Acts 11:1
The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Judea 1
- WHEN
- c. AD 40-44
ON THE MAP
WHEN
c. AD 40-44
counted from the text
Cornelius, and the church ceasing to be only Jewish.
WHO RULED
- Caligula emperor of Rome AD 37-41
- Claudius emperor of Rome AD 41-54
- Herod Agrippa I king of Judea AD 41-44
MEANWHILE
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AD 41 Italy
Caligula is assassinated and Claudius takes power
The order to set up the emperor's statue in the Temple in Jerusalem dies with him.
SOURCES
- date — Acts 11:28 announces the famine of Claudius's reign, which Tacitus (Annals XII.43) and Josephus (Antiquities XX.2) put in AD 46-48.
- Caligula — Suetonius, Caligula; Josephus, Antiquities XVIII-XIX
- Claudius — Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- Herod Agrippa I — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44
- Caligula is assassinated and Claudius takes power — Suetonius, Caligula 58 and Claudius 10; Josephus, Antiquities XIX
SEE ALSO
- Psalms 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Malachi 1:11 For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- Romans 15:7-12 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God. …
- Isaiah 32:15 until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
- Isaiah 49:6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to…
- Zechariah 8:20-23 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities— …
- Acts 14:27 When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Acts 15:3 Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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