Acts 4:17
But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. AD 30-35
WHEN
c. AD 30-35
counted from the text
WHO RULED
- Tiberius emperor of Rome AD 14-37
- Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea AD 26-36
- Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
- Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
- Caiaphas high priest AD 18-36
MEANWHILE
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AD 33 Italy
Credit crisis in Rome
Tiberius injects a hundred million sesterces to stop the banks from collapsing.
SOURCES
- date — Counted forward from Pentecost to the death of Stephen, which comes before the conversion of Saul.
- Tiberius — Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- Pontius Pilate — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- Caiaphas — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990
- Credit crisis in Rome — Tacitus, Annals VI.16-17
SEE ALSO
- Acts 5:28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
- Romans 15:18-22 I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, …
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, …
- Acts 5:24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8 For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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