Acts 28:4
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Malta
- 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
SEE ALSO
- Luke 13:2 To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?
- Luke 13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?
- John 7:24 Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
- Acts 28:2 The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
- Acts 28:5 But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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