# Acts 17:3

> explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

— Acts 17:3, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Thessalonica** (Macedonia · today Thessaloniki) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/thessalonica

## 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 18:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/28
- Acts 9:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/22
- Luke 24:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/32
- Luke 24:46 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/46
- Acts 3:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/3/18
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/15/3
- Galatians 3:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/3/1
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/1/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).