# Acts 20:7

> On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.

— Acts 20:7, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Troas** (Asia · today Dalyan) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/troas

## 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 Corinthians 16:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/16/2
- Acts 2:42 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/42
- John 20:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/20/19
- John 20:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/20/1
- Acts 20:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/11
- Revelation 1:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/1/10
- Luke 24:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/35
- John 20:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/20/26

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/7
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).