# Acts 18:12

> While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

— Acts 18:12, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Corinth** (Achaia · today Corinth) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/corinth
- **Achaia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/achaia

## 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

- **Gallio**, proconsul of Achaia, AD 51-52, named in the text · Source: Delphi inscription (SIG 801d), which dates his term; Acts 18:12. It is the only fixed date in Paul's chronology.
- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **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 13:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/7
- Acts 13:50 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/50
- Acts 18:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/27
- Matthew 27:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/27/19
- Acts 14:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/14/2
- Acts 14:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/14/19
- Acts 17:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/13
- Acts 18:16-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/16

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

## Questions linked to this verse

- Who was proconsul of Achaia when the Jews brought Paul before the judgment seat? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aae-7170-b429-9a77cb18e718

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/12
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18
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