# Acts 4:36

> Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),

— Acts 4:36, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Cyprus** (Mediterranean · today Cyprus) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/cyprus

## 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

- Galatians 2:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/1
- Galatians 2:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/9
- Galatians 2:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/13
- Acts 15:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/39
- Acts 11:22-25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/22
- Acts 11:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/30
- Acts 12:25–13:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/25
- Acts 15:37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/37

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/36
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).