Acts 26:9
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Nazareth
- WHEN
- c. AD 57-59
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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
- 1 Timothy 1:13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- Acts 22:8 ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
- Galatians 1:13-14 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. …
- Philippians 3:6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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