# Acts 17:10

> As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

— Acts 17:10, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Berea** (Macedonia · today Veria) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/berea

## When

- c. AD 49-52 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 18:12 puts Paul before Gallio, proconsul of Achaia in AD 51-52 by the Delphi inscription. It is the anchor of the whole chronology of Paul.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Gallio**, proconsul of Achaia, AD 51-52 · Source: Delphi inscription (SIG 801d), which dates his term; Acts 18:12. It is the only fixed date in Paul's chronology.
- **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93 · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- **Antonius Felix**, procurator of Judea, AD 52-59 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54

## See also

- Acts 17:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/2
- Acts 17:13-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/13
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/2/2
- Acts 9:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/25
- Acts 20:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/10
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).