# Acts 17:23

> For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

— Acts 17:23, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Athens** (Achaia · today Athens) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/athens

## 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

- John 4:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/4/22
- Galatians 4:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/4/8
- John 17:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/17/3
- John 17:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/17/25
- Acts 17:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/30
- Romans 1:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/1/28
- 1 Corinthians 1:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/1/21
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-thessalonians/2/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/23
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).