# Acts 24:5

> We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

— Acts 24:5, 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

## See also

- Acts 28:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/22
- Acts 24:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/24/14
- Acts 15:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/5
- Acts 21:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/28
- Acts 26:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/5
- Luke 23:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/23/2
- Acts 5:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/17
- Acts 16:20-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/16/20

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/24/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/24
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).