# Acts 5:9

> “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

— Acts 5:9, 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

- 1 Corinthians 10:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/10/9
- Psalms 95:8-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/95/8
- Acts 5:3-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/3
- Psalms 78:56 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/78/56
- Psalms 78:18-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/78/18
- Psalms 78:40-41 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/78/40
- Acts 15:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/10

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/9
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