# Acts 20:31

> Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

— Acts 20:31, 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

- Acts 19:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/8
- Acts 19:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/10
- Acts 20:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/19
- Ezekiel 3:17-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/17
- Colossians 1:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/colossians/1/28
- Hebrews 13:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/13/17
- Matthew 13:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/13/25
- Luke 21:36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/21/36

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/31
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).