# Acts 13:21

> Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.

— Acts 13:21, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Pisidian Antioch** (Pisidia · today Yalvaç) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/pisidian-antioch

## When

- c. AD 46-48 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The first journey, between the famine under Claudius and the Council of Jerusalem.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Sergius Paulus**, proconsul of Cyprus, AD 46-48 · Source: Acts 13:7; inscriptions from Cyprus and Rome that name a Sergius Paulus

## See also

- 1 Samuel 10:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/10/1
- 1 Samuel 15:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/15/1
- 1 Samuel 8:5–9:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/8/5
- 1 Samuel 10:21-26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/10/21
- 1 Samuel 11:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/11/15
- 1 Samuel 12:12-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/12/12

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/21
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).