Acts 13:26
Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Pisidian Antioch
- 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
- Isaiah 46:13 I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
- Luke 1:69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- Luke 1:77 to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
- Romans 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
- Ephesians 1:13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
- Colossians 1:5 the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel
- Psalms 147:19-20 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. …
- Matthew 3:9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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