# Acts 11:27

> In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

— Acts 11:27, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **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

## See also

- Acts 13:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/1
- 1 Corinthians 12:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/12/28
- Ephesians 4:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/4/11
- Matthew 23:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/23/34
- Acts 2:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/17
- Acts 15:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/32

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/27
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).