# Acts 23:21

> Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

— Acts 23:21, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. AD 57 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The arrest in Jerusalem, counted forward from the third journey.

## Who ruled

- **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 23:12-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23/12
- Exodus 23:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/23/2
- Acts 9:23-24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/23
- Acts 14:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/14/5
- Acts 20:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/19
- Acts 25:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/3
- Romans 9:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/9/3
- 2 Corinthians 11:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/11/26

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23/21
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).