# Acts 26:25

> But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.

— Acts 26:25, 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

- Acts 23:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23/26
- Titus 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/titus/1/9
- Titus 2:7-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/titus/2/7
- Luke 1:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/1/3
- John 8:49 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/8/49
- Acts 24:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/24/3
- 1 Peter 2:21-23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/2/21
- 1 Peter 3:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/3/9

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/25
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).