Acts 14:23
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. AD 46-48
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
- Titus 1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
- Acts 11:30 This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
- James 5:14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
- Acts 20:32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
- 2 Timothy 2:2 And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.
- Acts 20:17 From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
- 1 Timothy 5:1 Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
- 1 Timothy 5:22 Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
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