Acts 26:16
‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
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 22:14-15 Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice. …
- Ezekiel 2:1 “Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
- Daniel 10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he…
- Romans 15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the…
- Galatians 1:12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
- 1 Timothy 1:12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.
- Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- Romans 1:5 Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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