# Acts 24:4

> But in order not to burden you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.

— Acts 24:4, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. AD 57-59 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 24:27 gives two years in Caesarea and marks the change from Felix to Festus, which Josephus (Antiquities XX.8) puts in AD 59.

## Who ruled

- **Antonius Felix**, procurator of Judea, AD 52-59, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54
- **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
- **Porcius Festus**, procurator of Judea, AD 59-62 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.8-9

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/24/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/24
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).