# Acts 27:29

> Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

— Acts 27:29, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. AD 59-60 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The voyage and the shipwreck; Acts 27:9 places the crossing after the Day of Atonement, that is, already in the fall, when sailing was dangerous.

## Who ruled

- **Nero**, emperor of Rome, AD 54-68 · Source: Tacitus, Annals XIII-XVI; Suetonius, Nero
- **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93 · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- **Antonius Felix**, procurator of Judea, AD 52-59 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54
- **Porcius Festus**, procurator of Judea, AD 59-62 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.8-9

## See also

- Acts 27:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/17
- Hebrews 6:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/6/19

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/29
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).