New Testament History

The third visit to Jerusalem

Paul and Barnabas went again with relief to Jerusalem (Acts 12:25) after Agrippa I had died on 7 August 44 AD (Acts 12:23). It was 1 year later, in 45 AD. During the governorships of Cuspius Fadus (44 AD-46 AD) and Tiberius Alexander (46 AD-48 AD), there was a famine in Judea.[1] Grain prices found in papyri of Tebtunis (in Egypt) are very high during the months of August, September, and November of the year 45 AD, which testify to that famine. The famine during Claudius’s rule, predicted by Agabus (Acts 11:27-28), includes the hardships of both the years 42 AD and 45 AD.[2]