Acts 12:17
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- AD 44
WHEN
AD 44
counted from the text
The firmest date in Acts, and it comes from outside the book.
WHO RULED
- Herod Agrippa I king of Judea AD 41-44 IN THE TEXT
- Claudius emperor of Rome AD 41-54
SOURCES
- date — Josephus (Antiquities XIX.8.2) dates the death of Herod Agrippa I to AD 44, and Acts 12:23 tells of the same death.
- Herod Agrippa I — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44
- Claudius — Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
SEE ALSO
- Acts 21:40 Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
- Acts 13:16 Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!
- Acts 19:33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
- Acts 15:13 When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!
- Acts 21:18 The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
- Galatians 1:19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
- Galatians 2:9 And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the…
- Galatians 2:12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself, for fear of those in the circumcision…
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