# Acts 7:59

> While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

— Acts 7:59, 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

- Luke 23:46 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/23/46
- Psalms 31:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/31/5
- Acts 22:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/16
- Joel 2:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/2/32
- Acts 2:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/21
- Acts 9:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/14
- 1 Corinthians 1:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/1/2

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

## Questions linked to this verse

- In Acts, who was being stoned while the witnesses laid their garments at Saul’s feet? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aad-7f19-b3a8-36d02a47aa88

## This document

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