# Acts 12:1

> About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.

— Acts 12:1, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- AD 44 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Josephus (Antiquities XIX.8.2) dates the death of Herod Agrippa I to AD 44, and Acts 12:23 tells of the same death.

## Who ruled

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

## See also

- Matthew 24:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/24/9
- John 15:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/15/20
- Matthew 10:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/10/17
- Luke 22:53 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/22/53
- John 16:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/16/2
- Acts 4:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/30

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).