▁Sen eca ▁the ▁Young er ) ▁became ▁pro cons ul ▁between ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁AD   5 1 ▁and ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁AD   5 2 , ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁position ▁ended ▁no ▁later ▁than ▁AD   5 3 . ▁The ▁trial ▁of ▁Paul ▁is ▁generally ▁assumed ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁the ▁earlier ▁part ▁of ▁Gal lio ' s ▁ten ure , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁reference ▁( Act s ▁ 1 8 : 2 ) ▁to ▁his ▁meeting ▁in ▁Cor inth ▁with ▁Pr isc illa ▁and ▁Aqu ila , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁recently ▁exp elled ▁from ▁Rome ▁based ▁on ▁Emperor ▁Claud ius ' ▁exp ulsion ▁of ▁Jews ▁from ▁Rome , ▁which ▁is ▁dated ▁to ▁AD   4 9 – 5 0 . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁Testament , ▁Paul ▁spent ▁eigh teen ▁months ▁in ▁Cor inth , ▁approximately ▁sevent een ▁years ▁after ▁his ▁conversion . ▁Gal ati ans ▁ 2 : 1 – 1 0 ▁states ▁that ▁Paul ▁went ▁back ▁to ▁Jerusalem ▁four teen ▁years ▁after ▁his ▁conversion , ▁and ▁various ▁miss ions ▁( at ▁times ▁with ▁Bar nab as ) ▁such ▁as ▁those ▁in ▁Act s ▁ 1 1 : 2 5 – 2 6 ▁and ▁ 2 ▁Cor inth ians ▁ 1 1 : 2 3 – 3 3 ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Act s . ▁The ▁generally ▁accepted ▁scholar ly ▁estimate ▁for ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁conversion ▁of ▁Paul ▁is ▁AD   3 3 – 3 6 , ▁placing ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Jesus ▁before ▁this ▁date ▁range . ▁ ▁Astronom