# Acts 20:28

> Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

— Acts 20:28, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Miletus** (Asia · today Balat) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/miletus

## 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

- 1 Peter 5:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/5/2
- 1 Timothy 4:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-timothy/4/16
- 1 Peter 1:18-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/1/18
- Isaiah 40:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/40/11
- 1 Timothy 3:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-timothy/3/2
- Jeremiah 3:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/3/15
- Acts 13:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/2
- Psalms 78:70-72 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/78/70

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/28
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20
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