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  2. Acts 26 - Wikipedia

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    Acts 26 is the twenty-sixth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records the period of Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea.The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but Holman states that "uniform Christian tradition affirms that Luke wrote both" this book as well as the Gospel of Luke, [1] as supported by Guthrie based on external evidence.

  3. Acts 25 - Wikipedia

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    Paul was almost set for the last journey to Rome as Festus has agreed to transfer his case to Rome (verse 12), but Paul had one more chance to make a defence of his case before the Jewish king Herod Agrippa II and his sister Bernice (verse 13), on the occasion of Agrippa's visit to Festus, and Festus's need of the king's expertise in drafting his report on the case (verse 27). [5]

  4. Conversion of Paul the Apostle - Wikipedia

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    Paul on trial before Agrippa (Acts 26), as pictured by Nikolai Bodarevsky, 1875. Acts' second telling of Paul's conversion occurs in a speech Paul gives when he is arrested in Jerusalem. [16] Paul addresses the crowd and tells them of his conversion, with a description essentially the same as that in Acts 9, but with slight differences.

  5. Acts 24 - Wikipedia

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    Acts 24 is the twenty-fourth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It records the period of Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea.The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.

  6. Persecution of Christians in the New Testament - Wikipedia

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    12:1-5: King Herod (believed to be Agrippa I) executes James and imprisons Peter. 13:44-51: Paul and Barnabas being driven out of Antioch. 14:5-6: Jews and gentiles attempt unsuccessfully to stone Paul and Barnabas. 14:19-20: Jews stone Paul nearly to death. 16:16-24: Paul and Silas are flogged and imprisoned by gentiles in Philippi.

  7. Ananias son of Nedebeus - Wikipedia

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    Ananias son of Nedebeus (Hebrew: חנניה בן נדבאי Ḥananyá ben Nadváy "…(son of) the philanthropist") was a high priest who according to the Acts of the Apostles presided during the trials of the apostle Paul at Jerusalem and Caesarea . Josephus calls him "Ananias ben Nebedeus". He officiated as high priest from about 47 to 58.

  8. Acts of the Apostles - Wikipedia

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    The name "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late 2nd century. It is not known whether this was an existing name for the book or one invented by Irenaeus; it does seem clear that it was not given by the author, as the word práxeis (deeds, acts) only appears once in the text (Acts 19:18) and there it refers not to the apostles but to deeds confessed by their followers.

  9. 1st century in Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    In AD 53, Agrippa II is forced to give up the tetrarchy of Chalcis, in exchange Claudius made him ruler with the title of king over the territories previously governed by Philip. The tetrarchy of Chalcis is given to Agrippa's cousin, Aristobulus, AD 57. Paul the Apostle visits Tyre in AD 58 and meet with the Disciples and stays with them for 7 ...