# Acts 26:23

> that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

— Acts 26:23, 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

- Isaiah 53:1-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/53/1
- Luke 24:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/26
- Colossians 1:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/colossians/1/18
- Revelation 1:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/1/5
- Daniel 9:24-26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/9/24
- Zechariah 12:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/12/10
- Hebrews 2:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/2/10
- Genesis 3:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/3/15

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/23
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).