Claudius Ma 1226
Denon room 24 The third Caesar mentioned by name
in the Scriptures. This portrait, which is based
on a bronze original, possibly belongs
to a series of effigies of
the Emperor Claudius. It differs in terms of the greater severity
of his features, however around 50 AD
only Claudius could have been portrayed
wearing a crown with a central medallion. Claudius was declared Emperor on 41 CE
by the Praetorian Guard (Philippians 1:13). His fourth wedding was to his niece Agrippina who appointed her own son, Nero, sole heir.
Claudius, one of the three Caesar mentioned in the Bible
The Prophet Agabus had announced that “a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.” (Acts 11:27-30 NLT). Joseph described a famine that raged in Palestine during the reign of Claudius as the ‘great famine’; it is thought to have occurred around 46 CE. AR68 The Bible also reports that “Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome”, a banishment that Suetonius AR69, a Roman historian from the second century, also mentions. This expulsion order led two Christians of Jewish origin, Aquila and Priscilla, to leave Rome for Corinth where they met Paul the Apostle, probably in 50 AD - Acts 18:1-3.
During rhe reign of Claudius occurred the famine
foretold by Agabus and the banishment of the Jews
of Rome, events reported in Acts of the Apostles
In Corinth, Paul met Aquila and Priscilla, two Jews recently expelled from Rome. The three were tentmakers (or leather craft workers) and possibly had a site where they traded in the market place of the city (Agora). This would have given Paul numerous occasions to speak to customers and passers-by about the resurrection of Christ. Acts mentions that Paul spent each Sabbath trying to convince the Jews and the Greeks.
Corinth; Northern Agora wwbibléLieux.com
