# Acts 25:16

> I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

— Acts 25:16, 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

- **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- **Porcius Festus**, procurator of Judea, AD 59-62, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.8-9
- **Nero**, emperor of Rome, AD 54-68 · Source: Tacitus, Annals XIII-XVI; Suetonius, Nero
- **Antonius Felix**, procurator of Judea, AD 52-59 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54

## See also

- John 7:51 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/7/51
- Deuteronomy 19:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/19/17
- Acts 23:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23/30
- Proverbs 18:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/18/17
- Acts 25:4-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/16
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).