Acts 7:43
You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Babylon 1
- WHEN
- c. AD 30-35
ON THE MAP
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
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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
SEE ALSO
- Amos 5:26-27 You have taken along Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, the idols you made for yourselves. …
- Exodus 20:4-5 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. …
- Deuteronomy 5:8-9 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. …
- Leviticus 20:2-5 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him. …
- Deuteronomy 4:16-18 that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female, …
- 2 Kings 17:16-18 They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and…
- 2 Kings 18:11 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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