Claudius
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately
come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that
Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came
unto them....
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And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by
the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all
the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar....
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Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix
[sendeth] greeting....
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Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (1 August 10 BC –
13 October AD 54; Tiberius Claudius Drusus from birth to AD 4,
then Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus until his accession)
was the fourth Roman Emperor and a member of the Julio-
Claudian dynasty, ruling from 24 January AD 41 to his death in
AD 54. Born in Lugdunum in Gaul (modern-d...
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klo'-di-us (Klaudios): Fourth Roman emperor. He reigned for
over 13 years (41-54 AD), having succeeded Caius (Caligula)
who had seriously altered the conciliatory policy of his
predecessors regarding the Jews and, considering himself a
real and corporeal god, had deeply offended the Jews by
ordering a statue of himself to be placed in the temp...
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(lame), fourth Roman emperor, reigned from 41 to 54 A.D. He
was nominated to the supreme power mainly through the
influence of Herod Agrippa the First. In the reign of Claudius
there were several famines, arising from unfavorable harvests,
and one such occurred in Israel and Syria. Ac 11:28-30
Claudius was induced by a tumult of the Jews in Ro...
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lame. (1.) The fourth Roman emperor. He succeeded Caligula
(A.D.
41). Though in general he treated the Jews,
especially those in
Asia and Egypt, with great indulgence, yet about the
middle of
his reign (A.D. 49) he banished them all from Rome
(Acts 18:2).
In this edict the Christians were included, as
being, as was
supposed, a sect of Jew...
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Tiberius Nero Drusus Germanicus; fourth Roman emperor; reigned
from A.D. 41 to 54; successor of Caligula; son of Nero Drusus;
born 9 B.C.; lived in privacy until he became emperor (A.D.
41) mainly through the influence of Herod Agrippa I (Josephus,
Ant. 19:2, section 1, 3, 4), whose territory therefore he
enlarged by adding Judaea, Samaria, an...
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