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Claudius' expulsion of Jews from Rome

Also known as Edict of Claudius, Chrestus

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  • point in time. c. 49medium · Wikidata P585

Suetonius reports Claudius expelled Jews 'at the instigation of Chrestus'; often dated 49 and linked with Acts 18:2.

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References to an expulsion of Jews from Rome by the Roman emperor Claudius, who was in office AD 41–54, appear in the Acts of the Apostles (18:2), and in the writings of Roman historians Suetonius, Cassius Dio and fifth-century Christian author Paulus Orosius. Scholars generally agree that these references refer to the same incident.

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