think, Luke the evangelist, who was a constant companion of the apostle, and was at Corinth with him at this time (Acts 20:5).
Lucius was not Luke, for the fuller form of “Lucas” is not “Lucius” but “Lucanus.” The person must be “Lucius of Cyrene,” who was among the prophets and teachers at Antioch with apostle Paul, before he was summoned into the missionary field (Acts 13:1). ( taken from Jamieson Fusset bible commentary)
- Jason: Jason no doubt was from Thessalonica, that received Paul and Silas into his house, and when an uproar was made concerning them, was brought before the rulers of the city, and gave security for them,(Acts 17:5). This is a Jewish name, and he himself was a Jew, as is clear from his being a kinsman of the apostle’s. His name was “Jeshua” or “Jesus”; so we read of one Jason, the brother of Onias the high priest of the Jews.
Similarity: “But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, called Epiphanes, took the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias laboured under the high priest,” (2 Maccabees 4:7) and whose name, as Josephus relates, was Jesus, but he chose to be called Jason, very likely because that was a name among the Greeks, whose fashions he was fond of.
- Sosipater: Sosipater or Sopater of Berea, who with others, accompanied the apostle into Asia, (Acts 20:4). He also was a Jew, and his Jewish name, as Grotius conjectures, might be Abisha, or rather Abishua, the name of the son of Phinehas the high priest (1 Chro.6:4).
- Tertius: He has a Roman name, It appears that he had translated or wrote the letter to Roman in Latin. But some say it was either Greek or Aramaic. He was a Christian and trained as a scribe, with very good handwriting than anyone. Other than that, we do not know anything about him, except that he was an exceptionally precise scribe, since Romans is a very challenging work and it was recorded exceptionally. For that we all owe Tertius a debt of gratitude for doing a difficult job so well.
- Gaius: Gaius was probably the person mentioned in (1 Cor.1:14) as baptized by apostle Paul himself at Corinth. There is no reason for identifying him with those of the same name mentioned in (Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4; 3 Jn. 1). Gaius was a common name (3 Jn.1:1). He appears to have been one who exercised extensive hospitality to Christians, which the apostle was also enjoying at the time of writing.
- Erastus: “Erastus” was a common name during Paul’s day. and that these three references may not refer to the same person. But Paul’s reference (16:24). But this Erastus whom Paul mentioned was the Corinthian director of public works or city treasurer. He was a high official (the present day District commissioner) and was also the director of public works city treasurer in Corinth.
The responsibilities of the government today include enforcing laws, maintaining streets and public places, and collecting taxes. But the Roman government of Paul’s day did not have all the responsibilities. Certainly they enforced laws and collected taxes, but often the building and maintaining of streets and public places were done by the wealthy. The director of public works or city treasurer in Corinth would have been wealthy and have been in a position to have donated funds for projects like building the public buildings or streets. So Erastus was a rich man and a high official too.