# 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.

— Acts 7:38, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Mount Sinai** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/mount-sinai

## 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

- Romans 3:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/3/2
- Hebrews 5:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/5/12
- Deuteronomy 33:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/33/4
- John 1:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/1/17
- Acts 7:53 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/53
- 1 Peter 4:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/4/11
- Deuteronomy 5:27-31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/5/27
- Deuteronomy 6:1-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/6/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/38
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).