Acts 13:22

After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHERE: Pisidian Antioch
WHEN: c. AD 46-48

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Pisidian Antioch Pisidia · today Yalvaç

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

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

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