# 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.

— Acts 12:17, 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

- Acts 21:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/40
- Acts 13:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/16
- Acts 19:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/33
- Acts 15:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/13
- Acts 21:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/18
- Galatians 1:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/1/19
- Galatians 2:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/9
- Galatians 2:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/12

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).