Acts 11:18

When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHEN: c. AD 40-44

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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

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

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