# Acts 5:3

> Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

— Acts 5:3, 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 23:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/23/24
- Isaiah 29:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/29/15
- John 13:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/13/2
- John 13:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/13/27
- Acts 5:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/9
- 1 Peter 5:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/5/8
- Job 22:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/22/13
- Ecclesiastes 5:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ecclesiastes/5/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).