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Emperor living at the time of the New Testament

Claudius

Roman emperor, AD 41–54Reigned 13 years

Acts 11:28; 18:2

The famine Agabus foretold came in his reign (Acts 11:28), and he expelled the Jews from Rome, which brought Aquila and Priscilla to Corinth (Acts 18:2). He gave Herod Agrippa I the whole of Judea in AD 41.

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