# Acts 7:53

> you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

— Acts 7:53, Berean Standard Bible

## 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

- Hebrews 2:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/2/2
- Galatians 3:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/3/19
- Acts 7:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/38
- Deuteronomy 33:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/33/2
- John 7:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/7/19
- Galatians 6:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/6/13
- Ezekiel 20:18-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/20/18
- Romans 2:23-25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/2/23

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/53
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