# Acts 3:25

> And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

— Acts 3:25, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. AD 30-35 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Counted forward from Pentecost to the death of Stephen, which comes before the conversion of Saul.

## Who ruled

- **Tiberius**, emperor of Rome, AD 14-37 · Source: Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- **Pontius Pilate**, prefect of Judea, AD 26-36 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- **Caiaphas**, high priest, AD 18-36 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990

## See also

- Genesis 22:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/22/18
- Galatians 3:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/3/8
- 1 Chronicles 16:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/16/17
- Acts 2:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/39
- Romans 9:4-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/9/4
- Genesis 12:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/12/3
- Genesis 26:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/26/4
- Genesis 28:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/28/14

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/3/25
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/3
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).