# Acts 4:21

> After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

— Acts 4:21, 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

- Acts 5:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/26
- Matthew 9:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/9/8
- Matthew 21:46 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/21/46
- Luke 20:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/20/6
- Luke 20:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/20/19
- Luke 22:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/22/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/21
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).