# Acts 4:1

> While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

— Acts 4:1, 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

- Luke 22:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/22/4
- Acts 6:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6/12
- Acts 23:6-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/23/6
- Acts 5:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/24
- Acts 5:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/26
- 2 Chronicles 23:4-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/23/4
- Matthew 3:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/3/7
- Matthew 22:23-24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/22/23

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).