Acts 28:22
But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Rome
- WHEN
- c. AD 60-62
ON THE MAP
WHEN
c. AD 60-62
counted from the text
The book ends without saying how the case turned out.
WHO RULED
- Nero emperor of Rome AD 54-68
- Herod Agrippa II king of Judea AD 50-93
- Porcius Festus procurator of Judea AD 59-62
MEANWHILE
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AD 62-63 Italy
Earthquake destroys part of Pompeii
Seventeen years before Vesuvius finishes the job.
SOURCES
- date — Acts 28:30 gives two full years of house arrest in Rome.
- Nero — Tacitus, Annals XIII-XVI; Suetonius, Nero
- Herod Agrippa II — Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- Porcius Festus — Josephus, Antiquities XX.8-9
- Earthquake destroys part of Pompeii — Tacitus, Annals XV.22; Seneca, Natural Questions VI
WHAT HAPPENED
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Paul preaching in Rome, under arrest AD 60-62 (approximate date)
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 24:14 I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in…
- 1 Peter 2:12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- 1 Peter 3:16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
- Acts 16:20-21 They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil …
- Acts 17:6-7 But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come…
- Acts 24:5-6 We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, …
- 1 Peter 4:14-16 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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