# Acts 19:35

> Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

— Acts 19:35, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Ephesus** (Asia · today Selçuk) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ephesus

## 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

- 2 Thessalonians 2:10-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-thessalonians/2/10
- Acts 14:12-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/14/12
- Ephesians 2:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/2/12
- 1 Timothy 4:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-timothy/4/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/35
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).