# 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.”

— Acts 5:28, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## 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

- Matthew 27:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/27/25
- Acts 4:18-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/18
- Acts 7:52 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/52
- Acts 4:10-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/10
- Jeremiah 26:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/26/15
- Matthew 21:44 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/21/44
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/2/15
- 1 Kings 18:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/18/17

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/28
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).