# Acts 11:23

> When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

— Acts 11:23, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Antioch** (Syria · today Antakya) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/antioch

## 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

## What happened

- **The disciples are called Christians** (AD 44)
  The name is not chosen by the followers: it is what the city starts calling them. A nickname from outside that stuck.

## See also

- 1 Corinthians 15:58 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/15/58
- Acts 14:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/14/22
- Acts 13:43 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/43
- 1 John 2:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-john/2/28
- Deuteronomy 30:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/30/20
- Joshua 23:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/23/8
- Acts 20:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/24
- 2 Timothy 3:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/3/10

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/23
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).