# Acts 27:40

> Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

— Acts 27:40, 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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/40
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).