# Acts 7:34

> I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’

— Acts 7:34, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt

## 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

- Exodus 3:7-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/3/7
- Exodus 4:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/4/31
- Nehemiah 9:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/9/9
- Psalms 106:44 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/106/44
- Exodus 2:23-25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/2/23
- Exodus 3:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/3/14
- John 6:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/6/38
- Isaiah 63:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/63/8

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/34
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).