# Acts 11:17

> So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

— Acts 11:17, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. AD 40-44 (counted from the text)
- Date source: 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.

## Who ruled

- **Caligula**, emperor of Rome, AD 37-41 · Source: Suetonius, Caligula; Josephus, Antiquities XVIII-XIX
- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Herod Agrippa I**, king of Judea, AD 41-44 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44

## See also

- Acts 10:47 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/47
- Romans 9:20-26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/9/20
- Job 33:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/33/13
- Daniel 4:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/35
- Acts 15:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/8
- Romans 9:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/9/15
- Romans 11:34-36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/11/34

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).