# Acts 4:20

> For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

— Acts 4:20, 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

- Jeremiah 20:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/20/9
- Acts 22:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/15
- 1 Corinthians 9:16-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/9/16
- 1 John 1:1-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-john/1/1
- Ezekiel 3:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/11
- Acts 5:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/32
- Jeremiah 1:17-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/17
- Acts 1:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/8

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).