How to Play

Biblical TimeLine is a card game played using 50 cards. Each card depicts a historical
event of the Biblical narrative.
Set Up:
Players are dealt 3-5 cards each depending on how many people are playing and
how long you wish the game to take. You can adjust for the age and knowledge level
of the players by dealing some players more cards. Cards are dealt facedown, with
the undated/number side up. Players may look at all their cards but not flip them
over. One card is placed in the middle dated/number side up as the starting card.
Play:
Players take turns placing any card from their hand in a row on the table. After
placing the card, the player reveals the date on it. If the card was placed correctly
with the date in chronological order with all other cards on the table, the card stays
in place; otherwise the card is removed from play and the player takes another card
from the deck.
The first player to get rid of all his cards by placing them correctly wins. If multiple
players go out in the same round, then everyone else is eliminated from play and
each of those players are dealt one more card for another round of play. If only one
player has no cards after a bonus round, he wins; otherwise play continues until a
single player goes out.

*Thanks to Asmodee’s series of Timeline games for the idea!

**Date taken from the NIV Life Application Bible study notes
God created the world 1) God created the world
Where in the Bible: Genesis 1-2

God created people 2) God created people

Where in the Bible: Genesis 1-2

The Fall, Adam and Eve Sin 3) The Fall, Adam and Eve Sin
Where in the Bible: Genesis 3

Cain murders Abel 4) Cain murder’s Abel

Where in the Bible: Genesis 4
God floods the earth but saves Noah and his 5) Noah
family. Where in the Bible: Genesis 6-9

People try to build a tower to heaven. God 6) The tower of Babel

mixes up their languages to stop them. It Where in the Bible: Genesis 11
because know as the Tower of Babel.

God makes a promise to Abraham that he will 7) Abraham

be the father of a nation. Date: born 2166 BC, enters Canaan
2091
Where in the Bible: Genesis 12-25

Joseph is sold into slavery 8) Joseph sold to slavery

Date: born 1915 BC, dies 1805
Where in the Bible: Genesis 37-50
Joseph rules in Egypt 9) Joseph rules in Egypt
Date: born 1915 BC, dies 1805
Where in the Bible: Genesis 37-50

The Israelite people are slaves in Egypt 10)Israel slaves in Egypt

Date: 1805 (Joseph dies)-1446
Where in the Bible: Exodus 1

Moses is born 11)Moses is born

Date: 1526 BC
Where in the Bible: Exodus 2

God speaks to Moses through a burning bush 12) Moses and burning bush
Where in the Bible: Exodus 3
God sends 10 plagues to Egypt to convince 13) 10 plagues
Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. Date: 1446 BC
Where in the Bible: Exodus 7-12

The first Passover. God tells the Israelites 14) Passover

who are slave sin Egypt to put lambs blood Date: 1446 BC
on their doorpost so that the Angel of Death Where in the Bible: Exodus 12
will pass over their house.

God parts the Red Sea for Moses and the 15) Red Sea
Israelites. Date: 1446 BC
Where in the Bible: Exodus 13-15

God give the 10 commandments. 16) 10 commandments

Date: 1445 BC
Where in the Bible: Exodus 20, Deut 5
Joshua leads Israel into Promised Land 17) Joshua lead Israel into Promised Land
Date: 1406
Where in the Bible: Book of Joshua

The Time of the Judges. Israel is ruled by a 18) The Time of the Judges
series of judges. Date: 1375-1050 BC
Where in the Bible: Book of Judges

Saul is made King of Israel 19) Saul is made King

Date: 1025 BC
Where in the Bible: 1 Samuel 8-10

David fights Goliath 20) David and Goliath

Date: 1025 BC
Where in the Bible: 1 Samuel 17
David is made king of Israel 21) David is made king
Date: 1010 (Judea) & 1003 (all Israel)
Where in the Bible: 1 Samuel 16 & 2
Samuel 1-2

David’s big sin! David sleeps with another 22) David’s big sin
man’s wife, Bathsheba, and has the husband Date: 997 BC (?)
murdered. Where in the Bible: 2 Samuel 11-12

Solomon is King 23) Solomon is King

Date: 970 BC
Where in the Bible: 1 Kings 1-11

The Kingdom is divided into the Northern 24) The Kingdom is divided
Kingdom aka Israel and the Southern Date: 930 BC
Kingdom aka Judea Where in the Bible: 1 Kings 12-2
Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles 10 on
Israel is captured by the Assyrians 25) Israel is captured by the Assyrians
Date: 722 BC
Where in the Bible: 2 Kings 17 and on

Judea is captured by the Babylonians 26) Judea is captured by the Babylonians

Date: 586 BC
Where in the Bible: 2 Kings 24-25,
2 Chronicles 36

The Persians take over the Babylonian 27) The Persians take over the
Empire Babylonian Empire
Date: 539 BC
Where in the Bible: Ezra 1

The temple in Jerusalem is rebuilt 28) The temple in Jerusalem is rebuilt

Date: 536 BC-513 BC
Where in the Bible: Ezra 3-6
Persian King Cyrus allows Nehemiah to
return to Jerusalem and build the walls.
Back in the Persian Empire Ester saves the
Jewish people living there
Alexander the Great and the Greek army
concur the Persian Empire and rule the
‘world’ including the Jewish people.
The Roman Empire rules the ‘world’
including the Jewish people
29) Persian King Cyrus allows Nehemiah
to return to Jerusalem and build the
walls.
Date: 445 BC
Where in the Bible: Nehemiah
30) Back in the Persian empire Ester
31)
saves the Jewish people living there
Date: Becomes Queen in 479 BC
Where in the Bible: Ester
32) Alexander the Great and the Greek
army concur the Persian Empire and
rule the ‘world’ including the Jewish
people.
Date: 330-63 BC
33) The Roman Empire rules the ‘world’
including the Jewish people
Date: 63-313 BC
John the Baptist is born 34) John the Baptist is born
Date: 6 BC
Where in the Bible: Luke 1

Jesus is born 35) Jesus is born

Date: 6 BC
Where in the Bible: Matthew 2, Luke
1-2

Jesus is baptized 36) Jesus is baptized

Date: 27 AD
Where in the Bible: Mt. 3; Mk. 1; Lk. 3;
Jn.1

Jesus travels, preaches, teaches and does 37) Jesus travels, preaches, teaches and
miracles does miracles
Date: 27-30 AD
Where in the Bible: Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John
Jesus has the last super with his disciples 38) Jesus has the last super with his
disciples
Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Mt. 26; Mk.14; Lk.
22; Jn. 13-14)

Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane 39) Jesus prays in the Garden of
Gethsemane
Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Mt. 26; Mk. 14;
Lk. 22; Jn. 18

Jesus is put on trial by the Jewish leaders and
Pilate the Roman Governor
40) Jesus is put on trial by the Jewish
leaders and Pilate the Roman
Governor
Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Mt. 26&27; Mk.
14&15; Lk.22&23; Jn.18

Jesus is whipped and beaten 41) Jesus is whipped and beaten

Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Mt. 27:26; Mk.
15:15
Jesus is crucified 42) Jesus is crucified
Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Mt. 27; Mk. 15; Lk.
23;Jn. 19

The women who go to take care of Jesus’ 43) The women who go to take care of
body and find an empty tomb Jesus’ body find an empty tomb
Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Luke 24

Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene 44) Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene

Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Mk. 16:9-10;
Jn. 20:11-18, Mt. 28

Peter and John find the empty tomb 45) Peter and John find the empty tomb
Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Jn. 20
 Jesus appears to the disciples in a locked
room
Jesus ascends into heaven and gives the
disciples his last instructions
Peter preaches a big sermon on the day of
Pentecost and lots of Jews become Christians
Paul sees a vision of Jesus and starts
preaching about becoming a Christian
instead of persecuting Christians
46) Jesus appears to all the disciples in a
locked room
Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Jn. 20:19-29
47) Jesus ascends into heaven and gives
the disciples his last instructions
Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Mk. 16:19;
Lk.24:51; Acts 1:9
48) Peter preaches a big sermon on the
day of Pentecost and lots of Jews
become Christians
Date: 30 AD
Where in the Bible: Act 2
49) Paul sees a vision of Jesus and starts
preaching about becoming a Christian
instead of persecuting Christians
Date: 35 AD
Where in the Bible: Acts 9
 The Apostle John is imprisoned on an island,
after all the other disciples had been killed,
and God gives him the vision that becomes
the book of Revelation.
Jesus’ second coming and the end of the
world as we know it
50) The Apostle John is imprisoned on an
island, after all the other disciples had
been killed, and God gives him the
vision that becomes the book of
Revelation.
Date: 90-95 AD
Where in the Bible: Revelations
51) Jesus’ second coming and the end of
the world as we know it
Where in the Bible: Revelations