# Acts 12:20

> Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.

— Acts 12:20, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Tyre** (Phoenicia · today Sur) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/tyre
- **Sidon** (Phoenicia · today Saida) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/sidon

## 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

- Ezra 3:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/3/7
- Ezekiel 27:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/27/17
- Matthew 11:21-22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/11/21
- Luke 14:31-32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/14/31
- Luke 16:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/16/8

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).