# Acts 6:1

> In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

— Acts 6:1, 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 2:41 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/41
- Acts 4:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/35
- James 5:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/5/9
- Acts 2:47 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/47
- Acts 6:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6/7
- Acts 9:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/39
- Hebrews 13:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/13/1
- Matthew 23:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/23/13

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).