# Acts 17:28

> ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

— Acts 17:28, 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

- Job 12:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/12/10
- Colossians 1:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/colossians/1/17
- Hebrews 1:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/1/3
- Psalms 36:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/36/9
- Luke 20:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/20/38
- John 5:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/5/26
- John 11:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/11/25
- Psalms 66:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/66/9

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/28
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).