# Acts 19:21

> After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”

— Acts 19:21, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Rome** (Italy · today Rome) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/rome
- **Achaia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/achaia
- **Macedonia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/macedonia

## When

- c. AD 52-57 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The third journey; Acts 19:8-10 gives three months and then two years in Ephesus.

## 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.
- **Nero**, emperor of Rome, AD 54-68 · Source: Tacitus, Annals XIII-XVI; Suetonius, Nero
- **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 20:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/22
- Acts 20:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/16
- Acts 23:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23/11
- Acts 18:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/21
- Romans 1:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/1/13
- Galatians 2:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/21
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19
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