SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Acts 11:29

So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHERE
Antioch, Judea 1
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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