# Acts 7:16

> Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

— Acts 7:16, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Shechem** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/shechem

## 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

- Joshua 24:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/24/32
- Genesis 23:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/23/16
- Exodus 13:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/13/19
- Genesis 33:9-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/9
- Genesis 34:2-31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/34/2
- Genesis 49:29-32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/49/29
- Genesis 50:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/50/13

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/16
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).