Acts 13:17
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Pisidian Antioch, Egypt
- WHEN
- c. AD 46-48
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WHEN
c. AD 46-48
counted from the text
WHO RULED
- Claudius emperor of Rome AD 41-54
- Sergius Paulus proconsul of Cyprus AD 46-48
MEANWHILE
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AD 46-48 Roman Empire
Famine in the reign of Claudius
The famine that Acts 11:28 announces, and for which the church at Antioch sends relief to Jerusalem.
SOURCES
- date — The first journey, between the famine under Claudius and the Council of Jerusalem.
- Claudius — Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- Sergius Paulus — Acts 13:7; inscriptions from Cyprus and Rome that name a Sergius Paulus
- Famine in the reign of Claudius — Tacitus, Annals XII.43; Suetonius, Claudius 18; Josephus, Antiquities XX.2.5
SEE ALSO
- Deuteronomy 7:6-8 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. …
- Isaiah 63:9-14 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days…
- Genesis 17:7-8 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. …
- Deuteronomy 4:20 Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
- Deuteronomy 4:37 Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
- Deuteronomy 14:2 for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
- Psalms 105:23-24 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham. …
- Psalms 135:4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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