Acts 25:19
They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. AD 57-59
WHEN
c. AD 57-59
counted from the text
WHO RULED
- Herod Agrippa II king of Judea AD 50-93 IN THE TEXT
- Porcius Festus procurator of Judea AD 59-62 IN THE TEXT
- Nero emperor of Rome AD 54-68
- Antonius Felix procurator of Judea AD 52-59
SOURCES
- date — 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.
- Herod Agrippa II — Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- Porcius Festus — Josephus, Antiquities XX.8-9
- Nero — Tacitus, Annals XIII-XVI; Suetonius, Nero
- Antonius Felix — Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54
SEE ALSO
- Acts 23:29 I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
- Acts 18:15 But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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