SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Acts 12:8

“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHEN
AD 44
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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

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