# Acts 28:17

> After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

— Acts 28:17, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Rome** (Italy · today Rome) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/rome

## When

- c. AD 60-62 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 28:30 gives two full years of house arrest in Rome.

## 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
- **Porcius Festus**, procurator of Judea, AD 59-62 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.8-9

## What happened

- **Paul preaching in Rome, under arrest** (AD 60-62)
  Acts ends without saying what happens to Paul. It ends by saying that he preached freely. That is the point of the whole book.

## See also

- Acts 25:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/8
- Acts 6:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6/14
- Acts 25:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/25/10

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).