# 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.’

— Acts 7:43, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Babylon 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/babylon-1

## 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

- Amos 5:26-27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/5/26
- Exodus 20:4-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/20/4
- Deuteronomy 5:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/5/8
- Leviticus 20:2-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/20/2
- Deuteronomy 4:16-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/4/16
- 2 Kings 17:16-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/17/16
- 2 Kings 18:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/11
- 2 Kings 21:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/21/6

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/43
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).