Acts 7:38

He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHERE: Mount Sinai
WHEN: c. AD 30-35

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Mount Sinai

WHEN

c. AD 30-35

counted from the text

WHO RULED

Tiberius emperor of Rome AD 14-37
Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea AD 26-36
Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
Caiaphas high priest AD 18-36

MEANWHILE

AD 33 Italy

Credit crisis in Rome

Tiberius injects a hundred million sesterces to stop the banks from collapsing.

SOURCES

date — Counted forward from Pentecost to the death of Stephen, which comes before the conversion of Saul.
Tiberius — Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
Pontius Pilate — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
Caiaphas — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990
Credit crisis in Rome — Tacitus, Annals VI.16-17

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