# Acts 28:20

> So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

— Acts 28:20, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **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 26:6-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/6
- Ephesians 6:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/6/20
- 2 Timothy 2:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/2/9
- Acts 26:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/29
- Philippians 1:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/philippians/1/13
- Acts 21:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/33
- Acts 23:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23/6
- Acts 24:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/24/15

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).