# 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.”

— Acts 28:4, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Malta** (Mediterranean · today Malta) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/malta

## 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

## See also

- Luke 13:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/13/2
- Luke 13:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/13/4
- John 7:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/7/24
- Acts 28:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/2
- Acts 28:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).