# Acts 26:20

> First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

— Acts 26:20, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Damascus** (Syria · today Damascus) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/damascus
- **Judea 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/judea-1

## 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

- Matthew 3:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/3/8
- Acts 3:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/3/19
- Acts 2:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/38
- 2 Timothy 2:25-26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/2/25
- Matthew 9:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/9/13
- Luke 19:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/19/8
- 2 Peter 1:5-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-peter/1/5
- Revelation 2:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/2/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26
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